Hoppin' Frog Brewery Barrel Aged Naked Evil BBW Belgian-Style Barleywine

Barrel Aged Naked Evil BBW Belgian-Style Barleywine

 

Hoppin' Frog Brewery in Akron, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
7.74
ABV: 11.3% IBU: 48 Ticks: 67
On a recent trip through Belgium visiting the monastery breweries, we discovered an excellent barrel aged ale that had an incredibly satisfying flavor combination. Aging in oak barrels added a memorable richness, that we seek to achieve with this barrel aged Belgian-style barley wine-style ale. Being the ideal celebration beer to release on our 5-year anniversary, Barrel Aged Naked Evil is fermented with both British and Belgian yeasts and aged in whiskey barrels for a lightly spicy twist on this old-world beer style. Sweet malt flavors will become smoother and rich dark fruit characters will build with time to add a wonderful complexity and depth of flavor.
 

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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

650 ml bottle. Shared by PowY, many thanks!
Dark brown body, with a small, beige head.
Aroma of whisky, chocolate, brown sugar, caramel, cocoa, dried fruits, vanilla, sherry.
Tastes similar, with more sweet fruits, chocolate and caramel.
Medium, very oily mouthfeel, with a moderate carbonation.
Finishes smooth, warm, medium sweet, a bit astringent, with toffee, chocolate, dried fruits, sherry, some whisky.

Tasty. Sweet and heavy, while really comfortable to drink. Very well integrated whisky, not too overpowering, leaving room for the typical Barley Wine notes, with the Belgian twist of the brown sugar and dried fruit notes. Balanced, characterful stuff.

Score: 8 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 16

Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2018 at 12:31


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

0,66l bottle at Sanders shared by Powy, big thanks. No obvious BB date. brown color, very small off white head. smells of marzipan, nutty, sherry, light oxidation, coconut, some whisky notes, very nice smell. full body, light carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes of brown sugar, molasses, marzipan, coconut, nutty, some whisky, very light mint. finishes lightly sweet with notes of marzipan, coconut and molasses. very nice one, reminds me a bit of the Firestone Walker Anniversary series, although this is a bit less pronounced and less complex. Overall lovely stuff though.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2018 at 14:11





8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Color: Reddish brown, thin beige head. Aroma: Sweetish caramel, toffee, dark red fruit, boozy hints. Hints of vanilla and herbs. Taste: Boozy, caramel, toffee, molasses, dark red fruit. Nicely balanced. Pretty conplex and pretty sweet. Slightly sirupy. Bit sticky mouthfeel. Lightly bitter. Warming mouthfeel at boozy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2018 at 13:46


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Opalescent mahogany colour, minimal creamy beige-ish off-white head; aroma of intensive herbal notes, biscuits, caramel, slight soy sauce and whisky notes; taste of syrupy sweetness, dried berries, raisins, herbal liqueur, biscuits and spicy alcoholic notes; excellent barley wine!

Tried on 19 May 2018 at 16:38


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

650ml bottle. Clear, mahogany colour with dark ruby glimmer and small, thick, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Malty aroma with explicit signs of BA, notes of toffee, caramel, malt lozenge, treacle, Bourbon, vanilla, rum, some dried fruit, raisin, fig, some blueberry. Taste is sweet malty, notes of toffee, caramel, honey, malt lozenge, treacle, floral-fruity hints of blueberry, dried fruit, raisin, well embedded BA hints of Bourbon, vanilla, a touch of rum; full body, oily texture, soft and slightly sticky palate. Rich and complex, quite sweet of course, still relatively drinkable if only "sippable".

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2018 at 23:59


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Refrigerated brown bomber poured into a snifter. Clear Amber with very little head. Aroma is nice caramel malt, medium body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is rich caramel malt and some wood.

Tried on 28 Jan 2017 at 20:20


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

22oz bottle I bought this one back from Ohio and man it was an expensive bottle but lived up to the cost. Pours out an amber cola color topped with a small head. nose is caramel malts syrup vanilla pit fruit and barrel. taste is bourbon barrel vanilla caramel and plenty of the pit fruit.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2016 at 22:02