Smooth Hoperator
Stoudts Brewing Co. in Adamstown, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Doppelbock Regular|
Score
6.96
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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
Yeast: Bottom Fermenting Lager
Bittering hops: Summit
Aroma hops: Amarillo
Malts: Two-row,Vienna & Others
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. Malty with lots of hops. Didn’t taste much like a double bock to me.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2025
at 00:44
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft. Deep clear mahogany color, creamy tan head. Aroma is nutty, malty, earthy. Taste is rich malty brown bread, lightly toasted. Nice mouthfeel. Delicious.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2015
at 18:06
4.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Tea nose, a little vegetal. Clear copper, medium cream colored head. Tea and cabbage. Significant astrigency. Probably an old bottle, did not hold up.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jun 2014
at 14:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft @ Sunset Grill & Tap. 4 oz. sample, dirty amber color with a ton of carbonation. Caramel, toasted grain, fruitiness with a light earth note as well.
Flavor is light. Malt dominant with dark fruit and a sweet finish caramel leading into a weak earthy hop note. Very light watery body hints of sweetness. Alcohol for 7 % shows up in the finish. With a name like “Smooth Hoperator” I was expecting a much bolder hop profile. Not a bad brew in anyway just a bit of a letdown.
Flavor is light. Malt dominant with dark fruit and a sweet finish caramel leading into a weak earthy hop note. Very light watery body hints of sweetness. Alcohol for 7 % shows up in the finish. With a name like “Smooth Hoperator” I was expecting a much bolder hop profile. Not a bad brew in anyway just a bit of a letdown.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jun 2014
at 14:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle: Pours cloudy, copper-amber with a tall, puffy tan head. Strong caramel, breadheel aroma. Tangy caramel and citrus taste... Grassy...herbal hopping. Different sort of Dopplebock...quite tasty, though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2014
at 15:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draught @ The Ginger Man, NYC. Pours clear amber with airy off-white head. Clear aroma of malt, caramel and fruit. Bitter, hoppy flavour with fruity and malty notes. Quite carbonated for its style. Bitter finish. OK.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2013
at 04:42
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Poured clear golden with a slight head aroma of citrus and tastes of citrus and lingers on the palate
Tried
on 23 Sep 2013
at 17:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From a 12 oz bottle shared at home. Pours a clear reddish copper with an off white head. Malty nose. Flavors of light caramel and grassy hops. Mildly bitter but crisp finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2013
at 16:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Deep amber color with a big stable frothy beige head. Aroma of malt, a bit of caramel, cookie notes, toasty hints, some fruitiness and some citric and spicy hops, slightly stale and an faint acidic note. Flavor has some sweet chewy caramelly maltiness, hoppy bitterness, spicy, resinous and a bit harsh, and a bit of alcohol. Medium-bodied, a bit heavy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2013
at 12:29
7/10
Plump peaches with underlying malty caramel and a quite present hop-like character.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2012
at 06:28