Bright punches of grapefruit zest, lime and splashes of mango from the Citra hops. The Mosaic adds depth with notes of blueberry, ripe peach and a subtle…
Bright punches of grapefruit zest, lime and splashes of mango from the Citra hops. The Mosaic adds depth with notes of blueberry, ripe peach and a subtle earthy/dank undertone.Source taproombeerco.com
Tasting Notes
Bright punches of grapefruit zest, lime and splashes of mango from the Citra hops. The Mosaic adds depth with notes of blueberry, ripe peach and a subtle earthy/dank undertone.Source taproombeerco.com
Research Notes
Born Hoppy is a Citra and Mosaic West Coast IPA brewed by TapRoom Beer Co. in San Diego.
Bright punches of grapefruit zest, lime and splashes of mango from the Citra hops. The Mosaic adds depth with notes of blueberry, ripe peach and a subtle earthy/dank undertone.
Only the two hops are published; the brewery credits grapefruit, lime and mango notes to Citra and blueberry, peach and dank notes to Mosaic. No malt, yeast or adjunct is named.
As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline for West Coast-Style India Pale Ale calls for straw to gold color, low to medium-low malt with no caramel or roast, high to very high assertive hop character, medium to very high bitterness, high attenuation and a dry, crisp finish, at 6.3 to 7.5 percent ABV and 50 to 75 IBU. The published 7% ABV fits that range; no IBU is published.
Awards History
Year
Competition
Category
Medal
2026
Great American Beer Festival
West Coast-Style India Pale Ale
Silver
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Not Found: IBU. Checked taproombeerco.com, taproombeerco.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, Catalog.beer search by beer and brewery name.
Not Found: Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Malts and grains, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water, Process. Checked taproombeerco.com, taproombeerco.com, web searches recorded in the research notes.
Research Notes
Field pass 2026-10-13: Untappd and retailer searches found no numeric IBU tied to Born Hoppy; machine-readable zero in a venue result is not a published measured IBU and was not used.
The brewery has no individual beer pages; its draft list is the beer url.
The session web search budget was exhausted before Untappd or press could be searched for IBU or malts.
No 2026 medal announcement from the brewery was found.
Researched 2026-10-13.
Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery beer list's tasting words are recorded; 7% ABV.