Smashing Cherry Blonde
Hoppin' Frog Brewery
- From:
- Hoppin' Frog Brewery
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.54 | pDev: 9.89%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 01, 2024
- Added:
- Apr 24, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
3.79/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Mostly clear pale gold with a short white head dying to a creamy ring.
While thankfully not medicinal, plenty of maraschino waves roll over the palate, but with a surprisingly floral, semi-bitter contrast in the swallow.
As you dig in, the smooth, medium body develops a little bit of corn before coming to a slick yet semi-dry finish.
May 02, 2022While thankfully not medicinal, plenty of maraschino waves roll over the palate, but with a surprisingly floral, semi-bitter contrast in the swallow.
As you dig in, the smooth, medium body develops a little bit of corn before coming to a slick yet semi-dry finish.
Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
3.58/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.58/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Smashing Cherry Blonde from Hoppin’ Frog Brewing. Four pack of 12 oz cans purchased from the brewery, Akron, OH (08/04/2022). $ 10.66 (including tax)/4-pack ($0.222/oz). Stored at reefer in store and at 40 degrees after purchase. Reviewed 01/05/22. Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Can stamped on bottom “BEST BY Mar 23-2025”. Served at 41.5 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 53.2 degrees.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Pale Straw (SRM 2), slight haze.
Body – Straw (SRM 3), slight haze. When rear-lite, same.
Head – Average (Maximum 4.5 cm, aggressive center pour), white, high density, short retention, rapidly diminishing to a 0.2 to 0.3 cm crown and a thin and rocky cap.
Lacing – Fair. Irregular temporary band of tiny to small bubbles bounces along the glass above the beer level.
Aroma – 3.5 – Distinctly cherry, leaning toward cough syrup. No hops, no malt, no yeast.
Flavor – 3.5 – Starts lightly bitter and cherry forward. No malt, no yeast. No ethanol (5.2 % ABV as marked on label) taste or aroma. No gastric warming occurs. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Ends on the dry side with a bit of cough syrup funk.
Palate – 3.5 – Medium, creamy but approaching syrupy, lively but gentle carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3.75 Not as cough syrupy as many US-made cherry beers but still overloaded with “natural” flavor – otherwise a bland blonde.
May 01, 2022Can stamped on bottom “BEST BY Mar 23-2025”. Served at 41.5 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 53.2 degrees.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Pale Straw (SRM 2), slight haze.
Body – Straw (SRM 3), slight haze. When rear-lite, same.
Head – Average (Maximum 4.5 cm, aggressive center pour), white, high density, short retention, rapidly diminishing to a 0.2 to 0.3 cm crown and a thin and rocky cap.
Lacing – Fair. Irregular temporary band of tiny to small bubbles bounces along the glass above the beer level.
Aroma – 3.5 – Distinctly cherry, leaning toward cough syrup. No hops, no malt, no yeast.
Flavor – 3.5 – Starts lightly bitter and cherry forward. No malt, no yeast. No ethanol (5.2 % ABV as marked on label) taste or aroma. No gastric warming occurs. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Ends on the dry side with a bit of cough syrup funk.
Palate – 3.5 – Medium, creamy but approaching syrupy, lively but gentle carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3.75 Not as cough syrupy as many US-made cherry beers but still overloaded with “natural” flavor – otherwise a bland blonde.
Reviewed by Roy_Hobbs from Connecticut
2.86/5 rDev -19.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
2.86/5 rDev -19.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Mostly clear, light orange with a finger of medium density head that receded to a thin cap. The aroma is too much for me. It may have more nuance to some, but for me all I smell is strong cough syrup. On the tongue, cherry takes the lead, but not for long. Right behind it is some nice, musty funk that balances out the cherry well. That said, the more I'm drinking it, the more I can't escape the cough syrup taste. The Hoppin' Frog beers I've had so far have all been very good, but this one is a miss for me.
Apr 30, 2022
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