OWA

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Overview

OWA is a brewery in Belgium specializing on taking traditional Belgian beers and adding a Japanese flair. They produce three fruit lambics using Sakura (cherry blossom), Ume (Japanese plum), and Yuzu (Japanese lemon). The brewer, Leo Imai, is a chemist who previously brewed at the Kirin brewery in Japan and Pressel Brau in Bavaria, Germany.

OWA has produced their lambic blends with two different lambic producers:

• Oud Beersel - The first OWA lambic blends were created with Oud Beersel lambic and OWA fruits. These were limited to 100-200 bottles of each blend and not widely distributed.

• De Troch - De Troch and OWA have worked together to produce these blends in larger quantity, distributing all three lambics to Asia, Europe, and North America.

Sakura Lambic

Sakura means cherry leaves in Japanese. The leaves are steeped in salt for several months producing a highly perfumed aroma.

Label Text

Sakura is a cherry blossom in Japanese. Lambic is matured in wooden barrels for 1-2 years and after matured with leaves of cherry blossom. Lambic brewed in Belgium with special wild yeast, and Sakura, the Japanese national flower.

Ume Lambic

Ume is a Japanese plum which is much more sour than typical European plums. In Japan, Ume are eaten as pickles and not as fresh fruits. These Japanese plums can also be used to make Ume wine: the Umeshyu. The Ume choosen by Leo Imai for Ume Lambic are sourced from Wakayama prefecture – the best reputed region for Ume.

Label Text (Batch 1)

Ume is Japanese plum. This Ume is from KISHU where is the most famous place for Ume in Japan. Fresh Ume is used, no perfume or pigment used. Lambic is one of tehse beer types, but it's not added even yeast. The wild yeast which range along the Zenne River in suburb of brussels can brew Lambic. The base Lambic is matured 2 years in wooden barrel, and 1 more year with the Ume. After the bottling, second fermentation in the bottle, same as Champagne. Ume Lambic is the first suggestion of the combination of fresh Japanese Ume and Belgian traditional Lambic produced by Japanese brewer Leo Imai in Belgium to all over the world.

Yuzu Lambic

Yuzu is a Japanese lemon. During brewing, only the peel is used to steep inside the Lambic.

Label Text

Yuzu is Japanese citron, and used only peel. No perfume, no pigment, no sugar are used. Even the yeast is not added. Lambic is brewed with wild yeast only along side of Zenne river in the suburb of Brussels. Yuzu Lambic is the first marriage of Belgian traditional beer Lambic and Japanese representative fruits Yuzu by Japanese brewer in Belgium.

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