# Octone Brewing — Minakami, Gunma

> Octone Brewing in Minakami, Gunma, Japan scores 3.60 out of 5 — Poor, #164 in Japan. 17 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Octone Brewing is a brewery in Minakami, Gunma, Japan. We grade it Poor, with a score of 3.60 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #164 in Japan. Of the 17 beers we track, 30% are IPA and 26% Saison.

## Rating

- Score: 3.60 out of 5
- Grade: Poor 😐 — Not bad beer so much as unremarkable beer.
- Ranked: #164 in Japan · #9,527 worldwide
- Popularity: Barely rated
- Beers tracked: 17

## About

Octone Brewing produce's unproven beer and chooses to limit their brewing to a select few. They are most well known for "Upstream IPA", which is a New England IPA and "Yamabito Ale", which is an American Pale Ale. Their primary focus is brewing Saisons and IPAs.

## What they brew

- IPA — 30% of the beers we track
- Saison — 26% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 15% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 14% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 9% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 4% of the beers we track
- Other — 2% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 702-2, Minakami, Gunma, Japan
- Coordinates: 36.769848, 138.970067
- Website: http://oct-1.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Tsukiyono Craft Beer](https://finding.beer/brewery/tsukiyono-craft-beer-18337.md) — 2.61, Limited — Minakami, Gunma — 6.1 mi away
- [Denen Plaza Kawaba](https://finding.beer/brewery/denen-plaza-kawaba-18335.md) — 3.09, Limited — Kawaba, Gunma — 9.5 mi away
- [Katashina Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/katashina-brewing-29316.md) — 3.37, Poor — Katashina, Gunma — 11 mi away
- [Shimaonsen Yell Factory](https://finding.beer/brewery/shimaonsen-yell-factory-18343.md) — 3.39, Poor — Nakanojo, Gunma — 12 mi away
- [Strange Brewing & Lab](https://finding.beer/brewery/strange-brewing-lab-18268.md) — 3.44, Poor — Minamiuonuma, Niigata — 26 mi away
- [Jokun Brewing Lab.](https://finding.beer/brewery/jokun-brewing-lab-25248.md) — 3.56, Poor — Tokamachi, Niigata — 27 mi away
- [Tamamura Honten Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/tamamura-honten-co-6616.md) — 3.90, Fine — Yamanochi, Nagano — 30 mi away
- [Yudanaka Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/yudanaka-brewery-29986.md) — 3.60, Poor — Yamanochi, Nagano — 31 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Japan](https://finding.beer/breweries/japan.md)

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