Bullfrog El Rojo Diablo Oak Aged

Formerly brewed at Bullfrog Brewery
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Williamsport, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Aged in bottle for about 6 months
Aroma: strong oakiness, alcohol, dark fruits, honey, sour funk, some wine
Appearance: nice reddish, brownish color, off white head
Taste: Still lots of alcohol, hops have mellowed nicely but still apparent, oak comes out very strong, so do dark fruits, and the cab--mingles well with the funk--this is way better now than 6 months ago
Palate: very smooth, lingering hops, oakiness, fruitiness
Overall: excellent, if you still have one, I’d open it.

Bottle thanks to GRG1313. Pours with a hazed orange body with minimal head. Aromas are spicy, vinous, mild funk, red wine, rose petals, tannin and lightly grassy. Flavors are bitter, spicy, floral and sour. Very vinous, red wine. Tannic and bitter. Kind of a mess. Oxidized hops. Medium bubbles.

Herb-hefiger säuerlicher Beginn. Starke Holznoten, dann etwas muffig. Die Säure bleibt muffig, sehr trocken, fast etwas aufdringlich. Dann bitterer, dunkel malzig. Ok aber sehr trocken! 11/10/8/9/12/8

750ml bottle from Trey. Rating #94. Bright orange/gold color with a small white head. Funky woody aroma with a light bitterness. Dry tartness and a bit of hops, real freaking nice. (2142)

Sampled at the DC Local Tasting a 750ml bottle pours a transparent orange. Nose is medicinal, oranges, windex. Flavor is sweet, oranges, brett, windex. Full bodied, sticky finish.

Bottle. Pours clear amber with faint beige head. Aroma is toasted malt, caramel, light sour fruit, and spice. Flavor is spice, caramel, and biscuit malt. Light/medium body with medium warmth and carbonation.

750mL thanks to MrChopin. Pours a clear reddish amber with a short lived beige head. Blueberry nose with that odd bullfrog terroir of wild yeast. Berries, fruit juice, mustiness. Taste is hotly acetic with a dry and grassy herbal character. Drying Zataar spice medley. Stomach acid/bile comes through with an abrasive acid character. Corrosive mouthfeel down the esophagus. Oh no.

Bottle. Deep clear amber, small white head. Aroma of summer fruit. Taste is sour and bitter wood.

Bottle. Pours clear amber with a medium, fizzy off-white head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is light caramel and cookie malt, sour fruits and earthy and spicy hops. Flavor is malt with medium hops and bitterness, sour fruits and a sweet finish. Medium body, warmth and carbonation.

Thanks once again go to Deuane for this one. I had one of these about a year ago and didn’t care for it very much. This must have been one of the "good" bottles. A - Pours reddish brown with a stark white one finger tall head leaving spotty lacing down the glass. S - Smells of earthy funk, vinous red wine, lightly toasted caramel malt, dulled tart fruit, and some dry oak tannins. You can really tell this was in a Cabernet Sauvignon barrel. T - Starts off with a big dose of vinous red wine from the Cabernet Sauvignon barrels slowly giving way to a mix of brett funk, apples, caramel malt, dulled earthy hops, and lots of dry oak tannins. It is very dry but the light tartness helps to ease it a bit. The finish is pretty dry with a touch of tartness, lingering for some time. M - Medium body and flavor with moderate carbonation. Dry, tart, feel with plenty of dry oak tannins lingering through the finish. O - Not too bad. I have had better from Bullfrog but this was far from terrible. If you go into it without any expectations it isn’t too bad but if you do, then you might be let down big time.

Pours a dark hazy amber color with a thin fizzy white head that quickly disappears without leaving much in the way of lacing. Vinous and funky aroma with hints of earthy oak, cream and dark fruit. There’s a subtle vanilla presence with hints of cherry, grape and other dark berries. Medium bodied with soft carbonation and a slight lactic, creamy texture. Slightly tart but not overly funky or puckering with a strong barrel presence and lots of vinous dark fruit. Hints of toasted oak with a prominent vanilla character followed by subtle funk and lots of sweetness from the fruit notes. I’m picking up raspberry, grape, cherry and other berries. I was expecting more funk/sourness but it’s pretty tame. More sweet/vinous than anything without any harsh acetic quality.