Hop Junkies?

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  1. BeerKarmaNYC

    BeerKarmaNYC Initiate (0) Sep 13, 2015 New York

    I'm trying to decide on a term to refer to my friends and others who only drink beers in the hop forward genre. They'll fight a baby to get their hands on the latest and greatest DIPA or Citra hopped pale ale yet
    refuse to go near sours and don't drink dark beer and scoff at the idea of a farmhouse ale.

    So that being said, can we call these people Hop Junkies? I'm definitely open to other suggestions.
     
    #1 BeerKarmaNYC, Jan 18, 2016
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  2. DerekCarruth

    DerekCarruth Savant (1,086) Aug 17, 2012 Georgia

    I'm okay with being called that. I don't know if I'd fight a baby, but I'd surely stare one down to get what I'm looking for.
     
    #2 DerekCarruth, Jan 18, 2016
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  3. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    Okay -- I'll say it since no one else has (yet); I think we've already locked in the term "hop heads."
     
    #3 steveh, Jan 18, 2016
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  4. otispdriftwood

    otispdriftwood Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2011 Colorado

    It's a toss up. Hop Head or Hop Junkie? Both conjure up drug references. Both apply to me. I've been calling myself a hop head, but I think I'll interchange the two, depending on who I'm talking to. Thanx for the heads up, OP.
     
    #4 otispdriftwood, Jan 18, 2016
  5. teromous

    teromous Grand Pooh-Bah (3,180) Mar 21, 2010 Virginia
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    Lupulin Lover! Seriously though I think hop head is the most prevailing term.
     
    #5 teromous, Jan 18, 2016
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  6. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    Yeah, back in the '80s (1880s) a hop head referred to an opium addict... not a great comparison I guess... or is it? :grinning:
     
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  7. BeerKarmaNYC

    BeerKarmaNYC Initiate (0) Sep 13, 2015 New York

    I'm thinking beyond hop head, which was meant to denote people who were seeking out the 100+ IBU beers. I'm talking about people who won't go near any of the other great beers that are being made around the country.
     
    #7 BeerKarmaNYC, Jan 18, 2016
  8. otispdriftwood

    otispdriftwood Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2011 Colorado


    No, it isn't - but I do appreciate the info. I was thinking pot head.
     
    #8 otispdriftwood, Jan 18, 2016
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  9. gopens44

    gopens44 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,560) Aug 9, 2010 Virginia
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    Whatever the term, it does encompass my behavior, most likely. While I enjoy an RIS or Hefe, I actually either mentally or emotionally crave hop forward anything. IPAs, DIPAs, American Barleywines, Cascadians - doesn't matter. Rarely goes a day that I drink where I do not get all hop head or tweak for hop something. Maybe Alpha Acid Deficiency or something....
     
    #9 gopens44, Jan 18, 2016
  10. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    Not really, hop head was coined to describe any beer drinker who only wanted to drink hop-forward beers; in flavor or bitterness. My home-brew club was calling these "enthusiasts" hop heads back in the early '90s (1990s, Otis!).
     
    #10 steveh, Jan 18, 2016
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  11. otispdriftwood

    otispdriftwood Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2011 Colorado



    And pot head was used in the 1960s. No matter, I think I'm going with hop junkie from now on since I do seem to need my hop fix on at least a weekly basis.
     
    #11 otispdriftwood, Jan 18, 2016
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  12. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    Maybe a picture would be helpful here?

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    #12 JackHorzempa, Jan 18, 2016
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  13. emount91

    emount91 Initiate (0) Aug 28, 2015 Connecticut

    ...you mean "Hop Heads"?
     
    #13 emount91, Jan 18, 2016
  14. bleakies

    bleakies Maven (1,355) Apr 11, 2011 Massachusetts

    Which, in the nineteenth century, was the common term for what we presently call "junkies."
     
    #14 bleakies, Jan 18, 2016
  15. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    Just so long as we don't find you somewhere out on the mainline. :wink:
    Maybe so, but now you're talking a derivative -- at least "hop heads" is direct plagiarism. :grinning:
     
    #15 steveh, Jan 18, 2016
  16. eldoctorador

    eldoctorador Pooh-Bah (2,096) Dec 12, 2014 Chile
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    They need help
     
    #16 eldoctorador, Jan 18, 2016
  17. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    I guess if you want to look at it that way, Hop Fiend might be another good term to appropriate from the past. :grinning:
     
    #17 steveh, Jan 18, 2016
  18. WSchmidt

    WSchmidt Aspirant (283) Jul 3, 2011 Virginia

    I would call them tragically unbalanced...
     
    #18 WSchmidt, Jan 18, 2016
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  19. CJNAPS

    CJNAPS Pooh-Bah (2,492) Nov 3, 2013 California
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    "fight a baby" that was funny. I'm a hop junkie for sure but love other styles as well
     
    #19 CJNAPS, Jan 18, 2016
  20. tillmac62

    tillmac62 Pooh-Bah (2,859) Oct 2, 2013 South Carolina
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    Hop Head
     
    #20 tillmac62, Jan 19, 2016
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