Jackpot! They have one of my all time favorite beers at the BevMo in Santa Clara, Hitachino white ale. I've been to a bunch of BevMo's and specialty beer stores and Hitachino is kinda difficult to find.
What makes Hitachino beer so different is that they use European beer making technology with traditional Japanese brewing techniques. For these brews, they mature their beer in shochu casks. Shochu is like a stronger sake. This brewing process also helped the white ale win gold medals in several beer competitions in the US and UK.
If you like Hoegaarden, Chimay blue, Duvel, Blue Moon, then you might like Hitachino white ale. Try it in a snifter to get all the aromatics.
Plus, it has a pretty cool owl logo.
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