Shaker
Hopewell Brewing Co.
- From:
- Hopewell Brewing Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5.9%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.78 | pDev: 9.26%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 01, 2026
- Added:
- Jan 29, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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90s Brewpub-style Amber Ale. Enter Shaker, our ode to the American Amber Ale and the “shaker” pint glass into which they were poured that dominated so many brewpub tap lists in the boom of the 1990s. Let’s pay this foundational style its due. Brewed with 2-row, crystal malts and a selection of pre-2000s hops (no Citra here!). Presents a quintessential “old school” profile: candied orange, biscuit, pine resin, grass, even some toffee. Bitter yet balanced. A complete reorientation of standards.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by blueshawk69 from Kansas
3/5 rDev -20.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -20.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Canned 2/2/26. Good amber/red with nice mouthfeel; light haze; an earthy/malty/bready/slightly caramelly/dirt-eatin-but-in-a-good-way flavor and a clean, quick-fading aftertaste. Don't know about the 90s brewpub angle but whatever works, eh?
Apr 01, 2026
Reviewed by Suds from Missouri
3.71/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From a one pint can, this beer is a fairly clear amber color with a thick white head. The smell has a bread crust, grain, and light hop scent. The taste is balanced, with a firm mid-taste bitterness. Some cracker-like taste is present as well. Medium in body, drinkable, and unpretentious. Worthwhile.
Mar 08, 2026
Reviewed by NeutroMan from Illinois
4.2/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
16 oz can into a pint glass. Mostly clear deep amber/copper color with a dense light tan head. Rich toasty malt and toffee aroma. Rch toasted malt, piney hops and faint orange citrus flavor. Medium-full mouthfeel.
May 10, 2025
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.82/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.82/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
16oz can. Poured out a clear golden amber color with a small, khaki-colored head of foam. It left sudsy lacing. It smelled of toasted bread, roasted malt and caramel. Sweet malty taste with some piney bitterness.
Feb 01, 2025
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