Bullfrog Brewing Peche Panache

My buddy Adam brought a growler of Bullfrog Brewing Peche Panache to share at our weekly bottle share. It is described as a farmbic, or a farmhouse -lambic blend. The beer pours a yellow color with a bubbly white colored head. The aroma consists of peach, vinegar, grass, barnyard funk, and horse blanket. The taste is light and tart with a good peach flavor. This really has a barnyard funk and horse blanket flavor on the finish with a hint of vinegar. The after taste is a little dry and grassy. The alcohol content is 5.0% ABV. I liked how dry and funky this beer was, and it really drove home that so-called “horse blanket” flavor, as it was ever present.

Bullfrog Brewery Hopsphyxiation

Another beer I tried on a recent visit to Bullfrog Brewery was the Hopsphyxiation, and I love the name of this beer. The beer pours an orange-gold color with a foamy white head that leaves a solid lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of tangerine, grapefruit, orange, and spruce. The taste is bitter and citrusy with lots of orange, tangerine, grapefruit, and some sugar accents. The finish brings out pepper, pine, and spruce culminating in a bitter after taste lingers. The alcohol content is not available online, but I would estimate it to be approximately 7.5% ABV. This was a bitter and citrusy beer that really put my tongue in heaven with the variety of flavors and their stranglehold on the palate.

Bullfrog Brewery Mucho Mocha

On the way home from Ithaca, my buddies and I decided to stop in to Bullfrog Brewery for a few drinks. The first beer I ordered was the Mucho Mocha, a rye beer aged with Kenyan coffee. The beer pours an opaque dark brown color with a frothy beige head. The aroma consists of strong coffee, rye, chocolate, vanilla, milk, and cream. The taste is strong with coffee, lots of cream, and mocha. It reminded me of an Arby's Jamocha Milkshake. Chocolate, toasted malts, and caramel finish the beer, leaving behind a dry rye after taste. The alcohol content is not available online, but I would guess it to be about 7.0% ABV. The mocha and coffee flavors in this beer were incredible and I couldn’t get enough of this beer. I would say it is worth the trip alone if you wanted to try it.

Bullfrog Brewery El Rojo Diablo

As part of a cellar clearing/tasting, my friend Deuane pulled out a bottle of Bullfrog Brewing El Rojo Diablo to share with everyone there. There beer pours an amber color with an bubbly off-white head. The aroma consists of vinegar, caramel, flowers, and a hint of cherry. The taste hits the tongue right up front with rose petals. There is an alcohol taste, caramel, grass, slight vinegar, and a warming Bourbon finish. The mouth feel is very bubbly on the tongue. The alcohol content is 8.0% ABV. The El Rojo Diablo was a really intense beer with a wonderful blend of flavors, especially the rose petal that greets you as you open the door to this excellent beer.

Bullfrog Brewery Dip Sticke Altbier

Another growler I picked up at Bullfrog Brewery and returned home with was the Dip Sticke Altbier. The beer pours an amber color with a thin filmy white head. The aroma is sweet with malts, cherry, and yeast. The taste is smooth and malty, sweet, a nice cherry accent, and a slightly dry finish with some bitter hops. The caramel backbone of this beer plays well with hints of chocolate and mocha. The alcohol content is 6.0% ABV. Overall, this was a delicious beer that was sweet, yet not too sweet, and I believe is a forerunner for best of the category.

Bullfrog Brewery Milky Joe

I picked up a growler of Bullfrog Milky Joe to bring home with me after visiting the brewery. The beer pours a dark brown color with a frothy white head. The aroma consists of toasted malts and cream. The taste is smooth and milky with some toasted malts that shine through in the finish and really dry the tongue. The after taste has some mocha hints and is quite smooth. The alcohol content is 4.5% ABV. I thought this was an excellent smooth brown ale and the addition of lactose made for a sweeter drinking beer that camouflaged the bitter toasted malts fairly well.

Bullfrog Brewery Mcloud

While at Bullfrog Brewery in Williamsport, I ordered a glass of the Mcloud, a hefehafer. The beer pours a cloudy yellowish color with a thin filmy head. The aroma consists of wheat even though there is no wheat added, sour lemon, and grass. The taste is oat and lemon grass and is reminiscent of wheat. It is a sweet overall beer but has a dry finish. The alcohol content is not available online, but I would estimate it to be approximately 5.0% ABV. This was a quite delicious and somewhat different beer, especially for me, as I have not had this style previously. Instead of adding wheat, oat is substituted in the recipe, and made a refreshing and slightly sweet beverage.

Bullfrog Pay Dirt

I brought a growler of Bullfrog Pay Dirt, a smoked Belgian Ale, home from the brewery to review. The beer pours a caramel-amber color with a bubbly white colored head. The aroma consists of Belgian yeast, smoke, raisin, and cherry. The taste is smooth and sweet at first with banana, Belgian yeast, cherry, and pepper. Then, the smoke comes out in the finish, but is a light accent. The alcohol content is 6.5% ABV. I was a little apprehensive at first to this being a smoked beer and thought that it could ruin the sweetness of a Belgian ale, but everything was well balance and the smoke did not steal the spotlight from the yeast, it just providing a nice supporting cast.

