Hoppin' Frog Brewery

Microbrewery in Akron, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Hoppin' Frog Tasting Room

Established in 2006

Contact
1680 E Waterloo Rd, Akron, OH, 44306, United States
Description
Hoppin' Frog is a small, hands-on brewery making very flavorful beers in the most flavorful beer styles. We brew high quality beers with an uncompromising focus on detail, from the ingredient selection to the brewing process.

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Black with a medium sized tan head. Toasty and malty with strong cinnamon sugar. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried from Draft on 16 Nov 2025 at 20:11

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 7
Murky banana color with a huge fluffy head that lingered. Sweet with strong banana cream. Long finish. Full bodied.
Tried from Draft on 16 Nov 2025 at 20:11

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Dark amber with a medium sized white head that faded quickly. Sweetish with dill, brine and hot pepper. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried from Draft on 16 Nov 2025 at 20:08

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
15th November 2025
Panda thanks to Wingman. Near clear dark brown beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Thin bodied dark malts, a thin dark malt cream, a drop or three of ice cream van chocolate syrup. Clear nuts on the back end. Light crisp finish sees the flavours coming together well. A bit thin and a bit obvious but it's entertainment value is undeniable.
Tried on 15 Nov 2025 at 19:23

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
15th November 2025
Panda thanks to Wingman. Near clear gold beer, small white head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Fairly thin bodied pale malts, a light sweetness that integrates well with the obvious honey. Honey soaked light tangerine and mandarin. Light and semi dry finish. Yeah, it's fine for what it is. Quite drinkable but that said, a whole can would be enough.
Tried on 15 Nov 2025 at 19:09

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Spotty beige head on a vivid amber coloured body.
Spiced, vegetal & pumpkin aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a lightly sparkling back.
Onion, cinnamon, herbal, yeast & bitter hop tastes.
Nice enough for the style.
Tried from Can on 14 Nov 2025 at 22:26

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Aromas are bread, straw, malt and a bit of citrus. Flavors are similar to nose. A touch more sweet than bitter with medium carbonation and body for the style. Decent but not great.
Tried from Can from Tavour on 11 Nov 2025 at 00:41

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
250ml @ Ryan's (thx for the beer, man!).
Aroma: a bit meaty, oak, slightly inky, bold.
Taste: along the same lines, very boozy.
Overall: harsh and misses balance, very hot. Boozy mess.
Tried from Can on 10 Nov 2025 at 05:08

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Poured from 250mL can (bb Nov 26, 2034; thanks Sammy). Very dark brown with minimal tan head. Hot booziness, molasses, feint old woody barrels, hint of wood glue, unbalanced - too boozy, average base.
Tried from Can at Hoppin' Frog Tasting Room on 10 Nov 2025 at 05:06

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Can from tavour with an illegible date code, but fresh, drunk 11/7/25. As pictured.
Actual pumpkin and actual barrel with moderate spice. Good malt presence. Good vanilla softness and some light honey. Oddly feels like enough and not enough barrel. Maybe that's just because there's a bit more spice than needs be.
Soft, malty, juicy, sweet, drying out heavily with biscuity cracker and bread. Big spice, moderate whiskey, no alcohol, though. Read every review on here and I agree, it's both too sweet and too dry! Weird. I think at the end of the day, just a bit too much spice, as is the case with most "pumpkin" beers.
Tried from Can from Tavour on 07 Nov 2025 at 22:53