Smashin' Berry Dark Ale
Hoppin' Frog Brewery in Akron, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
6.05
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An abundance of fresh, natural fruit flavor makes this beer something special. You would think we picked the fruit moments before brewing.
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Pours dark mahogany into a Sam glass. Tan head with medium retention recedes leaving sheet lacing. Chocolate covered cherry aromas. Flat with toast and nuts and a nasty, lasting sour cherry pit finish. A little too much age on this one. Drain pour.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2010
at 17:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very last bottle from Erik’s Grocery Bag in North Canton. Pours a dark mahogany-brown with a thin off-white head that disappears fairly fast except for an outer ring. Stringy lacing. Aroma of dark fruits and malt. Medium body with a raspberry character and notes of sweet malt and hops. The finish is very berry. Decent overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2010
at 09:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a thin brown with little head and aromas of berries... that’s it... just berries. Flavor is better than Smashin Berry, but still a little bit too much on the berries. There is a bit of dark malt that peeks through the raspberry/blackberry/strawberry patch, but this is still overly berried and comes across as too artificial.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2009
at 22:24