The first name for
this one was Hoptopus’ Garden 65, a nod to the Abbey Road tune sung by Ringo. 65 speaks to the IBU’s. If you’d like to see the working art for the complete story, click here.)

We were going to go with an umbrella theme, like the Beatles 65 cover album, and then we didn’t.

When we were discussing name options, everyone liked Hoptopus’s Garden and all, but we’re all about options. We figured that everyone will order the beer as “Hoptopus” anyhow, so should we shorten it? (The name, not the beer, of course.)

We’re still showering the beer with hops, but now, it’s a “hip dose.” This story is as complicated as the beer is straightforward. That’s our story, and we’re sticking with it.

In 2015, we wanted to add some fruitiness to the hop notes so v2.0 was born. One of our rare tweaks.

You’re welcome!

 

Hoptopus

Style Guidelines: This is a pale wheat that's hopped up. No, not paler that a wheat -- it's a wheat that also includes pale malt, for a slightly maltier wheat that includes a ton of hops. Consider it a spring / summer ale for all you hopheads!

Rotation Schedule: In the spring, sometime after Saint Patrick's Day, when the sun starts to come out.

Food Pairings: Spring salad with rasperry vinaigrette

Body: medium
Color: blonde / orange haze
Grain: Pale, American Red Wheat and Belgian Crystal

Bittering Hops: Amarillo
Finishing Hops: Amarillo, Mosaic

Original Gravity: 1.055
IBUs (estimate): 65 Version 2.0 IBUs: 70
Alcohol By Volume: 5.6% Version 2.0 ABV: 5.8%

First Tapped: April 29, 2007
Version 2.0: March 24, 2015 with Mosaic hops added to hop bill