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.
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Bungalow. Nice orange, lemon, light tropical fruit hops in the nose, mango, a touch of pineapple, with rich, wheaty malt. Hazy flowing pale gold with a pretty head. Rich malt flavor, bready, crackery, nice hops, a bit acidic citrus. Pretty fresh and tasty. Smooth and full. Solid stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Dec 2018
at 01:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Bungalow. Dark brown to black, low lacy head. Nose is chocolate, umami, a bit of soy and light roastiness. Flavor is chocolate, cola, caramel, rich bready malt, light roasty. Tasty stuff. body is medium and smooth with low carbonation that works really well. Very enjoyable schwarz.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Dec 2018
at 01:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
dark brown color. Light brown head. Nice light roasted malt and chocolate nose. Excellent chocolate, treacles, roasted malt and licorice character. Light body, medium bitterness, sweet-ish malt undertones. Great depth. Super drinkable. Fantastic example of the style and tops for japan. Almost want to give this 3.8
Tried
on 16 Dec 2018
at 13:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at B&G. Malty, bready nose, wheat? Hazy gold, with a high, airy head. Bready, dry flavor, hoppy, a bit heavy bit nicely dry. Slightly dirty finish. Nice start. Not as exact as their other ales and lagers, but at least this isn't sweet and yeasty like most of the saisons in the world. Hope they keep working on this, maybe up the abv.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2018
at 03:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Komachi. Deep gold with the slightest of hazy and a fine, low head. Nose is tropical fruit, more passion and guava than mango, grapefruit, oranges. Rich, fruity, malty flavor, passion fruit and grapefruit, orange, semi-ripe mango, guava. Bright yet full and the carbonation is just right. Prickly, peppery, bitter finish. Good stuff, not as straight-out dry as most of their others.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Dec 2018
at 02:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Bungalow. Lemon, grapefruit, coffee in the nose. Roasty and minerally. Black. Light licorice and chocolate sweetness, roasty coffee, citrus. Too burnt and roasty for my personal taste, but well done.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2018
at 02:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Bungalow. Nose is chocolate, caramel, rye bread, toast. Deep amber orange, clear. Mild, rich and malty flavor. Lovely malt, bread, toast, caramel and chocolate. Leafy, spicy hops with a pleasant bitterness in the finish. Great malt character. Nice one. I am more impressed with their malt driven beers than the hoppy ones, which often seem just a bit overdone.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2018
at 02:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Tap at Bungalow. Pale-ass yellow with a low, fine head, and effervescent. Crackery malt nose, lemony, herbal hops. Grassy, herbal, and bitter, the malt is nice saltine crackers. Way too fizzy and sharp this time. Tasty and well made but slightly too bitter, as many of their beers are for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2018
at 02:01
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap @ Beer Boy, Nakameguro. Pours clear yellow, white foam. Resiny nose, light sweetness but goos hoppiness there overall. Tastes light but not watery, nicwly hoppy but also remains crisp. Not too sweet actually. Liking this.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Nov 2018
at 11:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Bungalow. Big, grassy nose, lemon, lager malts. Clear pale golden color. Dry and crisp flavor, hoppy and bitter as expected. Some warming sweetness is nice, melons, touch of honey and biscuits. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Nov 2018
at 02:04