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Stoudts Smooth Hoperator 3.59 227

Stoudts Smooth Hoperator

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2273.61/5.03.59/5.07.2%90.9Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass
Commercial Description:
This medium bodied copper colored strong lager is in a class all by itself. First released in celebration of our 20th Anniversary. Ed Stoudt calls this beer an "American-style Doppelbock" He believes it to be the first high gravity lager brewed with German Malts and American Hops. This brew has a delicate malty palate up front, which is abruptly overshadowed by the dominating ho presence that can be attributed to 1.5lbs/bbl of hops that were added to this brew for aroma & flavor. A hop lover's beer indeed.

Yeast: Bottom Fermenting Lager
Bittering hops: Summit
Aroma hops: Amarillo
Malts: Two-row,Vienna & Others
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 Skeegle (530), Maryland, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Dec 21, 2007  
Tasted like a terrible IPA. Very funky taste. Perhaps my bottle was infected but it didn’t taste bad enough to warrant my writing it off. The hops are just all over this with a funky taste to it. I really can’t describe it but was not a fan.


 brewblackhole (1417), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 3, 2007  
Light hop and apple butter aroma, taste,whoa now thats bitter. this brew is supercharged with Summit hopping,some caramel hard candy drifts in the background, but there is no semblence of balance,which of course isn’t a bad thing if your a hophead like me. A super bitter dopplebock,how extremely interesting


 Nate (2632), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/56/20
Oct 31, 2007  
From bottle. Gusher! Metallic nose, iron. Cardboard and ozone to the mild hops. Light butterscotch. Mild sweet presence. Dark brown amber clear with rocky lacing light tan head. Medium bodied with light-medium carbonation. Starts with medium caramel sweetness. Brown sugar. Fruity esters and skanky apples. Alcohol. Hoppy but not harsh. Papery. Dry metallic chalky finish and after. Not one of the better Stoudts offerings, and I can only hope that I got an off bottle. The alternative is too gruesome to comtemplate, as I love doppelbock.


 maltdog (525), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/58/105/516/20
Oct 29, 2007  
Draft. Robin’s breast copper, creamy pale tan head, lace rings like a raccoon’s tail. Very pretty. Mango and piney hop nose; buttery malt, humid lockerroom, and fresh oak barrel complete a strange interplay of aromas. Sweetish, fruity flavor. Cherry? ESB-like. Resiny hops become assertive as the beer warms. Full-bodied and extremely smooth… I asked my bartender if it was nitro dispensed (it was not). Gently bittersweet aftertaste. Tasty burps. Overall, a style-blurring, big yummy beer.


 redlight (1610), Winter Park, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Oct 15, 2007  
Piney hops up front in the aroma, with strong citrus aromas too with some caramel maltiness. Pours blonde amber. Smooth, light hop flavor some citrus and a little piney, caramel malts. The flavor is much less hoppy than the nose, still not a bad beer.


 shp555 (1871), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
Oct 9, 2007  
Pours a deep amber color with a tan head. Aroma is caramel malts and citrus, earthy hops. Flavor is caramel malts and a bitter earthy hop finish.


 ross (1718), weddington, North Carolina, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Oct 6, 2007  
Bottle from Jeff, thanks dude. Pours out a dark brown color with a white head on it. Smell is sweet and fruity and plenty hoppy. Taste is smooth and rich, and I was under the impression this was an IPA or even a double IPA before I saw it was classified as a dopple bock? Its good stuff, but damn this is no more a dopplebock than bells 8000 is a belgian strong ale. Good stuff, easy to drink, and it packs a pretty big punch. Thanks Jeff.


 ChainGangGuy (2776), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Oct 1, 2007  
Appearance: Pours a clear, reddish-brown ody with a thin, wispy beige head. Smell: Lightly toasted caramel and grain scents in the aroma. Hops impart strong notes of orange zest and pine. Hint of cocoa. Taste: Sweetish flavor of toasted caramel and grains. Pine and citrusy orange hop flavors are strong, though never overbearing. Faint mintiness on the grainy, dry finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Not too bad for a doppelbock desperately trying to appeal to the hopheads out there.



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