Hoppa is a small, independent, family-driven brewery. It is part of a complex that includes a beautiful old commercial building, Hoppa Brewery and a production space in the nearby Kymin Ruukki area. Vanha Kauppa serves as Hoppa´s outlet and taproom.
The story has begun traditionally from two men's enthusiasm for beer and a desire to start a brewery. But when you add to the whole a restorer who loves old buildings, the project may turn the establishment of a brewery and taphouse into a years-long rescue project for a provincial value site.
The commercial building where Hoppa's roots date back to is the former Heinonen & Laurikainen Ltd shopping mansion built in the old centre of Kuusankoski in 1925. To protect the main building, the brewery was built in a cement-brick courtyard building. In the 1920s, this building has served as a garage for a TT model Ford nicknamed Hoppa. So the brewery has been named after history of this building. The discovery of hop in the word is a funny coincidence.
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