So I’m over at Thieves Tavern for “Fuckin’ Wednesdays” on Wednesday afternoon, and bartender Luke sets this bottle in front of me and says, “Have you seen this?” And I’m like, “‘Hophead’? Sounds dum– HOP VODKA???” Full disclosure: I myself am not a major hophead. I can appreciate the qualities of a fine IPA, but I usually prefer to drink beers that don’t make me sneezy and deaden my taste buds to other flavors. (I guess I could see an allergist or something.)
Hophead is basically like essence of hop. Real powerful. You have one sip and your mouth tastes like you’ve been drinking Blind Pig all afternoon. And some days, that’s exactly what you want to feel like you’ve been doing, am I right? Luke also mixed up a Hophead dirty martini, which worked pretty well, the salty and oily mingling with the hoppy nicely. It’s definitely weird. But it’s fun to drink.
So if Beer Week has you all beered out, but you still require a hop fix, Anchor Distilling‘s got you covered.
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It’s hard to tell if these people understand that “hophead” is long-established slang for someone who smokes marijuana — and, going by your description of the product, that could set up unfortunate expectations about the product.
COMMENTARIAT WANTS TO KNOW WHY YOU’RE NOT UP ON THE LATEST DRUG LINGO, SUCKER
The Usual Suspect wants to know
Why you’re not up on the old-time lingo,
Dildo.
Your turn. As a poem.
COMMENTARIAT WILL NOT BE TRICKED INTO POEMS. POEMS ARE NOT THE ART OF THE PEOPLE.
COMMENTARIAT’S JOKE ABOUT HOPHEAD BEING NEW HAS GONE UNNOTICED. AWKWARD TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT.
Tell that to Homer, the people’s bard!
Retard!
COMMENTARIAT KNOW ALL ABOUT HOMER. HOMER WAS AN ELITE. WE ALSO, UNLIKE ANN COULTER, THINK THE USE OF “RETARD” IS INAPPROPRIATE EVEN TO COMPLETE A FORCED RHYMING SCHEME.
That’s wicked retarded.
Actually , it used to be a term for opium/heroin addicts, not potheads.
Originally, yeah, but it migrated in the ’30s when opium smoking became less common, and pot became more common. My question to Anchor Distilling is still a matter of interest.
Right, and now it’s migrated to become a term for people that like really hoppy beers since people have no problem saying “I smoke a ton of dank, bro,” and equally, no one cares.
And, both Wikipedia and Urban Dictionary seem to have skipped your iteration of the word.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hop-head
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hophead
Merriam-Webster is more in my camp, and “commentariatsays” is in yours. That’s enough for me, y’hipsters.
my urban dictionary link disagrees with yours
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hophead “Hophead is an umbrella term for users of everything from cocaine to marijuana”
Of interest? Maybe. Of relevance? Nah, not at all.
Says you.
WHO’S DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED NOW?
THE PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY”RE GONNA GET A POPPY_POWERED HIGH FROM THIS BOOZE? CUZ DAT”S CLEARLY WHAT U GUYZ IZ SAYIN> DUUUUUH
No, but this is 2013, not 1933.
Well that explains the price of gas.
YOU CAN’T FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE.
How about Bud of the week and cannabis interest ?
Imagine that in San Francisco