Yuzu beer: A Japanese-style beer made with yuzu, a citrus fruit native to East Asia

They were not well received, and craft beer got a bad name. Now many brewers are making New England styles for the opposite effect of sweet juiciness, but they’re poorly done, so they’re earning a bad reputation too. Vinegar & oil-based salad dressing seasoned with Yuzu citrus juice and soy sauce. Yuzu is a unique Japanese citrus fruit grown only in East Asia. Rebecca Treon is a Denver-based food, travel, and lifestyles writer.

Originally coming from China, kaki have been cultivated in Japan since the 7th century. There is a stereotype that fruits in Japan are outrageously expensive. The stereotype is wrong in that regular fruits in regular supermarkets are generally reasonably priced like elsewhere in the world. Nonetheless, there is a sizeable market for luxury fruits, and many foreign visitors are surprised when they see premium melons in department stores that cost over 10,000 yen. The most common way to encounter fruits in Japan is as dessert at the end of a meal. For this beer we got inspiration from Taiyaki, a type of pastry very famous in Japan that is baked in the shape of a fish and had a texture similar to waffle dough.

Mikan are the most popular type of Japanese oranges, which are generally known as kan (some other orange varieties are iyokan, ponkan, etc.). Mikan peel easily and do not have seeds and are widely popular as a dessert or snack when they are in season in early winter.

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Using an electric had mixer at middle speed, add the syrup little by little in a very thin thread, beating all the time. When all the syrup has been included, raise the speed and beat until to obtain a very smooth meringue. Peel off the zest/skin of 1 yuzu, cut into thin strips and chopp finely again across the legth.

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Melons are the prototypical luxury fruit in Japan, and can be sold for over 10,000 yen per piece. A wide variety of melons is available in Japan, including green fleshed melons like muskmelons, orange fleshed melons like cantaloupes and even white and yellow fleshed varieties.

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Another interesting use of yuzu traditionally occurs on the winter solstice, when they are placed into hot baths for fragrance and various health benefits. Yuzu were introduced to Japan from China during the Asuka Period ( ). Today they are mostly grown on the island of Shikoku, with half of the domestic production coming from Kochi Prefecture. Though rarely eaten as a fruit, yuzu is a common ingredient in Japanese cuisine, where the aromatic zest and the juice are used much in the same way that lemons are used in other cuisines. The yuzu’s flavor is tart and fragrant, closely resembling that of the grapefruit, with overtones of mandarin orange. But, if you insist on making yuzu kosho yourself, it can be pretty hard to come by fresh yuzu . In this case, experimentation is your friend and you can still get the flavor profile you’re looking for by following the general citrus + chile + salt formula.

Once the sugar has completely dissolved, add the thin yuzu strips. Philip S. Kampe is a veteran wine journalist who contributes to several print and online publications, moderates wine events nationwide and judges competitions. He is a member of the distinguished Wine Media Guild and resides in the both the New York metro area and the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Pamela Wiznitzer has a true passion and zest for the industry that is seen and tasted in every drink she serves. Since 2006, Pamela has been working throughout NYC and currently can be found shaking things up at The Dead Rabbit in the Financial District.

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Then there’s the Barrel Aged Strong Ale series, aged six months in wine barrels (with both red-wine and white-wine varieties). Although it contains no wine itself, they recommend drinking the 10.5% alcoholic brew from a wine glass. It is used as an alterative to lime and lemons, improving their good properties, mainly the skin and juice for its intense and excellent aroma, with 3 times more vitamin C than lemons. The fruit contains many seeds, which can also have several uses as cosmetics and gastronomy. So brace yourself for the taste of Yuzu, a rare and costly citrus fruit from Japan, which is predicted to become as popular as oranges. For expedited shipments, orders placed Monday through Friday by 3 am ET for in-stock items, will be processed within the same day. Orders placed after 11 am ET, Saturdays, Sundays or holidays for in-stock items, will be processed within the next or following business day.