Bullfrog Old Treehugger

Brewed by Bullfrog Brewery
Style: American Strong Ale
Williamsport, Pennsylvania USA

750 ml bottle-pours a tan head and amber color. Aroma is sweet grain/medium malt. Taste is sweet grain/medium malt, wine. Finishes semi-dry. Thanks Todd for sharing.

Bottle thanks to MrBendo. Pours a dark amber color with a nice white head. Has a woody, vanilla smell. Has a malty, vanilla, woody, and I think a little cherry in the taste. Very nicely done

Aroma is beautiful. Sweet and creamy, honey, fruit, wood and some alcohol. Flavor is sweet, honey, molasses, vanilla, wood and dark fruit. Nice body, great beer.

750ml bottle. Very light gusher. Poured a deeper amberish color with a very large sized off white head. Aromas of woodiness, vinous, cherries, floral hops, caramel, and vanilla. Tastes of vanilla, vinous, cherries, wood, caramel, and dark fruits. Lighter tart finish. Another winner from Bullfrog.

Poured a hazy red amber color with a large, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of vanilla, cherries, wine wood, caramel malts, vanilla, dark fruits, some wild yeast, and a little alcohol. Taste of sweet caramel, dried fruits, wood, some nuts, and a light tartness in the finish

Thanks to hopdog for sharing this...gusher alert! Pours a lightly hazy ruby amber with a large foamy off white head that left spotty lacing. Aroma of oranges, floral hops, cherry, wine, wine grapes and light oak. Flavor of red wine, oak, earthy, toasted malt, tart cherry and some hop flavor and bitterness.

The morning sky is rising while dew glistens like liquid jewels frozen in time. A gentle murmur of early birds and lingering crickets can be heard ringing clearly through the sacred silence. But wait? Is that the croak of a bullfrog I hear? And why does it seem to emanate from my beer glass in hand? Why, that would be because I have before me the Old Treehugger Ale from the Bullfrog Brewery. Whoever said originality is dead obviously hasn’t paid much attention to breweries and their names for beers. Tongue-in-cheek humor has never sounded nor tasted so good. A brand new brewery for me, it is time to sit back, savor the sunrise, silence the chirping of some bullfrogs, and in this case, they better not taste like chicken.

A cloudy earthen brown, the perfect hiding place for some mischievous bullfrogs, sets the tone as a rather brash head of foam slowly fades into a thin film. She swirls up nicely, leaving thicker clumps while a staunch ring loiters. My first whiff of her nose is replete with spice and lots of earthy notes; bark, trees, and damp potting soil. Filling her out further are caramelized sugars, caramel, peanut brittle, and more spice to top it all off. Most intriguing indeed. My first sip sends me on a scavenger hunt for some bugs because my mouth is a-pucker with a noticeable sour funk. Not noticeable in her nose at all, she bares all to taste in her palate. A thin mouthfeel lends itself well to all kinds of earthy, woodsy, buggy notes. Barnyard funk, dusty stalls, bales of hay, cracked leather, and wood. Definitely different and not what I was expecting. That being said, I couldn’t be any more pleased with my Treehugger Ale from Bullfrog Brewery. From start to finish, one pleasing funkalicious surprise after the other.

You know that look? Yes, that one. The one I always get when I talk so endearingly, nay lovingly, about the insatiable pleasures of bugged beer that is bursting with tart, earthy, barnyard flavors. While it may sound questionable, I assure you there may be no better quaffing delight. The next time you stumble across an Olde Treehugger Ale or some other sour ale, do not be afraid, and discover the delights of sour ales which have been pleasing palates for, quite literally, hundreds of years.

Courtesy Beerlando. Moderate brown color, light khaki head. Light grainy notes, very little funk present on aroma. More funky taste, still light with mild grains, slight tartness. Finishes nice.