Phree
Bullfrog Brewery

Sampled courtesy of egajdzis.

Poured a medium and hazy golden color with a larger sized white head. Aromas of citrus, spices, 'sweaty', and yeast. Tastes of spices, yeast, and citrus. Some light funkiness in the background.

Notes from: 03/05/08.

A soft pour produces a scant, frothy, off-white colored head that sits on top a honey colored beer. When held up to the light it shows a hazy, copper color. The beer is quite fruity smelling with notes of apple, pear and even ripe melon; this has both the aromatic fruit floral notes as well as a fruity tartness to it. The beer is quite spicy, which melds very well with the fruitiness; phenolic spice notes of clove, earthy spice notes similar to coriander and perhaps a touch of sage as well as spicy aromas reminiscent of black pepper and sweet young ginger. The finish has an aroma similar to biscuits and cracked, lightly toasted wheat.

A soft carbonation contributes a touch of peppery fizz, but the spicy flavors in this beer also seem to contribute an apparent, texture. This is quite spicy, almost hot with complex, peppery, higher alcohol notes and spice notes. This has a light-medium body to it that seems quite dry at first due to all the spiciness, but actually picks up a touch of malt sweetness towards the finish after the first couple of sips. Tasty phenols mix with esters and spice notes to produce flavors similar to cloves, woody black-pepper, dried ginger and earthy coriander. Fruit flavors of aromatic apple varietals, star-fruit, not quite ripe melon, herbal honey and under-ripe plum are all found in the flavor; accentuated just a bit by the light sweetness, but also by a soft tartness. I almost didn't notice, but not because they are subtle, but there is a nice herbal component to this beer that seems to be quite hop driven; grassy, herbal and a touch green, the hop notes mix in pretty well with the spice notes to offset the fruitiness.

A very tasty brew, while not overtly influenced by the Brettanomyces yet (I would love to have a bottle conditioned bottle of this to let sit), it is incredibly spicy & complex from both fermentation character and spices. I really like how expressive both the aroma and flavor are, this beer almost shouts to be noticed and the loud notes actually are not overwhelming or unbalanced.

A-Hazy gold orange with a small white head that slowly faded into a thin ring. Decent lace left around the glass.

S-Light aroma of yeast, citrus, biscuit, earthy spices and and bit of peach.

T-Light funkiness with a nice combination of spice and fruit like peach, tangerine and orange. Very interesting melding of flavours.

M-Medium-light body with a pleasant dryness in the finish.

D-Tasty stuff. I wonder what the 10 months of aging did for this one? Maybe dried it out a bit. Nice stuff, certainly better than your "average" saison!

Thanks to egajdzis for sharing this one...
Appears a hazy, light gold with a small white head that slowly fades into a mild cap. Spotty traces of lacing are left around the glass.
Smell is of yeast, citrus, biscuit, spcies, and fruity esters.
Taste is of the mentioned aromas with saison-esque fruitiness and light barnyard funk resonating.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied, citrusy, mild earthiness, funk, and spices.