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.

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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Golden with a white head. Clean but with plenty of flavor. Not a crispy pils, but a soft, full bodied beauty. Lightly sweet. Refreshing. More please.
Tried on 26 Mar 2019 at 10:04

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Black with a thin head. Chocolate, lightly roasted, cracker, dry graham cracker, lightly sweet. Finish is sweet but dries out. Medium bodied. Quite nice.
Tried on 26 Mar 2019 at 09:56

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap at Bungalow Teramachi. ORange, stone fruits, stinky tropical fruit nose. Clear orange. Big fruit rush in the flavor, funky tropical fruits, grapefruit zest, tart hops. Dry finish.
Tried from Draft on 25 Mar 2019 at 02:31

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap at Bungalow Teramachi. Slightly hazy, bright golden. Bright citrus and herbal hops, lightly tropical, rich, sturdy pilsner malt. Hoppy and delicious, nice structure, not overdone or pissy, delicious.
Tried from Draft on 21 Mar 2019 at 06:44

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Hop Kotan Waking Up Pils 19 IBU 5% It’s a clear gold with a nice head of foam and a fruity aroma. Medium to light bodied it is crisp and dry. The flavor is a fruity grape at first bring to mind New Zealand hops but then you also get a herbal spicy hop thing in the finish that to me says noble hops. An easy drinking beer.
Tried on 16 Mar 2019 at 07:49

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
nice crisp mouth, cereal malty backbone with citrusy hop notes. Light body. Very very crisp. Didn’t love the citrus notes but well made beer.
Tried on 25 Feb 2019 at 13:48

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
light golden color. Soapy nose a touch of coriander. Light body, fairly smooth, but not much body. Light and dry but the brett and sourness just doesn’t stick up enough. Kinda good but meh
Tried on 25 Feb 2019 at 13:47

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Tap @ Mikkeller Tokyo. Pours nice golden, quite clear, some white foam on the top. Nose has some grainy character, some fruitiness there as well and some hops - but definitely has a strong malty base. Taste displays some grainy biscuits, light mellow fruity bitterness in the background, melon soft sweetness. Finish has some grainy bitter linger. Quite solid, malty IPA.
Tried from Draft on 17 Feb 2019 at 08:11

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
lots of baker’s chocolate, roasted malt, nice dry mouth feel. Some dark fruits. Nice complexity. Good mouthfeel. Low carbonation. Excellent
Tried on 09 Feb 2019 at 12:38

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
brilliant amber color. Nice apricot and strawberry and minerally nose. Fully body, it’s a Vienna ipl. It’s bit interesting
Tried on 04 Feb 2019 at 13:32