Bullfrog Oak Aged Old Toad Barleywine

Brewed by Bullfrog Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Williamsport, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Snifter

send corrections   |   shelftag   |   edit barcodes   |   add pic

2008 bottle. Cracked this aged beauty for Annie’s Birthday. Pours a plum red color with thin head and equidistant spotted lacing, never seen the spacing between lacing so uniform...kind of eerie. They almost resembled small gunshots in my glass. Aromas and taste of cherry, vanilla, chocolate, fruit rollup, cinnamon, toffee, dark grapes, cocoa powder, bourbon whiskey. Soft as silk mouth, exceptional barleywine, so much going on with it. Had stout, barley, and quad notes in it, very complex. One of the best barleys I have had.

UPDATED: FEB 12, 2012 Bottle. Bomber. 2008 Vintage. Huge thank you to my buddy Vinny for this rare beauty. Pours a bloody mahogany with a tuft of khaki, thinly-bubbled head. Specked out lacing. Aroma of sour dark cherries, malted milk balls, caramel, soft, supple notes of whiskey, toffee, molassess, and some lovely lactosey, milky notes in the back. Huge, warm, soft body with a liquid silky mouthfeel; this beer has probably the best palate of any beer I’ve tasted thus far. Taste is full of dark cocoa, sour dark cherries, vanilla, toffee, doughy bread, fine, aged whiskey, and some caramel and butterscotch notes in the finish. Big, soft, and welcoming, Old Toad is the epitome of what a barley wine should be and a true treasure to drink. The aging has surely done it a tremendous service as well, and, suffice it to say, time has treated it well. Superb.

shared by jtc-750 bottle-pours hazy amber/brown with a light tan head. Aroma is sweet medium/dark malt, dark fruit. Taste is sweet medium/dark malt, dark fruit, 2nd herbal/spice hops.

Bottle thanks to Dany; shared at my house. Pours caramel with tan head. Nose/taste of caramel, toffee, oak and dark fruits. Well-balanced. Hint of alcohol in the tale end of the palate with some grainy dark fruit. Medium body.

750ml, caged and corked bottle. Poured a mahogany color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of wood, caramel, and dark fruits. Tastes of dark fruits, whiskey, wood, vanilla, brown sugary sweetness, and some nuttiness. Warming finish.

Dark purple/red pour with a small head. Nose and flavor hold nice plum, raisin, candied orange slice, yeast, and booze. The alcohol is very prevalent on the tongue but I’m totally fine with that. Decent, not awesome.

Bottle shared by MrChopin. Pours a clear copper color with a thin head. Decent head retention. Aroma of toffee, plum, spice, earthy notes and berries. The taste is toffee, anise, wood, vanilla, brown sugar and a peppery note. Full bodied. Nice beer right up my alley.

Brownish red with a small white head. Caramel biscuit, hints of whiskey, and lots of oxidation. Medium body. Too sweet.

750mL c&c thanks to MrChopin. Pours a clear, deep red with a decent off-white head. Spotty lace. Nose is sugary strawberry, small toffee and caramel. Palate is sharp and minty with decent booziness. Taste is sugary, bitter, orange mint, strawberry. Not bad.

Very rich toffee nose with some dark fruit, and light piney hops. Taste is very sweet moderately bitter, lots of toffee and caramel, some raisins, light plum, and a touch of oxidation.