Hoptimus Prime. Smooth Hoperator. Hoptical Illusion. If a brewer has the chance to make a hop pun (and odds are good, thanks to thehop boom), they’ll make it. But NPR’s The Salt says that the ...

Some of those additions are unique to the U.S. The Cavalier Lounge has a special piece of equipment called the Smooth Hoperator. It's a stainless steel contraption with glass mounted to the bar.

There are plenty of puns – mostly the many, many riffs on "hops": Audrey Hopburn, Hoppy Ending, Smooth Hoperator and – you've got to love this one – Hoptimus Prime. There’s been a curious ...

Smooth Hoperator, a specialty brewed India Pale Ale, has been created as a fundraiser with all profits benefiting youth development organization, Youthline. The three young brewing professors ...

That’s the highest number since the 1880s. You probably know these small brewers by the interesting names they have for their suds: Smooth Hoperator, Polygamy Porter and Donkey Punch come to mind.