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!
-----
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.
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Tap at Bungalow. Orange-gold with a thick off-white head and a breadybtreshlynmilled grain aroma with herbal hop accents. Quite full bodied and soft with an earthy flavor. The finish fearures herbal hops, and it’s not as sweet as I expected. The beer is semi-dry and crisp. This beer is very quaffable and grew on me, I loved the soft mouthfeel and texture while the taste is subtly enchanting. If your a fan of this style this is one to seek out I think...
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Oct 2018
at 02:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Beer Inn Mugishutei, Sapporo, Japan. Pours fairly standard transparent gold, with limited persistent white foam, very fine. Aroma is intensely citrus, line in particular. Body is fairly dense with average carbonation. Slightly sticky. Taste is pretty bitter, though with a nice sweet entrance. Finish is fairly long and bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Oct 2018
at 14:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Komachi. Clear gold with a low, thick head. Great hop nose, tropical fruit, orange, mango, peach. Lovely hop flavor with enough malt and body to make a great package. Rich but not too sweet, huge fruitiness. Great.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Oct 2018
at 06:20
7.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Komachi. Barely yellow--almost looks like water. Strange. Decent hoppy nose though a bit faint. Flavor is wonderful, light and creamy malt with great Noble hop flavor, spicy, herbal, quite bitter with a crisp finish. Very German.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Oct 2018
at 06:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Synchronicity. Herbal hop nose, bong water or just plain weed. Bright gold. Herbal hop flavor, pot, crisp, clean malts. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2018
at 07:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Rating from memory two nights ago and only had half a half pint. Clean palate, nice balance, good tropical fruit and citrus notes. Modestly aggressive bitterness. Very well put together IPA.
Tried
on 15 Sep 2018
at 06:37
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Takumi. Clear gold, almost flat. Bit of s surprising appearance. Soft, herbal hops, grassy, minty. Crisp, mild, somewhat reminiscent of UK golden. A bit too flat, but pretty nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2018
at 22:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap at Bungalow. Clear gold with a decently thick white creamy head of foam and giving off a citrusy earthy pine aroma. The beer has quite a full body with a somewhat slick viscous mouthfeel. The taste is woodsy pine, a bit of malt sweetness and a sort of citrus/mango. It’s pretty bitter but pretty good for a brewery I’ve never heard of in Japan. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2018
at 07:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Bungalow. Nice hoppy nose, grapefruit, tropical fruits, passion fruit and some pine. Clear pale gold, looking more like a pilsner. Tropical fruit flavor, peppery and spicy hops, prickly, bitter. Nice fruit with a bit of sweetness, tropical ripeness, and a dry, bitter finish that ends up leaving a rather unpleasant and long-lasting after taste. Pretty great until the very end.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2018
at 03:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Bungalow. Bready, malty nose, toast more than anything. Light caramel. Orange-brown with a light haze. Great malt flavor, bready and toasty as hell, good caramel, not overly sweet, with a lightly hoppy finish. Really an authentic mild. Great toasty malt flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2018
at 03:49