Hop Kotan Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Sorachi,
Hokkaido,
Japan 🇯🇵
Associated Venue: Tap Room Beer Kotan
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.
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.
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at bungalow. Bright, clear golden color with a thick, low head. Lemony nose, light malt, minerals, salty almost. Herbal and lemony hop flavor, something like chlorine, crackers, sweet and a bit bland. Crisp but flavors are a bit all over.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2019
at 06:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hop Kotan Balmy Breeze Hoppy Lager Tap to go at Bungalow. Nice herbal and fruity aroma, medium to full bodied with a crisp dry finish for a summer winner. Really good.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jul 2019
at 14:18
6.5/10
A bit thin, and much less sour than the BAFPA. Might've liked it more if I hadn't tried that first
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jul 2019
at 10:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
pale golden color. Prickly carbonation. Biting bitterness, big citrus notes with some crackery malt. Medium body. Full on assault. Really well balanced. Nice and dry. Excellent
Tried
on 12 Jul 2019
at 13:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
low medium bitterness as semi sweet golden color. Rounded. A bit unexciting, but I had after a IPL and that was a mistake.
Tried
on 12 Jul 2019
at 13:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
medium amber color. Very well balanced with nice hop character over bready and caramel semi sweet backbone. Very well executed --- Beer merged from original tick of Ryougetsu no Shuen on 21 Oct 2018 at 10:16 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: medium light amber color. Nice breads nose with some caramel notes. Very malty full body. Good depth. Smooth. Excellent. Modestly sweet
Tried
on 12 Jul 2019
at 13:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
eep golden color. Full bodied. Big hop presence.big mangos and apricot Fairly bready. Slightly syrupy. But never boozy. Rounded. Wow. Really nice
Tried
on 12 Jul 2019
at 13:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
purple pink color. Light tart nose full of cassis. Very dry, too dry the cassis is unrestrained but not balanced. A touch of sweetness would have been nice. Slightly puckering. Like but don’t love
Tried
on 12 Jul 2019
at 13:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
beautiful mahogany color. Wood cherry plum and toffee nose. Light body but felt it wasn’t as balanced as it should be as it lacked body and bitterness or acidity to balance it a bit more. Still nice depth and I love the plums, chocolate extra. Dry finish. Potential to be world class and it’s still amazing for the depth it has at 3.5% but has potential to be mind blowing
Tried
on 12 Jul 2019
at 13:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
very dry modest hoppy nose. Nice cereal and low grassiness to it. Medium bitterness. Dry. Well balanced. Not amazing depth, but nice and refreshing.
Tried
on 12 Jul 2019
at 13:40