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Stoudts Smooth Hoperator

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2193.61/5.03.59/5.07.2%90.3Dimpled 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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 Barrios (858), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 3, 2009  
Bottle at Butters Big Cellar Blowout! Pours a light tan head with an amber body. Smells of malt and pine. Flavor is malt with a big backbone of hops. Subdued flavor with a punch of a finish. Nice.


 LooseCannon (927), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 28, 2009  
12oz bottle. Pours clear copper in color with full foamy tan head. Aroma sweet, floral hops and malt. Taste citrus hops, carmael and malt with bitter finish.


 maniac (2628), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 24, 2009  
Bottle at Capital Ale House - Downtown on 04/20/2009. Clear reddish amber body with a medium rocky off-white head. Sweet floral and citrus hop aroma on a toasty background. Sweet caramel flavor with citrus and floral hops and a bit of toastiness. Medium body with moderate arbonation.


 Suttree (2708), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Apr 20, 2009  
Copper, clear, thin tan head. Citrusy aroma, and the flavor is really hoppy up front. Farily nicely balanced. Odd brew, wouldn’t pick it out as a doppelbock, if it weren’t for the goat on the lable. Enjoyable, nonetheless.


 dkachur (2355), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/513/20
Apr 19, 2009  
This one was highly recommended by a friend, hence this single from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. 12 ounce bottle. Pours a clear strawberry red with a large off-white head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma is citrus hops with a caramel maltiness. Taste is hoppy with fruity citrus hops... pineapple and peach. Also a fairly assertive caramel presence and the faintest toastiness. Medium bodied. Good beer but hardly a doppelbock.


 Coltrane (108), South Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/516/20
Apr 18, 2009  
Perfectly clear, deep copper appearance. Usually not a huge fan of dopplebock because of the sweetness, but un surprisingly the hops come through nicely in this one for balance. A nice caramel taste with an almost toffee aftertaste. A very nice brew.


 sirpsycho (343), Murrysville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/511/20
Apr 16, 2009  
Bottle at Bella Luna (Monroeville). Pours a golden brown, nice amber head. Aroma is hops, caramel and malt. Flavor profile is more of the same, hops presence is right out front, followed up by a sweet mix of caramel and malt. Nice bitter finish.


 biznizness (934), Mooresville, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 8, 2009  
Wow, awesome, awesome beer. Hoppy enough to be an IPA, but much deeper amber color and malt backbone. Just tremendous.



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