Happy Hops Blonde Ale
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
Golden / Blonde Ale Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.34
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Hopped-Up Blonde Ale, 5.4%ABV
Not really a Blonde Ale, not a Pale Ale, not an IPA. Happy Hops is a light colored refreshing ale with a pronounced hop character from the experimental 369 variety (Mosaic).
You may also see a special version of this beer once a year called Happy Hops Harvest, which is brewed with fresh "wet" hops grown locally.
Available year round
Not really a Blonde Ale, not a Pale Ale, not an IPA. Happy Hops is a light colored refreshing ale with a pronounced hop character from the experimental 369 variety (Mosaic).
You may also see a special version of this beer once a year called Happy Hops Harvest, which is brewed with fresh "wet" hops grown locally.
Available year round
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught from russian river. Pours lightish. Medium body. Fairly earthy aroma. Ok.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 00:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On a four beer flight at Stadium Brewing on 10th April 2025. Golden body, white crown. Hoppy little number with both piney and citrusy notes on a solid malt base.
Tried
from Draft
at
Stadium Brewing
on 10 Apr 2025
at 15:30
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Bottle) clear bright yellow color with a medium tall white head; aroma of tropical fruit; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2025
at 02:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
14th February 2025. Pours clear and golden, aroma is aromatic, citrus and fresh. Taste is clean and aromatic, floral. Another decent IPA from Russian River, this one at Working Class, North Park San Diego
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2025
at 20:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap at Toronado, San Francisco. Aroma is fruity and piney hops with citrus, biscuity malt and notes of tropical fruits. Dry-ish bitter finish. Body is medium. Smooth and well-hopped APA.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:46
7/10
Hops and some malts, not very prominent. Taste is hoppy, crispy, with low to moderate bitterness. Balanced and nice.
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Tried
on 18 Jan 2025
at 17:30
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Super tasty well-crafted beer! Aromas are a bit muted fresh resin hops with some dry grain and house dust, Flavors are bursting fresh tropical and stone fruit hops with a little citrus and resin. Excellent balance between bitter, sweet and carbonation. Finish follows flavors. Wish I had gotten more of this one.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Mar 2023
at 02:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours hazy pale golden with a small white head. Aroma's piney hops and citrus. Retronasal follows this. Flavour is light malty sweet and light bitter. Medium bodied. Dry moderate bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Apr 2022
at 00:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Golden with a white head - Herbal hop aroma - Malt body with a hop flavour that is herbal and has a good bitterness - The herbal hop bitterness goes into the finish - This was good
Tried
on 06 Oct 2020
at 18:07
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Vollmundig hopfiger, spritzig herber Beginn. Harzig hopfig, minimal bitter, was konstant bleibt, langer Nachhall. 10/10/12/12//12
Tried
on 01 Mar 2020
at 04:02