Some hop stems, earthiness, but it’s fairly light. Smell: Green hops with that lightly under-attenuated wort-like character that’s typical of many non-alcoholic brews. A uniquely-full body and crazy-big hoppy aroma lends to IPNA’s satisfaction.Īppearance: Light amber color, similar to brown bottle glass, clear, with white fizzy head that didn’t last long. Massively dry-hopped and delicious … like a clean, zesty bunch of hops smackin’ you in the face! Yes, in a good way.ĭank-ish pine-y grippiness from the massive dry-hop of our favorite Yakima Valley hops-Citra, Mosaic & CTZ (Columbus, Tomahawk & Zeus for the acronym-averse)-on a bed of English crystal malts for a smooth backbone & beautiful orange hue. A brewer-led labor of love utilizing all of our hops chops and over a year of R&D. Here’s what the company says about IPNA on the website: Now, I can’t say for sure that Lagunitas produces IPNA this way-I do get a bit of unfermented wort character in the aroma, as you’ll see in my notes below-but I suspect it does. Crux Fermentation Project does the same thing with its NØ MØ brews the result is “real” beer (no arrested fermentation or similar methods to halt alcohol production), and it’s diluted as necessary to bring it below the 0.5% ABV threshold. Lagunitas’ IPNA fits the standard model for NA beer, with less that 0.5% alcohol by volume (to be legally considered “non-alcoholic”), and with the stats provided on the website-28.32 IBUs, and it has a starting gravity of 1.023-it sounds like the brewery’s method of production is to brew a low-gravity, low-alcohol beer as its starting point. There’s a light acidity that comes with the sparkling (carbonated) water. Not harshly hoppy or overly bitter at all. (Light bong water.) Otherwise, it’s a spritzy light mineral water, ephemeral. The flavor is light with a bright bit of citrus (“natural flavors”) that’s a touch dank and earthy. It has an oddly candy or juice-like aroma that’s reminiscent of an orange-cherry lollipop, with a faint undercurrent of herbal bitterness. My (freeform) notes:Ĭlear sparkling water with a slight yellow-green tint. I have to admit, I was skeptical, and expected just kind of dirty-flavored water, not expecting the hops to offer much but some harsh bitterness. We added a pinch of brewer’s yeast to biotransformate the hops and pull out terpenes (AKA aroma compounds) of bubblegum, lime, lemon, tangerine, and a bit of pine. Hoppy Refresher is a zippy and zingy highly carbonated dry-hopped sparkling water. Chock-full of Citra, Equinox, and Centennial hops, for a big splash of flavor that’s surprisingly fruity. This sparkling beverage is made using everything Lagunitas knows about hops. And it’s literally just that-a zero-calorie, zero-carb, zero-alcohol sparkling water flavored with hops.Ĭrisp, zingy, and hoppily refreshing. I’ve been calling this “Hop Water” based on the label, but the “Hoppy Refresher” is its official name-“Sparkling Hop Water” is the secondary name/tagline. In that spirit I’d received samples of Lagunitas Brewing Company’s two non-alcoholic beverages, a sparkling hop water and a standard NA IPA, to sample and review. ![]() It's a variation on a theme of 25 years of edgy brewing at the edge of brewing.Dry January is past, so cutting out alcohol may not be top of mind right now (though I’ve also seen the subsequent months recently called Fit February and Moderation March in the same spirit), but that shouldn’t stop you from moderating your alcohol intake if you so choose. ![]() Try Hoppy Refresher on its own for a beer-like tasting experience (without the alcohol, of course), or mix it with your favorite spirit to add a hoppy zing to your cocktail game! Jeremy says, “Think of it like a club soda… with soul. So what about Hoppy Refresher? Jeremy Marshall describes it as “refreshing on its own… it fills that ‘Oh, I want to have an IPA, but it’s 9:30 in the morning and I’m out of IPAs’ kind of thing.” You need yeast to liberate the hop flavors, and that’s the most important thing that we know from making IPAs, and we leveraged it in making Hoppy Refresher.” Whatever that means… What is biotransformation? Brewmonster Jeremy Marshall put it best: “Yeast biotransforms the existing hop terpenes into more desirable terpenes. It's chock-full of Citra, Equinox, and Centennial hops, as well as some natural flavors and a pinch brewer's yeast to biotransform-ate the hops to just the right flavor. An IPA-inspired refreshment that's zero-alcohol, zero-carbohydrate, and zero-calorie, made using everything we know about hops. Lagunitas Hoppy Refresher is a fresh take on an old tradition.
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