Hop Kotan Brewing

Microbrewery in Sorachi, Hokkaido, Japan 🇯🇵
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2017

Contact
上富良野町西8線北33号, Sorachi, Japan
Description
北海道の真ん中、美しい景色で知られる富良野・美瑛エリア。
その一部をなす上富良野(かみふらの)は、
道内で唯一、ホップが商用栽培されている町です。
そして私たちブルワーにとって、希少な地のホップを使って
ビールを醸すことは、この上ない幸せでもあります。

ホップづくりのプロと語らいながら、生きたホップとふれあい、
ビールづくりのプロとして、さらなるおいしさを追究したい。
ここでなら、それができる。だから私たちは、ここに集いました。

立ち上げたブルワリーの名は、忽布古丹(ホップコタン)醸造。
コタンとは、村や集落を意味するアイヌの言葉で、
まさに北海道のホップ集落=上富良野のことを指す名称です。
この国がもっとビールを楽しめる国になることを願い、
コタンから多種多様なおいしいビールを全国にお届けします。

ホップに囲まれ、幸せいっぱいの私たちは、FULL OF HOPPINESS!
このホピネスが、お飲みいただくみなさまにも伝わりますように。
数年先には、すべて地のホップを使うブルワリーをめざして。
そしていずれは地の大麦・小麦も…。
農作物のように成長する忽布古丹にご期待ください!

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Partial translation:

The name of the brewery that was launched is Hop Kotan Brewing. Kotan is an Ainu word meaning a village. It is a name that refers to the hop village of Kamifurano on Hokkaido.

I hope this country will become a country where you can enjoy more beer. We deliver a wide variety of delicious beers nationwide from Kotan.

Surrounded by hops, we are full of happiness, FULL OF HOPPINESS! I hope this happiness will be conveyed to everyone who drinks it. A few years from now, aiming for a brewery that uses all the hops of the earth. And eventually, the local barley and wheat.

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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Crystal clear golden with a white head. Plenty of citrus and pine notes. Nice sharp bitter bite. Nice but a bit lacking in overall flavor.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2022 at 06:12


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Hazy golden. Good amount of hop notes- grass and noble. Medium bodied. Some light sweetness. Finish is a little bitter. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2022 at 05:28


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

This is everything I want in a pale ale. It’s clean profile has a good portion of citrus hop notes, apricot, and biscuit malt to give it strength. There is a decent, but not overwhelming, bitterness to the beer throughout. It’s ultra refreshing. Would buy cases of this.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Feb 2022 at 07:34


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Deep, deep purple-red with a thin off-white head. Tart and slightly sour berries, brown sugar, plum. Medium bodied. Less sour in the flavor but definitely full of dark fruits, ripe berries, tart notes, and rich dark melted sugar. The finish is more dark fruits with some tart notes. The 12% is very well hidden. I’m impressed with this.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Feb 2022 at 11:27


6

Bit earthy, bit rubbery. Off hops again? I've heard they are going around

Tried from Draft at Beer Bomb on 21 Feb 2022 at 07:37


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

very pale light golden color. Grassy lemon peach creampie mint. Modestly bitter very fresh hop character. Super interesting. Excellent

Tried on 12 Feb 2022 at 10:07


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Hazy golden copper with a white head. Full of fresh fruit notes that leans a bit sweet with nice spicy yeast that dries it out. I’m a skeptic of the Belgian-American mash ups but this bangs.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2022 at 06:04


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Clear, slightly reddish copper with a thin white head. Full citrus hops over sweet caramel malt. The hop profile brings some rough bitterness in the finish. Some pine crops up in the finish. Sort of an old school IPA but skews simple.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Feb 2022 at 07:45


7.5

Quite Yuzu heavy but why not. Belgian creamy too.

Tried from Draft at Tachi Nomi Beer Boy Shibuya Parco (Craft Beer Market) on 01 Feb 2022 at 09:00


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Purple with a white head. Fruit forward but not in an overbearing way. Berries mainly. Some light funk and yeast notes. I was ready to dislike this but it won me over pretty quickly.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2022 at 11:53