Happy Hops IPA
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.66
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Happy Hops was originally brewed in 1944 by the Grace Brother's Brewery in Santa Rosa, CA! We are paying homage to the Grace family, whose brewery closed in the 1960's, and have revived "Happy," the charming hop character who graces the front of this label. Happy Hops is an IPA brewed with both new and old world hop varieties, giving this beer bold aromas and flavors with notes of tropical and stone fruits.
(from label)
Happy Hops is an incredibly hoppy India Pale Ale with an immense hop aroma and flavor and a mild bitterness.
(from label)
Happy Hops is an incredibly hoppy India Pale Ale with an immense hop aroma and flavor and a mild bitterness.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Troubles End. A rather supreme example of Mosaic. While I used to think peach-mango with Mosaic, the last few years I really get a candy blueberry tone from the heavily hopped stuff. Massive flavor, all the more impressive with the filtered body. Lacks a pinch of bitterness, but a really impressive flavor display. I had high expectations and this exceeded them.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2022
at 00:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Pasadena Whole Foods: pours golden with white head. Aroma is mostly grapefruit, pine and some grass. Taste is somewhat bitter, citrusy and piny. Solid WCish IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2022
at 21:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Tropical fruit and grapefruit aroma. Tropical fruit and grapefruit flavor with light earth. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and grapefruit linger with light pine and light earth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2021
at 18:26
Real floral, little hop bite. Nice single. There’s no way this is real. The Donald looks like a penis.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Dec 2021
at 15:19
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at University of Beer in Vacaville. Pours clear light golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Fruity, tropical, oranges, herbal tea. Very good, solid IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Nov 2021
at 01:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at brewpub. Mild , juicy hop nose. Notes of citrus and berries. Flavor is sweet citrus , mango, pineapple and lime. Dryish notes on backend. Some pine as well. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Aug 2021
at 04:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours bright orange gold into a shaker. White head with medium retention recedes to mottle surface. Earthy tangerine and pine aromas. Crisp with sweet caramel and citrus upfront turning to earthy pine in the medium length finish.
Tried
on 12 Jul 2021
at 04:02
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
opalescent pale golden colour, medium sized dense white head; aroma of piney, grape, tangerine, orange zesty-marmalade, slight sweaty and floral honey-like notes; greatly balanced bittersweet taste with the same notes as can be felt the aroma; excellent one!; thank you very much for sharing, kapusil!
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jul 2021
at 18:37
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
0.51l bottle thanks to Cristobal37. A bit opaque golden body with a white head. Aroma of pine, bready malts, tangerine and grapes. A tiny bit of earthy notes too. Taste of pine needles, blackberries, grape seed and grapefruit. Fresh, crisp and very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2021
at 18:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From a half liter bottle. Pours a clear gold with a big white head. Aromas of pine. Flavors are moderately bitter citrus. Smooth and delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2021
at 01:10