# Hop Kotan Brewing — Kamifurano, Hokkaido

> Hop Kotan Brewing in Kamifurano, Hokkaido, Japan scores 3.91 out of 5 — Fine, #29 in Japan. 601 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Hop Kotan Brewing is a brewery in Kamifurano, Hokkaido, Japan. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.91 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #29 in Japan. Of the 601 beers we track, 50% are IPA and 16% Pale Lager.

## Rating

- Score: 3.91 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #29 in Japan · #3,260 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 601

## About

Hop Kotan Brewing produce's good quality beer and is ranked #28 in Japan. They are most well known for "Upopo (ウポポ)", which is an Other Pilsner and "nonno (ノンノ)", which is an Other Pale Ale. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Lagers.

## What they brew

- IPA — 50% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 16% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 15% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 12% of the beers we track
- Other — 7% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: Kamifurano, Hokkaido, Japan
- Coordinates: 43.5180236, 142.4498583
- Website: http://hopkotan.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Yuiga Doxon](https://finding.beer/brewery/yuiga-doxon-34715.md) — 2.89, Limited — Furano, Hokkaido — 12 mi away
- [Taisetsu Ji-Beer](https://finding.beer/brewery/taisetsu-ji-beer-6559.md) — 2.90, Limited — Asahikawa, Hokkaido — 17 mi away
- [Takikawa Craft Beer Factory](https://finding.beer/brewery/takikawa-craft-beer-factory-18357.md) — 2.96, Limited — Takikawa, Hokkaido — 28 mi away
- [Shibetsu Samurai Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/shibetsu-samurai-brewery-29299.md) — 3.45, Poor — Shibetsu, Hokkaido — 45 mi away
- [Tobetsu Seven’s Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/tobetsu-sevens-brewing-29987.md) — 3.47, Poor — Tobetsu, Hokkaido — 51 mi away
- [SOC Brewing Inc.](https://finding.beer/brewery/soc-brewing-inc-9806.md) — 3.80, Fine — Ebetsu, Hokkaido — 54 mi away
- [Obihiro Beer](https://finding.beer/brewery/obihiro-beer-6072.md) — 2.96, Limited — Obihiro, Hokkaido — 56 mi away
- [Sapporo Kaitakushi Beer Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/sapporo-kaitakushi-beer-brewery-6520.md) — 2.96, Limited — Sapporo, Hokkaido — 63 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Japan](https://finding.beer/breweries/japan.md)

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