Brooklyn Kura, Five Boroughs Brewing Co. collaborate to create a special drink to debut on Cinco de Mayo
It takes two.
Industry City’s Brooklyn Kura, 68 34th Street, New York City’s very first sake brewery, has teamed up with Sunset Park’s Five Boroughs Brewing Co. to create a special drink, the one-of-a-kind rice lager called the Sunset Kura, which will make its debut on Saturday, May 5, also known as Cinco de Mayo, during a kick-off event at Five Boroughs Brewing Co., 215 47th Street.
“Sunset Kura is a lager that features a 50/50 split of extra pale pilsner malt and Brooklyn Kura’s American-grown rice inoculated with koji mold, an essential ingredient in sake,” said Nick Griffin, head of brewing and quality management for Five Boroughs Brewing Co. “But instead of being brewed into a batch of sake, the rice was transported a few blocks south to the Five Boroughs Brewing Company facility. There, the rice was brewed, cold fermented and allowed to mature according to traditional lagering methods, with the intent of allowing the koji’s citrusy, fresh rice character to play center stage. The result is Sunset Kura, a unique, unfiltered and unrefined lager unlike any other.” Sunset Kura has 4.5 percent alcohol by volume (ABV).