Stoudts Smooth Hoperator

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.