Nomcraft Brewing announces KING×KING collaboration with OUR BREWING
Nomcraft Brewing in Aridagawa, Wakayama, has announced a collaboration with OUR BREWING on Instagram. The project swaps the two breweries' beers, Dino King and Octopus King, putting each brewery's interpretation and brewing setup in focus.
Hop BroBig news today: KING×KING collab has Nomcraft Brewing in Aridagawa, Wakayama teaming up with OUR BREWING to swap Dino King and Octopus King for a cross-brew project.
MugiWait, swap-and-brew? So this is like trading jerseys, except everyone comes back carrying beer?
Hop BroPretty much. OUR BREWING will brew Nomcraft's Octopus King, while Nomcraft takes on OUR BREWING's Dino King in a recipe swap project.
MugiWhoa, but if it's the same recipe, shouldn't it taste identical? Like beer made on a copy machine?
Hop BroThat's the fun part. Different water, equipment, and fermentation temperature shape the fermentation profile, so the same blueprint can land very differently.
MugiWhat even is a fermentation profile? You just turned this into science class. So it's like the same curry recipe tasting different in every house?
Hop BroExactly. Nomcraft is known for hop-forward American-style beers, so their easy-drinking balance should show up even in a collab like this.
MugiAnd they're the renovated nursery brewery, right? A place like that dropping a bold collab has such great plot-twist energy.
Hop BroThat really is their style. They're serious about building community with craft beer, and this collab lets them show their identity, not just their label.
MugiNow I need a side-by-side. Dino King and Octopus King in one tasting sounds like my brain hosting a dinosaur-versus-octopus summit.
Hop BroOnce both are in the glass, this two-KING showdown should make the brewery differences obvious in the best possible way.
MugiI got thirsty halfway through the article. Collab answer-checking at the bar sounds like the correct decision, and I want that beer now.
A KING-for-KING collaboration
Nomcraft Brewing announced a collaboration with OUR BREWING on Instagram. The concept is a "KING × KING" swap: OUR BREWING's Dino King and NOMCRAFT's Octopus King are being brewed in each other's breweries. In the post, Nomcraft says OUR BREWING will brew Octopus King, while NOMCRAFT will brew Dino King. The point is not just the label swap, but how the same recipe can shift when the brewhouse, equipment, and brewer change.
That makes the project interesting for beer fans who like comparing the details. Even with the same recipe, each brewery's interpretation tends to show up in the finished beer. This collaboration gives both teams a chance to show how their own house character comes through in two different "KING" beers.
Nomcraft Brewing is based in Aridagawa-cho, Wakayama, and operates from a renovated former nursery school as part of its long-running "craft beer for town building" approach. The brewery has positioned itself around hop-forward American-style beers and approachable drinkability. Against that backdrop, this collaboration fits neatly into the brewery's broader identity: local, experimental, and open to working with other brewers.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the brewery’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroBig news today: KING×KING collab has Nomcraft Brewing in Aridagawa, Wakayama teaming up with OUR BREWING to swap Dino King and Octopus King for a cross-brew project.
MugiWait, swap-and-brew? So this is like trading jerseys, except everyone comes back carrying beer?
Hop BroPretty much. OUR BREWING will brew Nomcraft's Octopus King, while Nomcraft takes on OUR BREWING's Dino King in a recipe swap project.
MugiWhoa, but if it's the same recipe, shouldn't it taste identical? Like beer made on a copy machine?
Hop BroThat's the fun part. Different water, equipment, and fermentation temperature shape the fermentation profile, so the same blueprint can land very differently.
MugiWhat even is a fermentation profile? You just turned this into science class. So it's like the same curry recipe tasting different in every house?
Hop BroExactly. Nomcraft is known for hop-forward American-style beers, so their easy-drinking balance should show up even in a collab like this.
MugiAnd they're the renovated nursery brewery, right? A place like that dropping a bold collab has such great plot-twist energy.
Hop BroThat really is their style. They're serious about building community with craft beer, and this collab lets them show their identity, not just their label.
MugiNow I need a side-by-side. Dino King and Octopus King in one tasting sounds like my brain hosting a dinosaur-versus-octopus summit.
Hop BroOnce both are in the glass, this two-KING showdown should make the brewery differences obvious in the best possible way.
MugiI got thirsty halfway through the article. Collab answer-checking at the bar sounds like the correct decision, and I want that beer now.
