We will be open that Fri. and Sat. from noon until 6 pm. Sold only in 22 oz. bottles, retail price is $10.99, limit 2 cases per customer.

We hope to see you then!!

Tickets include lunch and more samples than most can drink!!, and can be purchased for $35 cash only at participating breweries, especially HOPPIN’ FROG!!  Call us for times that we will be open.

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Thanks and have a great day!
Fred Karm

Hop Dam has been a long time in the works, and its design required us to build a large stainless steel hop dam for our kettle, just for this beer! It was worth all the effort, because this beer is extremely hoppy and very satisfying, using 50% more hops than our Mean Manalishi Double IPA, which was voted Best Double IPA In The World by the US Beer Tasting Championships. Hop Dam is 10% alcohol by volume, and really hoppy, with a bitterness level that is very high but refined and therefore refreshing – its like kissing a hop!! Along with all the standard hop additions, it is also mash-hopped, first-kettle-hopped, and dry-hopped!!! Hop Dam is a 100% American-style IPA, dominated by the top-rated, assertive and refined Amarillo hops, along with lots of aroma and flavor from Columbus, and Cascade, and the wonderful Summit hops – the very special dwarf hop plant picked by hand, and sought-after for its great flavor and aroma. These hops work great together, and make Hop Dam TRIPLE IPA our new standard for hoppy beers!! It will be available for only a few months, so get Hop Dam while it lasts!
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Cheers to great beers!!!
Fred Karm

Published on Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010

Hoppin’ Frog Brewery continues to earn national honors.

The 3-year-old Akron brewery has been named the 24th best brewer in the world for 2010 by RateBeer.com, a Web site that allows regular beer drinkers to offer their opinions on tens of thousands of beers.

”I’m just blown away,” Hoppin’ Frog owner and brewer Fred Karm said. ”I just think of myself as making beer for my friends and family. It’s unfathomable.”

Three Ohio brewers made the top 100 list. Great Lakes Brewing Co. in Cleveland is 35th. Barley’s Brewing Co. in Columbus is 74th.

RateBeer President Joe Tucker said the site considers overall ratings, quality and the ability to produce different styles well when selecting the top brewers.

RateBeer considers its annual competition the largest in the world, with more than 2.47 million reviews of 110,000 beers from more than 9,680 breweries.

Two Hoppin’ Frog beers are listed by RateBeer among the top 100 beers in the world this year.

Barrel-Aged B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher, an imperial stout aged in Heaven Hill Whiskey barrels, placed 35th. And the regular B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher ranked 66th.

In 2008, Karm won a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival for B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher.

RateBeer is devoted to so-called beer geeks and not those who prefer Budweiser, Miller or Coors. Seventeen of the top 20 beers are imperial stouts.

”People have been looking for bigger and bolder beers,” Tucker said in explaining the preference.

The top-rated beer is Westvleteren 12, a Belgian Trappist ale made by monks at the Trappist Westvleteren Brewery.

The top-rated brewer is the 3 Floyds Brewing Co. in Munster, Ind. Its beers include Alpha King, Behemoth and Dark Lord.

Hoppin’ Frog, which specializes in high-alcohol, boldly flavored beers, is now available in 13 states. Karm said the brewery will likely expand for a second time to keep up with demand.

The brewery, located along East Waterloo Road across from the Akron Airdock, sells its beer in signature 22-ounce brown bottles with a logo of a green and white frog hoisting a beer mug.

To view the complete RateBeer lists, go online to: http://www.ratebeer.com/RateBeerBest/default_2010.asp.

Hoppin’ Frog Christmas Beer Dinner Thursday, December 10, at 6:30 PM at Cilantro Thai & Sushi Restaurant in downtown Akron will feature a four course dinner of Cilantro’s flavorful Thai specialty dishes paired with Hoppin’ Frog beers. Presented by Hoppin’ Frog, this dinner is a great way to celebrate the season, and a great gift for those who are hard to buy for.  Reservations are necessary and the cost is $39.95 plus tax and tip.  Fred Karm, Our Brewmaster and President, will discuss the beer pairings and share comments with the guests.

Cilantro is an inspiring restaurant, combining an eclectic atmosphere with excellent and interesting food. Their goal is to have not only a great food selection, but also efficient and superior service. Their “Spice of Life’ Menu will appeal to a wide and varied clientele. And, their eclectic menu features specialties from Thai and Japanese cuisines with variety of exotic spices.

Cilantro is located at 326 S. Main St. in downtown Akron, next to Bricco at Exchange. Some parking is behind the building. Phone them at 330-434-2876.

Hoppin’ Frog’s spiced seasonal beer Frosted Frog Christmas Ale is scheduled to be released Saturday, Nov. 7 at the brewery at 1 PM. It will be available for our distributors in 11 states, including OH, PA, IN, IL, NY, NJ, MA, RI, NC, SC, and FL.

Hoppin’ Frog Brewing Company just won Best Double I.P.A. In America with Mean Manalishi, at the 2009 U.S. Beer Tasting Championships!!  Best Double I.P.A. In America is an award that Hoppin’ Frog is thrilled to receive, because this category is so respected by the lovers of really flavorful craft beer, and is usually dominated by west coast breweries with their close proximity to the hop growers. Mean Manalishi Double I.P.A. is one of the most popular beers in the Hoppin’ Frog lineup, made even better with the addition of Columbus and Summit hops to the recipe. Summit is the newer, dwarf hop plant, picked by hand and sought-after for its superior aroma and flavor. Mean Manalishi has 8.2% abv, and an astonishing amount of hop character.

The USBTC takes a unique approach in that beers are rated using a hedonic scale indicating overall pleasure achieved from tasting the beer. Their scale incorporates aroma, flavor intensity, balance, complexity, and mouth-feel. The competition is held in multiple stages with a series of field trials, wherein judges sample beers of similar styles and select the best to advance on to subsequent rounds. Field trials are typically conducted over a one-month period in three separate locations near Boston, MA, Washington, DC, and Chicago, IL. For each beer category, the field trials continue for several rounds until the winning entries are selected.