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.
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very pale golden color. Very grassy with biscuit. Lots of butter popcorn. Grassy and bitter. The butter popcorn overwhelms a bit too much. Not bad but not great
Tried
on 11 May 2019
at 06:46
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Clear golden with an off white head. Aroma of orange peel, citrus, grapefruit and malt. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Mikkeller Tokyo
on 10 May 2019
at 16:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
As Yururira on tap at Bungalow. Happy Mild May! Hop Kotan Yururira English Mild 3.5% 12 IBU Amber brown with a creamy beige head of foam and an enticing malty aroma that from a foot away is giving me dark bread, hints of tobacco and grains. Light bodied, raspy dry carbonation with a taste of hardtack, caramel and tobacco leaf. Tasty and refreshing, one of the better Japanese made molds I’ve had as it is a clean brew with a solid aroma and flavor. I’m happy I stuck to my word when I said if I see a mild I’ll have a mild to celebrate Mild May.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 May 2019
at 09:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Mikkeller Tokyo. Poured a clear golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head and some broken lace. The aroma is malt, light piney hop, light citrus fruits. The flavour is moderate bitter with a grainy malt, light gluey, citrus fruit, light pepper spice, light floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied average to soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 May 2019
at 07:46
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Bungalow. Dark brown, not quite black, medium head. Creamy chocolate nose, milky, light coffee. Rich creamy chocolate malt flavor, lightly roasted. Quite nice stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 May 2019
at 03:49
7/10
Goes down really easily
Tried
from Draft
on 03 May 2019
at 17:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
light body. Very nice light roastiness with toffee and coffee notes with hints of oranges. Modest bitterness. A bit fruitier, and less dry, than I expected but still a very well put together and enjoyable schwartz.
Tried
on 01 May 2019
at 00:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
golden amber color. Dry malty nose with nice Smokey cheese character but not overly complex. Nice malty backbone and felt the malt really shined. A touch sweet and medium full bodied. Modest smoked cheese. Very clean. Nice approachable rauch
Tried
on 29 Apr 2019
at 07:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Hop Kotan Brewing Step by Step IPA 6.5% 68 IBU Clear gold with a copper tint and thick foamy head. The aroma is peppery citrus and pine while it’s got a medium body. Medium bodied and dry, the taste is crisp clean west coast ipa, well balanced.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2019
at 06:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at iBrew Shimbashi. Brilliantly clear golden color. Nice smoky nose of bacon, bready malts. Sweet, rich malt flavor, mildly smoked, rich and full malt with great lager character. Approachable and tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2019
at 11:40