Egre Brewery Joins the Limited Brewing Project for Bakuen HYOGO 2026
Egre Brewery will take part in the craft beer event "Bakuen HYOGO2026" to be held on April 18 and 19 in front of JR Hyogo Station. The event brings together 21 companies from Hyogo Prefecture, and the brewery is also named in a collaboration project with a sake brewery.
Hop BroEgre Brewery is going to take part in Bakuen HYOGO2026, right? It’s an event on April 18 and 19 at Canal Town Plaza in front of JR Hyogo Station, bringing together Hyogo craft beer and local food.
MugiWhoa! More than 80 kinds of beer are going to be there!? Just walking around the venue sounds like you’d get pleasantly tipsy!
Hop BroAnd there are 21 breweries from Hyogo Prefecture all together. Among them, Egre Brewery is really making its presence felt as a brewery from Himeji.
MugiFrom Himeji? Is it really that new? Hearing it’s the first brewery in Himeji City makes it sound like a pretty impressive title!
Hop BroYes, it was founded just in July 2022, and it’s a brewery started by a bartender and a brewer working together. I like the idea of delivering beers suited to a wide range of occasions from a city with Himeji Castle.
MugiI see! So what’s the main attraction this time? Isshu Dogen sounds like some kind of big sake sports festival!
Hop BroThat project is seriously exciting. It’s a collaboration project with sake breweries, with 14 breweries participating, and they’ll all tap limited-brew beers at once that use sake-derived ingredients and techniques like sake lees, koji, sake rice, yeast, and brewing water.
MugiI get sake lees, but do koji and brewing water really go into beer? Bringing in sake techniques is a little hard to picture!
Hop BroTo put it simply, koji can influence sweetness and aroma design, and brewing water can shape the backbone of the flavor. In other words, it’s beer that carries the wisdom of sake.
MugiI get it! So it’s not just a collaboration, it’s a fusion of ingredients and techniques. And to open everything at once at the venue? That’s so live and immediate!
Hop BroIn Egre Brewery’s Instagram post, they announced the event as a gathering of Hyogo beer and food, and listed the hours as April 18 from 12:00 to 20:00 and April 19 from 11:00 to 18:00. Advance tickets are already sold out, so the atmosphere on the day should be intense.
MugiWow, now I really want to raise a glass there! If it’s that popular with advance tickets sold out, I’m even more curious, and now I want to visit Egre Brewery’s taproom too!
Participating in Bakuen HYOGO2026
The event Egre Brewery introduced on Instagram is the food festival "Bakuen HYOGO2026," which brings together Hyogo craft beer and local food. The venue is Canal Town Plaza in front of JR Hyogo Station, and it will be held over two days, April 18 and 19. There are 21 participating breweries from Hyogo Prefecture, with a lineup of more than 80 kinds of craft beer.
Limited Brewing Project "Isshu Dogen"
One of the highlights this time is "Isshu Dogen ~In the Case of Sake~," in which 14 breweries participate. It is a project to simultaneously tap the Bakuen-limited collaboration beers made with sake breweries in Hyogo Prefecture at the venue, and the lineup includes beers that incorporate sake-derived ingredients and techniques such as sake lees, koji, sake rice, yeast, and brewing water. Egre Brewery is among the 14 breweries taking part in this limited brewing project.
As a Brewery from Himeji
Egre Brewery is Himeji City's first craft beer brewery, founded in July 2022 in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture. It was started by a bartender and a brewer combining their respective experience, and it aims to deliver beers suited to a wide range of occasions from the city with Himeji Castle. It also has a taproom and offers locally rooted ways to enjoy it, such as growler fills and BBQ plans.
What Was Announced in the Post
In its Instagram post, the brewery promoted the event as a gathering of "Hyogo beer and food," and announced the hours as April 18 from 12:00 to 20:00 and April 19 from 11:00 to 18:00. It also said that advance tickets at Egre Brewery were sold out.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the brewery’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroEgre Brewery is going to take part in Bakuen HYOGO2026, right? It’s an event on April 18 and 19 at Canal Town Plaza in front of JR Hyogo Station, bringing together Hyogo craft beer and local food.
MugiWhoa! More than 80 kinds of beer are going to be there!? Just walking around the venue sounds like you’d get pleasantly tipsy!
Hop BroAnd there are 21 breweries from Hyogo Prefecture all together. Among them, Egre Brewery is really making its presence felt as a brewery from Himeji.
MugiFrom Himeji? Is it really that new? Hearing it’s the first brewery in Himeji City makes it sound like a pretty impressive title!
Hop BroYes, it was founded just in July 2022, and it’s a brewery started by a bartender and a brewer working together. I like the idea of delivering beers suited to a wide range of occasions from a city with Himeji Castle.
MugiI see! So what’s the main attraction this time? Isshu Dogen sounds like some kind of big sake sports festival!
Hop BroThat project is seriously exciting. It’s a collaboration project with sake breweries, with 14 breweries participating, and they’ll all tap limited-brew beers at once that use sake-derived ingredients and techniques like sake lees, koji, sake rice, yeast, and brewing water.
MugiI get sake lees, but do koji and brewing water really go into beer? Bringing in sake techniques is a little hard to picture!
Hop BroTo put it simply, koji can influence sweetness and aroma design, and brewing water can shape the backbone of the flavor. In other words, it’s beer that carries the wisdom of sake.
MugiI get it! So it’s not just a collaboration, it’s a fusion of ingredients and techniques. And to open everything at once at the venue? That’s so live and immediate!
Hop BroIn Egre Brewery’s Instagram post, they announced the event as a gathering of Hyogo beer and food, and listed the hours as April 18 from 12:00 to 20:00 and April 19 from 11:00 to 18:00. Advance tickets are already sold out, so the atmosphere on the day should be intense.
MugiWow, now I really want to raise a glass there! If it’s that popular with advance tickets sold out, I’m even more curious, and now I want to visit Egre Brewery’s taproom too!
