Bullfrog Phree
Bullfrog Phree
Rated 3.250 by BeerPals
Brewed by Bullfrog Brewery
Williamsport, PA, United States
Style: Saison
8% Alcohol by Volume
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"Brewer for a day" beer #1 made by Jim and Jill Phleagar. This Belgian-inspired Saison has a rich fruitiness underpinned by a strong smack of hops, a touch of spice and a whiff of funkiness provided by two strains of Brettanomyces wild yeast. Lightly spiced with coriander, star anise and black pepper.
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| Overall Rank | 15824 |
| Overall Percentile | 71.8 |
| Style Rank | 385 of 1314 |
| Style Percentile | 70.7 |
| Lowest Score | 4.0 |
| Highest Score | 4.0 |
| Average Score | 4.000 |
| Weighted Score | 3.250 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
A soft pour produces a scant, frothy, off-white colored head that sits on top a honey colored beer. When held up to the light it shows a hazy, copper color. The beer is quite fruity smelling with notes of apple, pear and even ripe melon; this has both the aromatic fruit floral notes as well as a fruity tartness to it. The beer is quite spicy, which melds very well with the fruitiness; phenolic spice notes of clove, earthy spice notes similar to coriander and perhaps a touch of sage as well as spicy aromas reminiscent of black pepper and sweet young ginger. The finish has an aroma similar to biscuits and cracked, lightly toasted wheat.
A soft carbonation contributes a touch of peppery fizz, but the spicy flavors in this beer also seem to contribute an apparent, texture. This is quite spicy, almost hot with complex, peppery, higher alcohol notes and spice notes. This has a light-medium body to it that seems quite dry at first due to all the spiciness, but actually picks up a touch of malt sweetness towards the finish after the first couple of sips. Tasty phenols mix with esters and spice notes to produce flavors similar to cloves, woody black-pepper, dried ginger and earthy coriander. Fruit flavors of aromatic apple varietals, star-fruit, not quite ripe melon, herbal honey and under-ripe plum are all found in the flavor; accentuated just a bit by the light sweetness, but also by a soft tartness. I almost didn’t notice, but not because they are subtle, but there is a nice herbal component to this beer that seems to be quite hop driven; grassy, herbal and a touch green, the hop notes mix in pretty well with the spice notes to offset the fruitiness.
A very tasty brew, while not overtly influenced by the Brettanomyces yet (I would love to have a bottle conditioned bottle of this to let sit), it is incredibly spicy & complex from both fermentation character and spices. I really like how expressive both the aroma and flavor are, this beer almost shouts to be noticed and the loud notes actually are not overwhelming or unbalanced.
