# Hopwater. Had it? Thoughts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [September 22, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopwater-had-it-thoughts/990546 "2023-09-22T15:11:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopwater-had-it-thoughts/990546/21 "2023-09-29T11:39:05Z")
> [@ColdBrew50](#): > > Carbonated water in a bottle. I’d never pay for it again, especially since there are some reasonable 0.0% offerings like Heineken 0.0. I’ve never tried a NA beer, nor do I want to. Hopwater is different. ---
**Author:** ![ColdBrew50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@ColdBrew50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdBrew50)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopwater-had-it-thoughts/990546/22 "2023-09-29T11:54:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Hopwater is different. Sure is. Water with just a smack of hops. Comes in a bottle. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopwater-had-it-thoughts/990546/23 "2023-09-29T13:56:56Z")
> [@ColdBrew50](#): > > However, the “alcohol free” beers can, I believe, go as high as 0.03-0.05%. 0.5% in the US. I drink NA beers, but hop water isn’t really the same category. It seems to be marketed that way, but it’s just, as you note, another flavor of seltzer, essentially. ---
**Author:** ![ColdBrew50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@ColdBrew50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdBrew50)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopwater-had-it-thoughts/990546/24 "2023-09-30T10:44:08Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > 0.5% in the US. I drink NA beers Sure, for things like O’Douls and the other “non-alcoholic” old-school NA beers. The newer 0.0 “beers” have a typical range of 0.03% to as high as 0.05% ABV, though. So, magnitude less in ABV. I never had those latter ping any kind of alcohol BrAC meter in any quantity. I’m resisting the urge to go on a rant against “hard seltzers”…one of the many, many things I cannot comprehend, but completely off topic. Yes, I know people who drink those, and they’re pretty dedicated to their favorite ~~shows~~ brands. Someone I know once compared hard seltzers to drinking the equivalent of a television show whose picture is almost completely stymied by static. But, yes, back onto hopwaters, more than a few bartenders have suggested that they’re best served with a splash of some kind of fruit juice or something…grenadine, perhaps, even. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopwater-had-it-thoughts/990546/25 "2024-08-16T03:20:41Z")
I have been enjoying Saint Arnold Hop Spring , very refreshihg, not very hoppy. The Sierra Nevada offering is also good but a lot more citrusy. I ran out of tonic water and discovered a Gin n Hop water is very good Gin. Ice , squeeze of lime and the hop spring instead of tonic water. I guess it kind of makes sense , floral hoppy bitter replacing the quinine. The Sierra Nevada hop water would be even better with its more pronounced flavors. ETA a vodka hop spring with some fresh jalapeños is something I think should work out as well. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopwater-had-it-thoughts/990546/26 "2024-08-16T13:04:58Z")
Just had my first one from Siren Craft Brew in the UK. This one is made with Idaho 7 hops. It smells hoppier than it tastes. Very refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopwater-had-it-thoughts/990546/27 "2024-08-16T13:21:20Z")
We’ve been getting a case of [Helltown Brewing](https://www.helltownbrewing.com/)’s Hopwater any time we are at the brewery. I mentioned to the owner that I’d like a more hoppy version if they ever decided to make one. He ran in the back and brought me an unlabeled six pack of his “experimental” hopwater to try. Very nice, _very_ hoppy, I loved it but it was too much for my gf. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopwater-had-it-thoughts/990546.md?page=1)