Rogue Frosty Frog

Keep the hops comming John "more hops" Mayer. A great cold weather beer with lots of flavor and a high %.

Had it on tap. It was at cool-room temp., small whitish head (hard to tell in the dark bar), looked like a barley wine--dark-red, clear. I could smell the hops before drinking it, and a little spice, not much else. Texture wise, the carbonation was pretty low, which contributed to it’s denseness--again, much like a strong barelywine. Now for the flavor: this beer was all over the place, moving from sweet bubble-gummy flavors, to piney hops, to bittersweet malts, to spicey syrup qualities. I agree with the other rater that the raisins/molasses aren’t very present. The alcohol was not apparent--but by the end of the beer I could tell it was around 9-11%. At no point was the flavor week or artificial--very consistent throughout. I really liked this one, although it left me a little confused!

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.

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.

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.

This is really delicious, that is all I can say. The flavor profile is amazingly complex with some spiced rum, along with a hint of molasses, the raisins are not really present and I would have not known they were there had the bartender told me how it was brewed. Amazingly well balanced with just a little heat in the finish, from the alcohol. The spices are very present too. everything about this beer is well represented, hardly anything gets washed out. Very well done.

Pretty wonderful pint of beer, lots of malt dark fruit and spices in aroma, texture was smooth and creamy,some backing bitteness but the taste was so big malty and fruity that the bitterness wasn’t a factor. I was engaged in conversation while drinking this and several times just stopped talking to marvel at what a fine brew this was

Draught at Bittercreek Alehouse in Boise, ID
Murky chestnut color, off-white tanish head with very thick and attractive lacing. The nose is very malty with dark raisin and fig notes. Sweet pinot grapes, strawberry and other fruity hop and alcohol notes. The flavor is intense at first, almost like you need a warmup beer before this. Light acidity, moderate sweetness and bitterness. Hot alcohol in the flavor. Rich body and full mouthfeel, the finish is sweet but balanced. Very nice and full beer. A bit brash and green, but it adds to the character.