Karminator
Hoppin' Frog Brewery in Akron, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Doppelbock Regular|
Score
7.15
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Extremely rich and malty German-style lager, so intense that it’s named after our founder! Karminator Doppelbock has a traditional double-bock flavor, brewed with an over-abundance of the absolute highest quality imported Munich malt to create an irresistible toasted barley flavor, with hints of caramel & toffee. Alot of care, time, and know-how has gone into creating this complex, memorable, and majestic lager.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks Jim for the bottle!
Poured into a lager glass, the appearance was a ruddy dark amber color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated at a moderate pace. Left some stringy sliding lace.
The aroma had some sweet and roasty nuts, dark bread - somewhat sweet, moderate amount of earthiness, light sweet wood, toast, caramel/toffee malts, sweet grains and a little bit of dried leaves.
The flavor moderately blended the sweet to the roast with an ample amount of earthiness riding in on the background. Aftertaste was dark breads and grainy sweetness. Light dark bready sweet sort of finish.
The palate was medium bodied with a fair sessionably smooth aspect to it. Carbonation and ABV both felt good. Fairly smooth to the tough along my tongue.
Overall, really nice doppelbock that I would have again, preferably in the Autumn or early Spring.
Poured into a lager glass, the appearance was a ruddy dark amber color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated at a moderate pace. Left some stringy sliding lace.
The aroma had some sweet and roasty nuts, dark bread - somewhat sweet, moderate amount of earthiness, light sweet wood, toast, caramel/toffee malts, sweet grains and a little bit of dried leaves.
The flavor moderately blended the sweet to the roast with an ample amount of earthiness riding in on the background. Aftertaste was dark breads and grainy sweetness. Light dark bready sweet sort of finish.
The palate was medium bodied with a fair sessionably smooth aspect to it. Carbonation and ABV both felt good. Fairly smooth to the tough along my tongue.
Overall, really nice doppelbock that I would have again, preferably in the Autumn or early Spring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2017
at 15:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beergium. Red brown beer with good light beige head. Aroma has caramel, malts, peanuts, dried fruits and bread. Taste has malts, bread, dried fruits. Full body, very low carbonation. Sweet, but not too sweet. Lots of malts and dried fruits. Easy to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2017
at 12:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
A reddish brown beer, a head is dense, medium and beige. Aroma has dried fruits, dry cake, some oranges, caramel, hint of bread. Rich. Taste has dried fruits, richness of malts, some orange marmelade. Good balance with sweetness, not too much. Some breadyness and some bitterness in the end. Medium+ bodied, pleasant smooth and enjoyable. Dominance of malts, great and dried fruity beer.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2016
at 07:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap@Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016, Copenhagen - amber pour with off-white head. Sweet toasty and roasted malty aroma and taste, prominent caramel notes, some treacle, cocoa notes, warming boozy bear hug at the end.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2016
at 13:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle purchased at One Stop Market, Haverhill. Deep garnet brown color, no head. Aroma is molasses, raisins, prunes.
Flavor is a copy of the aroma.This is pretty much spot on a German example with a higher elevated alcohol level. Fuller body with a sticky texture over the palate. Of course this is sweet, such is the style. I think this very well crafted.
Flavor is a copy of the aroma.This is pretty much spot on a German example with a higher elevated alcohol level. Fuller body with a sticky texture over the palate. Of course this is sweet, such is the style. I think this very well crafted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2016
at 16:57