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.
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.
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at their Sapporo tap room. Rich malt, light smoke, bread. Floral and fruity hop nose. Crisp and dry flavors with light smoke. The smoke and the hops will work really well in this, and the Sorachi Ace is really skillfully employed. Light lemon and oak notes. A great one.
Tried
on 05 Aug 2025
at 12:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hop Kotan Comet Punch APA
5% 21 IBU
Nice gold color with thick eggshell white foam and a sweet fruity hop bouquet with some woodsy bitter notes. The taste is a mix of grapefruit pith and sweet tarts in hoppiness with a bit of grainy soda bread malt notes. It was on sale so long in the tooth but still solid.
5% 21 IBU
Nice gold color with thick eggshell white foam and a sweet fruity hop bouquet with some woodsy bitter notes. The taste is a mix of grapefruit pith and sweet tarts in hoppiness with a bit of grainy soda bread malt notes. It was on sale so long in the tooth but still solid.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2025
at 15:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hop Kotan New Way IPA
American IPA 7% 60 IBU
Lovely brass color with thick dense off-white foam. Rich stone fruit and pine aroma. Fairly full bodied with a touch of resinous piney dankness and balancing bitter orange sweetness.
Solid stuff.
American IPA 7% 60 IBU
Lovely brass color with thick dense off-white foam. Rich stone fruit and pine aroma. Fairly full bodied with a touch of resinous piney dankness and balancing bitter orange sweetness.
Solid stuff.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2025
at 15:00
8/10
Nice stuff. Think it’s a mix of what were in previous years white or red grape sours. Perhaps preferred them separately, but this is still very nice.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2025
at 03:41
7.5/10
Quite a full on taste for the strength. Resin, fruity, got that heft that is the fun part of a DIPA.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2024
at 13:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Beer Kotan.floral, leaft hop nose with bready malt. Slightly haxy gold. Herbal, floral, spicy hops. Clean malt. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2024
at 14:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Beer Kotan. Clear gold. Crisp, bready malt with lemony, bright hops. Clean, malty, bread, hops are a little bolder than usual but noble and work well. Clean, crisp, lovely.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2024
at 13:32
7/10
Nice stuff. Malty, bit of caramel.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2024
at 03:55
7/10
Nice. Uncomplicated. Not my favorite style but it’s good.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2024
at 03:54
7.5/10
Nice. But slightly unremarkable. But nice. I had it twice
Tried
on 03 Sep 2024
at 03:54