Kawagoe Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes are grown in Kawagoe. In fact, Kawagoe is famous for its annual crop of sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are available fresh and are sold in the shops in Kawagoe. Confections from sweet potatoes are also sold in bags and boxes.

Of course, where there is grain there is alcohol. Kawagoe has its own brand of beer called Koedo Beer. Koedo Beer is made from sweet potatoes.

If you are a regular reader of our blog, you all know that we never pass up an opportunity to try the local brew. Koedo Beer is brewed as both a hefezeizen and the dinkel. I tried the dinkel. The dinkel had a very distinct potato flavor much like drinking imo shochu (shochu made from potatoes). The flavor of the sweet potatoes was gently hidden in the beer but very noticeable. It was very smooth but definitely had a Japanese beer buzz factor.

This is good beer. Not a gimmick. Must have one or two or three on your trip to Kawagoe!!!!