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a. Having a taste of hops
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is a beer-flavored almost non-alcoholic drink (0.8% alcohol) that Kokuka Beverage Company began producing and selling in Japan in 1948; it is currently most available in and associated with Tokyo. Kokuka subsequently changed its name to Hoppy Beverage Co., Ltd. Hoppy is currently a registered trademark of Hoppy Beverage Co., Ltd.
Despite its beer-like flavor, Hoppy contains no purine bases.
At the time of its launch, Hoppy mixed with shōchū (a Japanese distilled beverage) was considered a substitute for beer, which was beyond the reach of ordinary people. The mixed drink is referred to as Hoppy as well. It is still a staple among some Tokyo residents, and have experienced a retro revival of late. It is a popular item at izakaya (Japanese-style pubs), especially within the suburban old town area along the Keisei Main Line.
Hoppy may refer to:
Fictional characters:
- Hopalong Cassidy, a cowboy in novels and films
- Hoppy (The Flintstones), on the television series The Flintstones
- Officer "Hoppy" Hopkins, a recurring character on the television show Sanford and Son
- Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, a comic book character based on Captain Marvel
- Hoppy Uniatz, a sidekick of Simon Templar, aka "The Saint"
- Flying Officer Hoppy Hopkinson, in the movie 633 Squadron
- Hoppy, in the 1994 video game ClayFighter 2: Judgment Clay
- "Hoppy" Thorne, the One-legged Wonder, one of the Manchester United F.C. mascots in the 1930s and '40s
Other uses:
- Hoppy (nickname), a list of people
- Hoppy (beverage), Japanese non-alcoholic beverage
- the characterization of the taste of hops, a bitter flavoring and stability agent in beer
Hoppy is the nickname of the following people:
- Jocelyn Lee Hardy (1894–1958), British Army major
- Jeff Hopgood (1948–2006), Australian rules footballer
- John Hopkins (political activist) (born 1937), British photographer and counter-culture activist
- Richard Hopkins (civil servant) (1880–1955), British civil servant
- Roy M. Hopkins (1943–2006), American politician
- George F. Hopkinson (1896–1943), British Army major-general
- Ozell Jones (1960–2006), American basketball player
- Hoppy Kamiyama (born 1960), Japanese keyboardist and music producer
- Ernesto Rossi (gangster) (1903–1931), American gangster, early associate of Al Capone
Usage examples of "hoppy".
For Peter Quentin and Hoppy Uniatz and Pargo and the girl whose life might be worth no more than theirs now that she also knew too much, the Saint struck like a blacksmith, knowing that if he failed to connect completely with one punch he would have no chance to throw in a second.
It was the voice of Hoppy Harrington, and Eldon stood bewildered, rubbing his head numbly, trying to understand and knowing on a deep, instinctive level that he did not--and never really would.
Hoppy greeted him with a nervous handshake and a jittery voice and showed him to his office in the back where his desk was set with two deli sandwiches and iced teas.
The card impressed Hoppy enough to shoo off the last of the lingering sales associates, and lock his office door.
I had always been reluctant to look behind its plywood sides, or under its duraluminum hood, but I understood from Hoppy (who had been called in once to fix it) that its various components were powered by an intricate and never since duplicated combination of batteries and 110, clockwork, gravity, water pressure, propane, and charcoal (for the thermal printer).
As the citizens of West Marin County one by one entered the Foresters' Hall and seated themselves, June Raub adjusted the variable condenser of the twelve-volt car radio and noticed that once again Hoppy Harrington had not shown up to hear the satellite.
Hall and seated themselves, June Raub adjusted the variable condenser of the twelve-volt car radio and noticed that once again Hoppy Harrington had not shown up to hear the satellite.