Rogue Frosty Frog

On tap. Dirty dark brown color, small brown head. Malty sweetness of dark fruits and molasses, with just enough dryness on the finish. Warming going down, with a lingering spiced tea flavor. In cold weather, I could drink nothing but this beer.

On tap at Crunchy’s, East Lansing. Murky orange-red body, medium cream head. Caramely aroma with toast and bitter, citric hops. Caramely, bready malts give way to strong bitter grapefruit rind tones that strengthen in the finish, leaving a long, bitter aftertaste. This seems more appropirate as a winter beer than a spring/summer beer, but it’s on tap now, regardless. A solid offering.

Draught. Brown red appearance, hazy, aroma of a ginormous amount of hops. Flavor is offputting. You can’t taste anything because of the hops. Has malt--I can tel from alcohol aftertaste. Ridiculous beer. Although it does mellow some with time.... Reminds me of the Brutal Bitter...thanks to Rogue, we know what it is like to have too much hops.

On Tap at Summits. Summits? Pours a medium amber, slighty hazy, and a nice lasting thin head. Aroma is fruity with esters, caramel apples, and thick with raisins. Rum like aroma but alcohol is hidden well- also a good addition of citrus hops. Flavor is thickly sweet- but not cloying at all. More fruits, raisins, rum, light chocolate malt, dark crystal malt, and a clean citrus bitterness in the end. Very smooth overall. They should bottle this. I bet it would age very very well.

Murky brown, with a dense, sturdy brown head. Initial whiff of piney hops, then a nicetoasty background. Surprisingly creamy palate. Big earthy, dirty hop bite up front, then a smooth, somewhat caramelly toasty malt flavor. Hop bitterness returns for the finish - big and sticky, with an almost tar-like flavor, plus some black papper. A little bit of alcohol burn at the end. Draft at Barley’s, Knoxville.

Draught at Freakin’ Frog, Las Vegas
Dark brown color. Unexpected fruity aroma. Full malty flavor, fruity and aromatic hop, round, sweet caramel, light liquorice, well blended. Excellent.

Poured a hazy brown color with an orange hue and small creamy beige head. Sweet malty aroma of caramel, candy, and oranges. Citrus hops mixed in. Sweet malty flavor to start. Light citrus and acidity grows to a large expanding piney bitterness. Very long finish. Medium to full body.

Draught, brewed at Issaquah Chestnut colour with yellow, fine head. Sweet nose, molasses indeed, syrupy. Maybe some grapes. Quite hoppy, bitter taste, and not at all sweet despite the backing and adjuncts. In fact, the finish is even harsh metallic without pine. Retronasal some cake. Dry, despite, etc., etc. Full bodied. The balance is not quite there. Lots of differences between nose & taste.