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Bullfrog Beesting


 Percentile 
91
overall
Brewed by Bullfrog Brewery
Style: Saison

Williamsport, Pennsylvania USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
463.68/5.03.57/5.0Special7%81.3Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Lush and fruity, this "super saison" has been totally overhauled from the last two years. Previously, this beer has been lighter in color and ABV, but an increase in buckwheat honey has pushed the color into the dark amber range, providing a rich, layered complexity. The first sip leaves your mouth with a kiss of sweetness in an otherwise dry strong ale. 2006 version was Belgian Strong Ale and at 9%+ abv.

2008 version back to 7% abv, more in the traditional saison style - hazy golden in color.
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 tokyogoat (505), San Diego, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 25, 2009  
Pours a golden yellow with a big white head and amazing head retention. Nose is dominated by honey and yeast. Taste is a little too much honey, lots of floral, nice hint of brett funk finishes.


 Snojerk321 (1917), San Diego, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 13, 2009  
750ml bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with a frothy off white head, spotty lacing. Nose of banana, clove and citrus peel. Some bubble gum, yeast, slightly funky, and citrusy on the palate. Finish starts sweet then finishes medium dry.


 neepsntatties (283), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 24, 2009  
Got to sample a bottle of this thanks to "hannont". Colour... lightly cloudy straw colour. Nose... slightly sour and yeasty. Palate... slightly sour with some spice but not a whole lot of flavour complextity. Where’s the honey?


 BeerGestapo (725), Windsor, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 17, 2009  
Brewed in the USA... Apricot in color with a wonderful large off white head that will dissipate in time. Aroma of baby funk, yeast, lemons and pepper. Taste of bread, mild pepper, cereal and pears. Mouthfeel is medium in body with a spritizy beginning, and finishes with a very lite alcohol bite. Not bad, but not quite what i expected.


 afireinside96 (807), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 10, 2009  
750ml bottle shared by BeerGestapo. Thanks Mike. Bottled on 8/7/08. Pours a hazy peach color with a big lasting meringue-like head. The smell is tart with notes of peach, apricot, lemon, pepper, and light funk. It tasted good but very bizarre, like someone made a grape jelly and fruity pebble sandwich. Carbonation and mouthfeel were right on for the style though it was a bit of a sharp alcohol bite. Would definitely drink again though.


 TURDFERGUSON (1594), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 10, 2009  
Bottles from kramer at BCTC and JCB at Todd’s house a month or so ago. This is a pretty tasty American made saison. Nice and dry overall, with just the right amount of sweetness from the honey. Tasty and very sessionable.


 swoopjones (1862), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Aug 3, 2009  
Bottle @ RB BCTC gathering 2009. Pours a hazed golden orange. Honey sweet funky aroma. Taste was honey sweetness with herbal like spiciness with a touch of funk. went back for seconds on this one. Thanks to Kramer


 Dickinsonbeer (3434), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 26, 2009  
750ml at CL CdC release and DMac UFC-100 release- notes combined. Pours a hazy blonde body with high carbonation and a cloudy billowing white head. Aroma is lemon zest, tart, grassy herbal hoppiness, saison Belgian yeasty phenols, spicy, salty and slight leather. Flavor has a good toasty bready malt base with a good salty phenolic, light plastic turning to lemon zest, slight tartness, more earth leather, and grassy hops and a dry tart finish. Nice.



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