Karminator
Hoppin' Frog Brewery
- From:
- Hoppin' Frog Brewery
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Doppelbock
Ranked #124 - ABV:
- 9.3%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #26,588 - Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 10.24%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 22
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 14, 2026
- Added:
- Apr 05, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 11
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
Extremely rich and malty German-style lager, so intense it's named after our founder! Karminator Dopplebock 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. A lot of care, time, and know-how has gone into creating this complex, memorable, and majestic lager.
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Reviewed by cheeseheadinMinneapolis from Wisconsin
4.23/5 rDev +11%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +11%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
12oz can, best by 12/22/2024
impressive head but fades semi quickly leaving plenty of lacing.
Taste; Toffee, a little brown sugar, some stone washed dark fruit. Hint of booze but ABV is well buried. Smooth and rather sweet
Smell: same as the taste.
I like this one. I have 3 more cans to drink. I will give it 4.19/5 for now.
Aug 10, 2023impressive head but fades semi quickly leaving plenty of lacing.
Taste; Toffee, a little brown sugar, some stone washed dark fruit. Hint of booze but ABV is well buried. Smooth and rather sweet
Smell: same as the taste.
I like this one. I have 3 more cans to drink. I will give it 4.19/5 for now.
Reviewed by 1BrewBacca from Georgia
4.02/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Good stuff. Better at room temp than fresh out of the fridge. Nice light brown head that lingers. 9.3% ABV is real nice. Semi sweet. Not so sure what's the dominate, the Imperial, the Dopplebock, or the Lager. Will drink again if you're buying. LOL
Jan 08, 2023
Reviewed by HoppingMadMonk from New Jersey
4.46/5 rDev +17.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +17.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Dark mahogany appearance with a thin tan head.
Very light carbonation with a slightly sticky thick syrupy feel.
Aroma is malt, brown sugar, molasses, boozy,alcohol, sweet ,syrupy, toffee with a little toasted grain.
Taste is sweet,boozy, malt,,molasses sugary
Overall an exceptional beer from a great brewery
Nov 20, 2022Very light carbonation with a slightly sticky thick syrupy feel.
Aroma is malt, brown sugar, molasses, boozy,alcohol, sweet ,syrupy, toffee with a little toasted grain.
Taste is sweet,boozy, malt,,molasses sugary
Overall an exceptional beer from a great brewery
Rated by Captain69 from Illinois
4.11/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.11/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Anothergreat beer from this brewery great sweet malt taste slightly strong a wonderful beer to enjoy
Jul 02, 2022
Reviewed by Roy_Hobbs from Connecticut
3.65/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Enjoying courtesy of @ozzylizard. A moderate pour ended up being entirely too aggressive, as this beer produced loads and loads of medium density tan colored head that flowed right on over the lip of the glass. Color has a very interesting red / amber look to it. Aroma, while maybe slightly weak, still has plenty of malt and bready notes to go around.
Flavor is sweet malts that I can't pin down to any one flavor (molasses, toffee etc.) Pleasantly warming and smooth, this goes down very easily for a 9.3% beer.
Jun 12, 2022Flavor is sweet malts that I can't pin down to any one flavor (molasses, toffee etc.) Pleasantly warming and smooth, this goes down very easily for a 9.3% beer.
Reviewed by Brutaltruth from Ohio
4.14/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
From the 12 oz can in a snifter. This solid brew pours a dark brown mahogany
with a nice head of khaki foam that settles to a thick ring, thin light layer, and
displays some nice lacing. Nose of raisin, brwon sugars, light cherry, and
dark fresh bread. Flavors hit the mark with fig, date, raisin, cherry, dark bread,
light herbal hops, and touches of toffee. Nice mouth feel; medium body, light
carbonation, smooth, subtly coating, lightly warming, and finishing lightly dry
but just a touch thin which is surprising for a brew as big as this one.
Overall, another great from a great brewery. Hard to pass up a good Frog!
Cheers
Jan 29, 2022with a nice head of khaki foam that settles to a thick ring, thin light layer, and
displays some nice lacing. Nose of raisin, brwon sugars, light cherry, and
dark fresh bread. Flavors hit the mark with fig, date, raisin, cherry, dark bread,
light herbal hops, and touches of toffee. Nice mouth feel; medium body, light
carbonation, smooth, subtly coating, lightly warming, and finishing lightly dry
but just a touch thin which is surprising for a brew as big as this one.
Overall, another great from a great brewery. Hard to pass up a good Frog!
Cheers
Reviewed by Tony210 from New Jersey
4.1/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
4.1/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
Pours a dark amber color, appropriate foamy head. Boozy aroma mixes with burnt sugar, caramel. Flavor is sweet caramel, brown sugar syrup, British toffee. Fairly full bodied, thick and syrupy. Overall a delicious beer.
6/7/21
Bomber, no date, about a year old
4.25 rating
Jun 07, 20216/7/21
Bomber, no date, about a year old
4.25 rating
Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain
2.9/5 rDev -23.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.9/5 rDev -23.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
From Zombier. In Teku glass. Watching Stranger Things 2x08-09. Fairly standard doppelbock, with the usual profile of the style. Smooth the palate, with plenty of toffee and with the alcohol very noticeable
Nov 11, 2017
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4.1/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
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.
Jun 25, 2017
Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
3.46/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
$ 12.99 (Including tax)/bomber ($ 0.590/oz) at Giant Eagle, Hermitage, PA
Undated bottle at 42 degrees into a hand washed and dried JK snifter
Aroma – weak malt and a hint of olives
Head small (Maximum < 2 cm, aggressive pour), light brown, frothy/creamy, diminishing to a three mm ring and thin partial layer
Lacing - none
Body – dark reddish brown, murky and translucent, some effervescence
Flavor – sweet and malty; no trace of hops, alcohol, diacetyl, or the olives that appeared in the nose
Palate – full, almost syrupy, moderate carbonation
Definitely a malt bomb.
Appearance 3.75, Aroma 3.25, Flavor 3.5, Palate 3.5, Overall 3.5
Dec 01, 2016Undated bottle at 42 degrees into a hand washed and dried JK snifter
Aroma – weak malt and a hint of olives
Head small (Maximum < 2 cm, aggressive pour), light brown, frothy/creamy, diminishing to a three mm ring and thin partial layer
Lacing - none
Body – dark reddish brown, murky and translucent, some effervescence
Flavor – sweet and malty; no trace of hops, alcohol, diacetyl, or the olives that appeared in the nose
Palate – full, almost syrupy, moderate carbonation
Definitely a malt bomb.
Appearance 3.75, Aroma 3.25, Flavor 3.5, Palate 3.5, Overall 3.5
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