ICHIBAN SHIBORI PROCESS
What is the "Ichiban Shibori Process"? Why does it make Kirin Ichiban so special?
Ichiban Shibori, or 'First Press', is the unique, uncompromising process by which this legendary Japanese beer is made - using only the sweet, flavoursome liquid from a single pressing of the finest ingredients.Other beers, brewed by less exacting methods, are pressed and repressed. Kirin Ichiban is crisper, richer, purer - because we press once, dispose of what is left and begin again.
For us, there is no other way.