The Non Alcoholic Beer Market
Hoppy Poppy IPA Non Alcoholic is brewed by Figueroa Mountain Brewing, a craft brewer located in Southern California. The brewery is known for Danish Red Lager, Davy Brown Ale and several IPAs. The non alcoholic beer market has grown rapidly in recent years with the introduction of non alcoholic beers that taste more like regular beer. Non alcoholic beers have several health advantages over regular beers, including fewer calories, sugar, carbs and of course, alcohol. Non alcoholic means less than 0.5% alcohol, so non alcoholic beers can still have traces of alcohol.
Athletic Brewing is the current market leader in non alcoholic beers and is a top 10 craft brewer, but more and more specialty non alcoholic breweries are entering the market, as well as traditional breweries. Not a day goes by without some news story about the rise of non alcoholic beer and societal trends towards reducing alcohol intake.
Figueroa Mountain Brewing
Figueroa Mountain Brewing has four tasting rooms in Southern California in Buellton, Los Olivos, Westlake Village and Santa Barbara. I have been to the one in Santa Barbara several times, which is located in the “Funk Zone” downtown and is a great place to try their beers. It has an outdoor covered area and live bands and is adjacent to Lucky Penny, which has great pizzas. You can order from Lucky Penny right there and they will deliver it to you.
Figueroa Mountain Brewing was founded by a father and son team, Jim and Jaime Dietenhofer, in 2010. With a passion for craft beer, they set out to pay homage to the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley with handcrafted beer and hand-drawn artwork depicting the local landscape on their labels.
Figueroa Mountain has a large selection of beers, including several IPAs, a Mexican lager, Danish Red Lager, Davy Brown Ale, several non alcoholic beers and more.
Hoppy Poppy IPA Non Alcoholic
Figueroa Mountain introduced three non alcoholic beers in 2023, Hoppy Poppy IPA, Hiker’s High Hazy IPA and FMB 101 Blonde. Each is a non alcoholic version of a beer they were already brewing with alcohol. Figueroa Mountain describes Hoppy Poppy IPA Non Alcoholic as “A non-alcoholic version of our Hoppy Poppy IPA. Golden poppies are ubiquitous around California; it’s why we named our IPA after it. And our love for that beer is just as ubiquitous – so we wanted to make a version that we could drink anytime. Enter our new Non-Alcoholic Hoppy Poppy. Every bit as delicious as the classic, but with less than .5% alcohol.” Figueroa Mountain describes the original Hoppy Poppy IPA with alcohol as “Bursting with a floral bouquet like the poppies of California.”
Hoppy Poppy IPA non alcoholic has 70 calories, 16g carbs, 0g fat and 1g protein. There is no IBU information. It has no rating on Beer Advocate and a 3.6 out of 5 rating on Untappd.
Our Review of Hoppy Poppy IPA Non Alcoholic
If you read our post about ProofNoMore, I bought 35 single non alcoholic beers to try. I decided to start with non alcoholic beers from large well known breweries. O’Doul’s and Claustauler, two of the most well known and most hated non alcoholic beers, Budweiser Zero, Becks NA and Corona NA. Clausthauler was awful and O’Doul’s was better than expected. Budweiser Zero tasted like regular Budweiser and Becks NA and Corona NA were both better than their respective regular beers. Corona was a pleasant surprise.
Next I moved on to craft brewers’ non alcoholic beers. Sierra Nevada Trail Pass IPA was an excellent non alcoholic IPA but Trail Pass Golden was just okay. Next up are the three from Figueroa Mountain.
The Tasting
I liked Hoppy Poppy but I don’t believe that IPA lovers will. Despite the name, it isn’t very hoppy. That’s great for those like me who do not like hoppy beers, but if you do, then Hoppy Poppy is not a good choice. The table below shows several other non alcoholic IPAs that are better for IPA lovers.
Top Rated IPA Non Alcoholic Beer Nutritional Information
| Brewery | Beer | Beer Advocate Rating | ABV (%) | IBU | Calories | Carbs (g) | Protein (g) | Fat (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletic Brewing | Free Wave | 86 | less than 0.5 | 50 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Athletic Brewing | Run Wild | 85 | less than 0.5 | 35 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Sierra Nevada | Trail Pass IPA | 85 | less than 0.5 | 35 | 95 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| Boston Beer Company | Samuel Adams Just the Haze | 87 | less than 0.5 | 35 | 98 | 22 | 1.5 | 0 |
See more on these beers at Athletic Brewing Run Wild IPA, Athletic Brewing Free Wave Hazy IPA, Samuel Adams Just the Haze Hazy IPA and Sierra Nevada Trail Pass IPA.
For non alcoholic beer nutritional information for all NA beers we have reviewed and more, see NA Beer Nutritional Information.
