Baird
Izu, Shizuoka
Baird Brewing Company started out very small. Bryan and Sayuri Baird quit their jobs and head to the Pacific Northwest, one of the leading areas of craft beer, to study brewing. Four years later (2001) the brewery, based in port city Numazu in Shizuoka prefecture, was founded as the smallest brewery in Japan to obtain a license. Today this beer is a representative Japanese craft beer, recognized in Japan and popular around the world, like Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and now Switzerland.
Baird Beer is unfiltered and fermented twice, once in package. Examples of their minimal processing approach include the exclusive use of whole flower hops (no pellets or extracts), to produce beer that is naturally carbonated and which remains alive and evolving right up to the point of consumer enjoyment.
‘Our goal in the crafting of every Baird Beer is maximum character. We define character as the interplay of balance and complexity. The more character a beer exudes, the more capable it’s of making us happy. Character-laden Baird Beer makes people happy.’
Baird Beer is honest, natural and unpretentious, like the people who craft it. The unique aroma is sophisticated, brisk and fruity, perfect for connoisseurs.
