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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Russian River - Windsor, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out light piney hops and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is bright, with lots of piney hops, biscuity malt, and a touch of vibrant stone fruit. Piney and crisp. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2021
at 00:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, 4/15. Pours clear yellow, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is a bit of grass, grapefruit, pine. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter, a bit watery. Light body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2021
at 23:40
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle via Billy T. It pours clear yellow - gold with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is lovely and fresh, doughy white bread, biscuit, florals, stone fruits, grapefruit, pomelo and some green pine. The taste is crisp, clean, snappy, dry, pleasant mellow bitterness, fragrant, floral, pine needles, some wets coats green vibes, zingy citrus, grapefruit & pomelo, pithy, zesty, peppery spice, some stone fruits and fluffy white bread with a firmly dry finish. Medium body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Clean, crisp and crushable. Incredibly moreish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2021
at 10:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
500 mL bottle. Pours a clearer, straw color, with a big, foamy, white head. The nose is mango, pine sap, orange peel, dust, and lavender. Dry and malty, with a sharp, crisp bitterness. This is a quality, straightforward IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2020
at 22:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Taster pour on tap at Boneyard Bistro. Appearance is clear, pale yellow with light sparkle, finger-width foamy head with excellent retention and nice soapy lacing. Aromas is strong arm pitty musk. Taste is less strong, but still dominant, arm pit musk along with background fruit. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, average carbonation and dry, bitter finish. Overall, a little bit different with the arm pit musk dominance but not complex. Well crafted.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2020
at 14:45
7/10
Sunday night baseball. Have to listen to Jessica Mendoza b/c cannot get stereo to get local broadcast on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2019
at 19:43