On April 28, Noboru Brewing unveiled its collaboration beer “Saboru” with the café restaurant “6 RACCOON” in Miyazaki City. It is a Coffee IPA with 7% alcohol by volume and Citra and Mosaic hops. Born from a relationship between neighboring businesses that regularly pass each other by within a one-minute walk of the directly operated shop “Yado,” which opened last year, this beer took shape over time.

A project that started from the neighborhood

According to the post, the first talk of this collaboration came up about a year ago. Because each shop was a place they frequently used, repeated conversations eventually led to a decision to “properly turn it into something real.” Noboru Brewing is a brewery based in Miyazaki City that has continued brewing with the aim of creating “a beer you want to drink again,” and its closeness to the local community forms the foundation of the project.

Designed as a Coffee IPA

Saboru is a Coffee IPA based on one of Noboru Brewing's regular beers. This time, it was built on “Warau” in particular, with the recipe developed by combining it with coffee beans from 6 RACCOON. The coffee used spans six countries: Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, India, Ethiopia, and Timor-Leste. The team tested a total of 12 patterns to find which combination blended most pleasantly.

The aim was a balance where neither side dominates, but rather the two blend together naturally. Alongside the coffee's roasted character, citrus and tropical aromas from the hops layer on top, and the glass also carries nuances reminiscent of berry, chocolate, grapefruit, and orange peel.

Coffee and beer are both drinks that support a moment to take a breath. Saboru can be seen as a collaboration that carefully reworked that shared quality not as a simple mix, but as layers of flavor. As a drink born from two places close to each other in downtown Miyazaki and extended from everyday life, it lands in a place that feels distinctly Noboru Brewing.