CraftBank

What kind of brewery is CraftBank?

hop excitedHop Bro

CraftBank is a place where a former IBM employee and a former community-development consultant turned an abandoned bank in Fukuchiyama into a full-scale brewery.

mugi surprisedMugi

What? A bank? Beer and banks don't seem connected at all!

hop happyHop Bro

That's what makes it great. Brewer Daichi Haseboshi spent five years working in sales at IBM, but one moment of toasting craft beer with colleagues at a brewpub in Tokyo made him think, 'This is it.' After that, he pulled off the unusual feat of working at IBM in the mornings while spending his afternoons exploring the beer business.

mugi surprisedMugi

IBM in the morning, beer in the afternoon? That's a way to work?

hop normalHop Bro

His partner and CFO, Shoda, is impressive too. He studied architecture and urban planning at Hokkaido University, then worked at a community-development think tank in Osaka. After helping launch around 50 businesses in the revival of Fukuchiyama's shopping streets, he researched craft beer culture on the ground in Portland and San Diego. Both of them also trained as brewers at Miyazaki Hideji Beer.

mugi thinkingMugi

I see, it's an IT x community-development combo. So how is the beer itself?

hop excitedHop Bro

Their flagship BANK IPA is a West Coast IPA made with nine kinds of American and New Zealand hops, including Citra, Mosaic, Centennial, and Idaho 7. It hits hard with citrus and tropical aromas, but finishes so clean you can keep drinking glass after glass. It really embodies the concept they promote, 'DRUNKABILITY' - beer with personality that you can drink endlessly.

mugi happyMugi

DRUNKABILITY! That's a great word! Do they use local ingredients too?

hop proudHop Bro

That's another great thing about them. KUROMAME BLACK is a black IPA made with soy milk from Tamba black soybeans, where coffee-like bitterness and creamy black bean character meet hop-driven citrus aroma. KURI GOLD is a golden pilsner made with chestnut paste from Tamba chestnut farmer Okuda. AZUKI RED is a red wheat ale with Tamba azuki beans. It feels like they're turning every agricultural product in Tamba into beer.

mugi surprisedMugi

Black soybeans, chestnuts, and azuki beans? That's a full Tamba feast! And didn't they recently release a coffee stout too?

hop normalHop Bro

That's a collaboration with Shiritsu Coffee Elementary School, a roastery in Kinshicho, Tokyo. They use fair-trade beans from Indonesia and aim for a restrained sweetness that brings out the oily richness of a French press. They also do bold experiments, like a saison brewed with KIOTO yeast from Kyoto and raised while listening to music.

mugi movedMugi

The bank vault is a VIP room now, right? And it's only a five-minute walk from Fukuchiyama Station. I definitely want to go!

Signature beers: BANK IPAKUROMAME BLACKKURI GOLDAZUKI REDCOFFEE STOUT
Craft Bank to Host 'AL FORNO' Collab Event on June 21
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Craft Bank to Host 'AL FORNO' Collab Event on June 21

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Fukuchiyama Collaboration Event Featuring Craft Bank to Be Held at IL PAZZINI on June 21

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Craft Bank Teases 4th Anniversary Event "Big Withdrawal Festival" for July 25 and 26
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Craft Bank Teases 4th Anniversary Event "Big Withdrawal Festival" for July 25 and 26

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Craft Bank to Open at Two May Events in Saitama Shintoshin and Osaka Nanko
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Craft Bank to Open at Two May Events in Saitama Shintoshin and Osaka Nanko

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Craft Bank to Open a Booth at PLAYBACK FES. 2026 on April 26, Serving a Fruit Gose Made with Maizuru Summer Oranges
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Craft Bank to Open a Booth at PLAYBACK FES. 2026 on April 26, Serving a Fruit Gose Made with Maizuru Summer Oranges

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Craft Bank to Resell “Secret Base. Special Set” on March 12 at 9:00 PM
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Craft Bank to Resell “Secret Base. Special Set” on March 12 at 9:00 PM

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Craft Bank Releases "Secret Base. Special Set" in a Limited Collaboration
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Craft Bank Releases "Secret Base. Special Set" in a Limited Collaboration

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Kyoto's Craft Bank unveils "COFFEE STOUT" collaboration with Shiritsu Coffee Elementary School
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Kyoto's Craft Bank unveils "COFFEE STOUT" collaboration with Shiritsu Coffee Elementary School

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Craft Bank Releases COFFEE STOUT in Collaboration with Shiritsu Coffee Elementary School
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Craft Bank Releases COFFEE STOUT in Collaboration with Shiritsu Coffee Elementary School

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Craft Bank to Hold Four Events in March Across Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, and Nakameguro
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Craft Bank to Hold Four Events in March Across Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, and Nakameguro

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Craft Bank releases "YUZU BRUT" 6-bottle set scented with Mizuo yuzu
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Craft Bank releases "YUZU BRUT" 6-bottle set scented with Mizuo yuzu

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Craft Bank unveils new Kyoto Mizuo yuzu-scented "YUZU BRUT"
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Craft Bank unveils new Kyoto Mizuo yuzu-scented "YUZU BRUT"

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Kyoto Craft Bank unveils SAKE IPA "DOPPEL GANGER" made with sake yeast "Kyo no Haku"
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Kyoto Craft Bank unveils SAKE IPA "DOPPEL GANGER" made with sake yeast "Kyo no Haku"

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