Hoplark started when friends Dean Eberhardt and Andrew Markley were
at a craft brewery while Dean was finishing up a month off of drinking,
in an effort to kickstart some healthier habits. Dean realized he missed
the smell and taste of that hoppy, bubbly cold ale his buddy was
enjoying more than the alcohol. The craft beer experience. They decided
to try brewing tea like beer, with the hops, but without sugars,
additives or any fermentation. HopTea brought a new kind of drink to
Hoplark started when friends Dean Eberhardt and Andrew Markley were
at a craft brewery while Dean was finishing up a month off of drinking,
in an effort to kickstart some healthier habits. Dean realized he missed
the smell and taste of that hoppy, bubbly cold ale his buddy was
enjoying more than the alcohol. The craft beer experience. They decided
to try brewing tea like beer, with the hops, but without sugars,
additives or any fermentation. HopTea brought a new kind of drink to
craft craving people.
Hoplark beer-flavored
sparkling waters were next, for those who were looking for a flavor
profile that was closer to beer. “As amazing as what everyone has done
in NA beer, they aren’t diet products. They have calories and gluten,”
he said. “We view this opportunity as this totally unique flavor
technology and what we’ve been able to do in our brewery to pull flavor
and aroma out of hops without any of the bitter or off flavors.”
Unexpected, yet surprisingly familiar, Hoplark is bold, refreshing and a
bit unusual.
