“Why does the Easter bunny drink beer?”/“To get his hops.”

Beer has hops, and there’s an Easter bunny riddle (posted on Twitter in various forms since at least 2013):
 
Q: Why does the Easter bunny drink beer?
A: To get his hops.
 
India pale ale (IPA) is a hoppy beer style. A riddle was posted on Reddit—Jokes on April 16, 2017:
 
Q: Why does the Easter Bunny drink IPAs?
A: He loves the hops.
 
   
Wikipedia: Hops
Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant Humulus lupulus. They are used primarily as a flavoring and stability agent in beer, to which they impart bitter, zesty, or citric flavours; though they are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine. The hop plant is a vigorous, climbing, herbaceous perennial, usually trained to grow up strings in a field called a hopfield, hop garden (nomenclature in the South of England), or hop yard (in the West Country and U.S.) when grown commercially. Many different varieties of hops are grown by farmers around the world, with different types being used for particular styles of beer.
 
Wikipedia: India pale ale
India pale ale (IPA) is a hoppy beer style within the broader category of pale ale. It has also been referred to as pale ale as prepared for India, India ale, pale India ale, or pale export India ale.
 
Twitter
Dan Naylor‏
@dannyn7
“@LilythePurr: What’s the Easter Bunny’s favourite drink?
“Beer”
Why?
“It’s made with hops””
5:04 PM - 27 Mar 2013
   
Twitter 
Joe Preiditsch‏
@joe_preiditsch
The Easter bunny likes IPA, it had lots of Hops
7:45 PM - 30 Mar 2013 from Waterloo, Ontario
 
Twitter
ScottByScott™‏
@ScottByScott
What’s the Easter Bunny’s favorite beer?..... Any beer full of hops!  Happy Beerster.
12:26 PM - 31 Mar 2013
 
Twitter
Bagger Daves‏
@BaggerDaves
If you were a rabbit, you’d probably enjoy IPAs because of the hops. #BaggerDaves #foodforthought
4:35 PM - 27 Nov 2013
 
Twitter
40Find‏
@40Find
How do rabbits like their beer brewed? W/ lots of Hops! We love a good #IPA (& a #pun) What is your fave #craftbeer?
10:10 AM - 29 Dec 2014
   
Twitter 
Island Wine & Spirit‏
@IslandWineRI
How is a good IPA #beer a lot like the #Easter Bunny? They both run on hops! #beerjoke
12:45 PM - 4 Apr 2015
 
Twitter
Zling Blade‏
@ZlingBlade
Replying to @williBradowens
@williBradowens @tracieeeeee @PolitiBunny :
Q. Why does the Easter Bunny drink beer?
A. To get his hops.
7:39 PM - 5 Apr 2015
 
Reddit—Jokes
Why do rabbits prefer IPA’s over other kinds of beers?
submitted February 21, 2016 by eaglesfn345
Because they use extra hops
 
Twitter
Heather Bowman‏
@bewitching_red
Why does the Easter bunny like beer?
Because it has hops in it!
8:30 PM - 26 Mar 2016
 
Twitter
Dana Jay Bein (DJB)‏
@danajaybein
The Easter Bunny drinks IPAs because he likes the hops. I know you hate dumb jokes; I like to rabbit in. I don’t carrot all. #djbdadjokes
1:44 AM - 27 Mar 2016
 
Reddit—Jokes
Why does the Easter Bunny drink IPAs?
submitted April 16, 2017 by jbduryea
He loves the hops.