Bullfrog Saison Nouveau

While at Bullfrog Brewery, I picked up a growler of the Saison Nouveau to bring home and review. The beer pours a golden color with a frothy white head . The aroma consists of pepper, lemon, Belgian yeast, banana, and grassy hops. The taste is dry and light on the tongue with plenty of lemon, pepper, Belgian yeast, and banana. The finish brings out some grassy hops and a slight dirt funk that lingers for a while. The alcohol content is 6.5% ABV. This was a very interesting saison, and I really think the earthy funk on the finish stood out and separates this beer from all others. The citrus and pepper flavors were spot on as well.

Bavarian Barbarian-Bullfrog Gothika

My coworker Jack stopped into TJ's in Paoli when he was in the area to pick up a growler of the Bullfrog/Bavarian Barbarian collaboration Gothika. To set the mood, watch the YouTube video about this beer:

The beer pours a dark red-brown color with a bubbly tan head. The aroma consists of sweet malts with raisin, chocolate, smoke, cherry, and oak. The taste is smooth at first before a flavor explosion of alcohol, cherry, dry dark Belgian chocolate, and raisin. Then the smoke sets in and slightly dries out the finish. 9.2% ABV. Devious, check. Evil, check. This beer is just as good as advertised and comes alive (back from the dead?) in the mouth. Lots of flavors for the tongue to process, going from a sweet cherry and chocolate to a dry smokey finish. The best part? The cherry comes back on the finish. Despite it's evil label, this beer is like a Belgian chocolate delicacy.

Bullfrog Busted Lawnmower

A beer I noticed on the menu at Al's of Hampden was Bullfrog Busted Lawnmower, a saison, and I decided to order a glass. The beer pours a pale golden color with a thin filmy white head. The aroma consists of lemon with rosemary. The taste is lemon, cream, rosemary, and pepper. The alcohol content is 6.2% ABV. I thought the Busted Lawnmower had a similar profile to Saison du Buff from Stone, Victory, and Dogfish Head, just not quite as intense. This beer was very delicious and a good substitute if you cannot find the Saison du Buff collaboration.

Bullfrog Brewery Edgar IPA

Another beer I ordered while at Bullfrog Brewery during American Craft Beer Week was the Edgar IPA. The beer pours an orange color with a thin filmy white head. There is an orange and lemon aroma. This beer drinks with a big hop flavor and has some lemon and pepper hidden in there as well. The beer finishes with a dry pine hop flavor. The alcohol content is 8.0% ABV. This was a great IPA in my opinion. It may be a bit too powerful for those new to the hop experience or those with sensitivities to hops, but if you like IPA, be sure to check this beer out.

Bullfrog Brewery Lights Out Stout

I went to Bullfrog Brewery during American Craft Beer Week to check out the Lights Out Stout. This stout was aged for three years in oak barrels with coffee, chocolate, and wild yeast. The beer pours a deep black color with a foamy tan head. The aroma is deeply chocolate with hints of oak and coffee. The taste is smooth and great tasting and is very creamy due to being served from the hand pump. This beer is very chocolaty with a good helping of coffee. The kicker is that there is a bit of a raspberry bite in the middle with an alcohol finish that is dry. The beer completes itself similar to a chocolate covered raspberry and is very surprising and delicious. There is no alcohol content posted online, but I would assume it to be around 9.0% ABV. The beer beats up the tongue a bit with the sour raspberry that is created with the wild yeast, but this brew is extremely delicious and addicting. The entire drive home to Harrisburg I was left wanting more of this beer.

Bullfrog Brewery- Irish Red Ale

Thanks to my coworker Jack, I was delivered a growler full of Bullfrog Brewery's Irish Red Ale. I have not previously had the Irish Red Ale, but I am glad that I requested a growler of it. The alcohol content is 4.8% and it has a beautiful red color to it. The hop content in the beer is perfect and the flavor is so attractive, it makes you want to drink more. That could be the reason that I polished off an entire growler in one night.

Bullfrog Brewery

The second brewery adventure of the day was Bullfrog Brewery located in Williamsport, PA. We ate here and also enjoyed the brews.

The Beers

Billtown Blonde

From 2-14-08 Selingsgrove and Williamsport

The first beer I had was the Billtown Blonde. I liked how smooth and crisp the flavor of the beer is. It is a very good compliment to greasy food.

Old Toad Barleywine

From 2-14-08 Selingsgrove and Williamsport

Barleywines can be very hit or miss. The Old Toad was full of flavor, very sweet, a little bite. Although it is over 100 IBU's, the flavor is not too hoppy.

Smoked Porter

From 2-14-08 Selingsgrove and Williamsport

The Smoked Porter tasted exactly as it sounds. There was a very strong hint of smoked flavor, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Overall, it drank pretty smooth. I'm not sure how many one could drink in one sitting, but it is a very good beer.

Dread Double Red

From 2-14-08 Selingsgrove and Williamsport

I thought the Dread Double Red had the perfect amount of hops, which followed by a nice little bite at the end of a sip. I like how the beer is very cloudy and drinks very smooth.

Food

I ordered the Buffalo Chicken Cheese Steak and I was not disappointed. It has a great flavor and is very filling. I highly suggest the sweet potato fries on the side. Everyone's meals looked good and I know everyone left the place stuffed.

Overall

I think Bullfrog Brewery is a must-visit brewery. The atmosphere is very welcoming. The back wall is covered with growlers from various breweries, so it also gives me a few more breweries to visit.