Hophead Edit Meaning

1.

A drug user or addict. Hophead is an umbrella term for users of everything from cocaine to marijuana (or 'tea' - which is a jazz era term, not one that originated with the Beats as is erroneously noted elsewhere @ the Urban Dictionary) to benzedrine (aka 'bennies'/amphetamine). The term sprang from the early jazz scene in 1920's/30's America.

Decades later, beer aficionados appropriated the term to refer to themselves (with a wry tip of the hat to it's original meaning).

Mezz Mezzrow, an early marijuana dealer, smoked his own product and was himself a hophead.

See jazz, drugs, bennies, amphetamine, tea

2.

A lover of all beers hoppy. A hophead espouses the merits of India Pale Ales, Russian Imperial Stouts, and other highly hopped beers. A hophead may even chew fresh hops in an attempt to quench his insatiable desire for hops. A hophead would sooner suffer castration than drink the typical BMC (Bud /Miller/Coors) swill.

<Beer Drinker #1> Wow, I just tried Three Floyds' Dreadnaught Imperial IPA. It's a hop orgasm in a bottle.

<Beer Drinker #2> You, sir, are a hophead.

See homebrew, hop head, hops, ipa, ris

3.

n. A person who loves the flavor of hops, specifically in brewing.

There are several beers titled "Hophead" including an English bitter by Dark Star Brewing, and a red ale by Green Flash Brewing. There is also a HopHead Brewery. Hophead is a website about beer and brewing.

IPAs (India Pale Ale) or Double IPAs are examples of beer styles that are favored by hopheads.

See beer, hops, ipa, brewing, ale

4.

Early 1900s term for a cocaine addict. Used frequently in the 1935 drug propaganda film "Cocaine Fiends"

"I gotta have dope. I'm a hophead!"

See cokehead, snowman, cocaine, coke, dope, blow

5.

(noun)a smoker of marijuana

Wow, my two roommates are a couple of hopheads. They smoke all the time.

See pothead, stoner, toker, blunt, bong, reefer