Ise Kadoya Beer Announces "Spring IPA Festival 2026," Packed with Six IPAs
Ise Kadoya Beer introduced the online set "Spring IPA Festival 2026," a collection of six kinds of IPA. In addition to its standard Neko series, the lineup also includes a collaboration beer with VERTERE, making it a tasting set where you can compare the character of each hop.
Hop BroIse Kadoya Beer is putting out Spring IPA Festival 2026, and honestly, this is the kind of lineup that really hits for IPA fans.
MugiWhoa! Six IPAs? That alone already gives it a real festival vibe!
Hop BroExactly. It's from the brewery in Ise City, Mie, and the set includes six 350 ml cans plus a booklet, priced at 5,500 yen including tax.
MugiWow! A booklet too? So it's the kind of thing you read while you drink? That's pretty luxurious, isn't it?
Hop BroThe lineup is great too. The Neko series are all here: Hop Nyaon 11th Fleet, Neko Sanbiki, Neko Nihiki, and Neko Shikashinjinai.
MugiWait, hold on! The names are cute, but Neko Shikashinjinai? What even is that? The pressure just got intense all of a sudden!
Hop BroIse Kadoya Beer is really good at that kind of playfulness. The contents are still fully serious, and it's interesting how even within IPA, styles like DDH Hazy IPA and TDH Opaque Triple IPA go in different directions.
MugiDDH and TDH are new words again! It feels like super-hop-heavy jargon and my brain can't keep up!
Hop BroBroadly speaking, DDH means plenty of dry hopping, and TDH means even more. In other words, it's extra-hop aroma all the way, so you can enjoy how the aroma comes forward and even how the haze develops.
MugiI get it! And Another Cut is a collaboration with VERTERE, right? That's the kind of beer you want to try just on that basis alone!
Hop BroThat's right. They teamed up with VERTERE in Okutama, Tokyo, and made a hazy IPA that highlights the aroma of Strata hops. If you like the aroma of Strata, this will definitely catch your attention.
MugiIt's pretty amazing that they make such contemporary IPAs while standing on the shoulders of a long-established business in Ise. The phrase "From Ise to the world" is kind of cool.
Hop BroIf you open this in spring, you can compare the standard, limited, and collaboration beers all at once. Tonight feels like the perfect night for a tasting session.
Ise Kadoya Beer, based in Ise City, Mie, announced "Spring IPA Festival 2026" on its online shop. The set consists of six 350 ml cans plus a booklet, priced at 5,500 yen (tax included). As a project centered on IPAs to enjoy in spring, it is designed so you can experience the brewery's wide-ranging hop use all at once.
This set includes Hop Nyaon 11th Fleet, Neko Sanbiki, Neko Nihiki, Neko Shikashinjinai, Brain-Melting Ultra Heaven 3xIPA, and Another Cut. The lineup brings together six IPAs with different aims, including DDH Hazy IPA, TDH Opaque Triple IPA, American style Triple IPA, and Hazy IPA, making it notable for packing together distinct approaches within the IPA style.
Among them, Another Cut is a collaboration with VERTERE of Okutama, Tokyo. It is introduced as a hazy IPA that brings out the aroma of selected Strata hops. Ise Kadoya Beer traces its roots to Nikenchaya Kadoya Mochiten, a business in Ise with about 440 years of history, and has continued brewing under the banner of "From Ise to the world." Backed by the history of a long-established local business, the brewery continues to expand its expression even in contemporary styles such as IPA.
IPA is a style prized for hop-derived aroma and bitterness, but in Ise Kadoya Beer's lineup, even within IPAs there are differences in aroma, body, and crispness. This spring set seems like a project that lets you look at the hop expression the brewery does best from three angles: standard, limited, and collaboration.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the brewery’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroIse Kadoya Beer is putting out Spring IPA Festival 2026, and honestly, this is the kind of lineup that really hits for IPA fans.
MugiWhoa! Six IPAs? That alone already gives it a real festival vibe!
Hop BroExactly. It's from the brewery in Ise City, Mie, and the set includes six 350 ml cans plus a booklet, priced at 5,500 yen including tax.
MugiWow! A booklet too? So it's the kind of thing you read while you drink? That's pretty luxurious, isn't it?
Hop BroThe lineup is great too. The Neko series are all here: Hop Nyaon 11th Fleet, Neko Sanbiki, Neko Nihiki, and Neko Shikashinjinai.
MugiWait, hold on! The names are cute, but Neko Shikashinjinai? What even is that? The pressure just got intense all of a sudden!
Hop BroIse Kadoya Beer is really good at that kind of playfulness. The contents are still fully serious, and it's interesting how even within IPA, styles like DDH Hazy IPA and TDH Opaque Triple IPA go in different directions.
MugiDDH and TDH are new words again! It feels like super-hop-heavy jargon and my brain can't keep up!
Hop BroBroadly speaking, DDH means plenty of dry hopping, and TDH means even more. In other words, it's extra-hop aroma all the way, so you can enjoy how the aroma comes forward and even how the haze develops.
MugiI get it! And Another Cut is a collaboration with VERTERE, right? That's the kind of beer you want to try just on that basis alone!
Hop BroThat's right. They teamed up with VERTERE in Okutama, Tokyo, and made a hazy IPA that highlights the aroma of Strata hops. If you like the aroma of Strata, this will definitely catch your attention.
MugiIt's pretty amazing that they make such contemporary IPAs while standing on the shoulders of a long-established business in Ise. The phrase "From Ise to the world" is kind of cool.
Hop BroIf you open this in spring, you can compare the standard, limited, and collaboration beers all at once. Tonight feels like the perfect night for a tasting session.
