Using the Word "Hop" in Beer Names?

Okay, I'm guilty of this myself (my most recent IPA is named "Audacity of Hop"), but is anybody else here tired of breweries playing on words with the word "Hop?"

examples include:

Hoptimus Prime
Hoptical Illusion
Hoptoberfest
Smooth Hoperator
Hoppus Maximus
Hop Stoopid

and many others...feel free to add to the list

no, I am ok with it....my last IPA was "hoppopatamus"

Hopternal Emision was a fresh hop from Widmer this year. How can you not love that?
I have no problems with using hop in the beer name.

if its an IPA it kind of fits... It also makes sense to give a product a name that describes it. Using puns on "Hop" tells beer geeks that it is a hop focused beer, probably an IPA without even having to read further.

Actually I should change my answer a bit...I don't mind the use if it actually fits the beer, for example "hoptober" from NB is a bad use of the term "hop" in the name...with only 40 IBU's it just doesn't fit.

Hoperation Ivy - Ska
Modus Hoperandi - Ska
Hopsecutioner - Terapin

Kilted Brewer said:

Hopternal Emision was a fresh hop from Widmer this year. How can you not love that?
I have no problems with using hop in the beer name.

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haha! actually, I thought of one the other night that is similar: "hopgasm"

still, i guess the reason why I feel uncomfortable with it is because naming an IPA with "hop" in it is an attempt at being creative and unique, but the idea itself is a conformity. It reminds me of a quote I once heard: "you are unique, just like everyone else."

alcibiades said:

haha! actually, I thought of one the other night that is similar: "hopgasm"

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Hoppy Ending would be pretty good too.

A few months ago I came up with an idea to brew a Kölsch called Blitzkrieg Hop. But I never did it.

I've seen:

Tricerahops
Hop Czar
Hop Trip
Hop Wallop
Hoptober
Hop-15
Hop Rod Rye

Looked up some interesting entries on ratebeer and beeradvocate:

Hopocalypse
Hop Pocket
Hop Suey
Hop 2 It
Hop'solutely
Wet Hop American Summer


Some other ideas:

Hop-A-Plea
archbisHOP of canterBREWERY (groan)

Hopoplectic Fit? Twelve Hopostles?

shawnbou said:

Twelve Hopostles?

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This would be an epic idea for an IPA series... One day, when I can actually brew as much as I want, I will brew the Twelve Hopostles and name each beer after them. The label opportunities are great!

LOL just be sure to post the labels here so we can all enjoy ...

shawnbou said:

Twelve Hopostles?

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now THAT's a good one.

What characteristics would each Hopostle have?

DurangoHomeBrewMafia said:

no, I am ok with it....my last IPA was "hoppopatamus"

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"Hip-hoppopatamus" would have been cooler....

the_bird said:

"Hip-hoppopatamus" would have been cooler....

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I was just going to say the same thing!!

How would hopheads know what to buy, otherwise? "Hop" or "IPA" is all it takes.

the_bird said:

"Hip-hoppopatamus" would have been cooler....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FArZxLj6DLk

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LOL! Can't believe I didn't think of that ...

Hopsecutioner by Terrapin Brewing
Big Hoppy Monster by Terrapin Brewing
Hop Project by Yazoo Brewing -- same malt bill, lots of different hop bills. 22 batches so far

I brewed an IPA my last batch. I too thought the "hopinsertnamehere" fanaticism had played out.

So, I called it "Lupulinium".

Boerderij_Kabouter said:

This would be an epic idea for an IPA series... One day, when I can actually brew as much as I want, I will brew the Twelve Hopostles and name each beer after them. The label opportunities are great!

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I think it would be cool to do a series of all single-hop IPAs that follow that tact.
Something like:
Amarillo, Cascade, Columbus, Centennial, Galena, Magnum, Northern Brewer, Nugget, Simcoe, Summit, Warrior, Zeus

weirdboy said:

I think it would be cool to do a series of all single-hop IPAs that follow that tact.
Something like:
Amarillo, Cascade, Columbus, Centennial, Galena, Magnum, Northern Brewer, Nugget, Simcoe, Summit, Warrior, Zeus

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Just so long as "Judas" doesn't actually contain hops.

GilaMinumBeer said:

I brewed an IPA my last batch. I too thought the "hopinsertnamehere" fanaticism had played out.

So, I called it "Lupulinium".

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+1 to Latin beer names.

A buddy of mine was just talking about this and had a few good ones. Of course there was beer and now I've forgotten most of them. I do remember Hop Gun (like top gun)

I've always had this idea of doing a strongly bittered doppelbock and naming it Hoptimator. I'm guessing others have done this already though as it seems fairly obvious.

weirdboy said:

I think it would be cool to do a series of all single-hop IPAs that follow that tact.
Something like:
Amarillo, Cascade, Columbus, Centennial, Galena, Magnum, Northern Brewer, Nugget, Simcoe, Summit, Warrior, Zeus

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Or maybe do a single recipe that uses all twelve of those hop varieties?

shawnbou said:

+1 to Latin beer names.

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Short's has Huma Lupa Licious. About the most creative hop-inspired name i've ever seen in a commercial brew.

Yog-Soth-hop?

Too obscure? Too nerdy?

Yes.

DurangoHomeBrewMafia said:

no, I am ok with it....my last IPA was "hoppopatamus"

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I was thinking of that too. I've been calling my IPA "If You're Hoppy and You Know It" It's kind of long though.

I'm all for "hop" in beer names. Just means there's a high probability that I'll like it!

DurangoHomeBrewMafia said:

Actually I should change my answer a bit...I don't mind the use if it actually fits the beer, for example "hoptober" from NB is a bad use of the term "hop" in the name...with only 40 IBU's it just doesn't fit.

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I concur...It was pretty *****ey.

kanzimonson said:

Yog-Soth-hop?

Too obscure? Too nerdy?

Yes.

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Nerdy, maybe, but not nearly as groan-inducing as ... H.O.P. Lovecraft.

Hopluia - The Gospel of Hops
Spilker Ales http://www.hopluia.com/

Hoptimus Prime is one of my all-time favorite beer names.

On a somewhat related note, my favorite homebrew club name of all time is, without a doubt, Horsemen of the Hopocalypse. Beat that. They're great guys, on top of that!


TL

Im about to make an IPA .....What about Loop De Lupulin?

dunnright00 said:

I was just going to say the same thing!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boafDfigiAo

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You can also have a rye beer.. the Ryemnocerus.

Don't forget Miller with their "triple hopped brewed" Lite.

LOL

The last beer I bottled was an Imperial IPA that I named "Hop Rape". After 8 ounces of hops I think it's an appropriate title. :fro:

The last IPA i brewed I called IHop IPA. I used maple syrup in in which probably won't lend much taste but it did boost the ABV and helped the name make more sense.

hip HOP and you don't stop ALe?
Hoptomatrist Double Vision IPA??

Hopitoulas- Nola Brewing
Named after Tchoupitoulas Street where the brewery is located.

My DIPA is called MaHopMa and the label my buddy is working up has a picture of Gandhi with a pint reflected in each lens of his glasses.