Echigo Yakuso will also have a booth at the "20th Echigo/Kenshin SAKE Festival 2025" to be held on October 18 (Sat) and 19 (Sun). Sake breweries from the Joetsu area and guest breweries from the prefecture will offer sake tastings, and there will be booths selling food and goods.
Our craft gin brand "THE HERBALIST YASO" will be selling drinks and bottles of "THE HERBALIST YASO GIN Extra Herbal", YASO GIN Orange and YASO GIN Yuzu. YASO GIN Extra Herb, YASO GIN Orange, and YASO GIN Yuzu. A variety of non-alcoholic gin and tonics will also be available. Please note that drinks sold at our booth will be charged.

Gangi Brewing and THE HERBALIST YASO collaboration beer "HERBER HARBOR" on sale].

Furthermore, on the day of the event,Limited edition beer brewed in collaboration with Gangi BrewingWe are pleased to announce that we will be selling a special beer called "Gangi Brewing Bourbon". Our distiller visited Gangi Brewing's brewery and was involved in the preparation of this special brew.
Sales location: Gangi Brewing booth

Gangi BrewingAbout]

Our motto is "Bold Taste, Easy sip.
Brewing starts in August 2023. A craft beer brewery located in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, a 10-minute walk from Joetsu Myoko Station. The name of the brewery is derived from the "ganki-zukuri" architectural style that is representative of the Joetsu Myoko area, and the brewery's name reflects the idea that "through beer, people are connected like geese, and share enjoyable moments together. This is the reason for the brewery's name. 

[Distiller's Comment].

this timeGangi BrewingThe collaboration with YASO GIN Extra Herbal Beer was a valuable experience for us, as we were able to be involved in the brewing process from the beginning. In producing the collaboration beer, we used juniper berries, cedar, fir, bergamot, and four of the seven parts that make up YASO GIN Extra Herb, a regular product at THE HERBALIST YASO, as secondary ingredients, Juniper berry, cedar, fir, and bergamot were used. During the preparation stage, we crushed the juniper berries, which we do not normally do in the distillation process.
From the moment I crushed it, I could taste the clean woodiness and subtle sweetness of juniper berries, and I was excited to help how this aroma would be expressed as a craft beer.... I also remember drinking the wort for the first time and being amazed at how something so sweet could be transformed into a bitter yet refreshing thirst-quenching beer! I still remember how surprised I was.
We have put the one and only YASO character into this craft beer created together with Gangi Brewing Co. We hope you will enjoy it. 

The 20th Echigo-Kenshin SAKE Festival 2025

Date and Time
Saturday, October 18, 11:00-19:00
October 19 (Sun.) 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
venue
Takada Honmachi Shopping Street, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture
admission
free
tasting fee
3,000 yen per day
2-day pass: 4,000 yen

The official website isthis way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker)