Frosted Frog Christmas Ale - Barrel Aged
Hoppin' Frog Brewery in Akron, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Winter|
Score
7.38
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Ale brewed with spices (cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg) and aged in whiskey barrels. The essence of Christmas is captured in this very bottle you are holding. Perfectly blended spices compliment Frosted Frog’s rich malt flavors, creating the ultimate Christmas experience. Celebrate the holidays as you savor this very special seasonal offering.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ Home. Pours slightly hazy light brown with a offwhite head. Aroma of malts, oak, lots of x-mas spice. Flavor is malts, oak, strong cinnamon, nutmeg and other x-mas spices., light whisky / alcohol. Medium body, lively carbonation. Way to much spice here. 281112
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2012
at 07:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy reddish brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and quite spicy - cinnamon and nutmeg. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 281112
Tried
on 28 Nov 2012
at 13:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Dark amber/red with small beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, cinnamon and other "Christmas spices" Flavour is malt, medium sweet, caramel, "Christmas spices", "whiskey/spirit" and cinnamon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2012
at 13:16
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Medium head with good duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are christmas spices, christmas pudding, caramel, malt and hops. Too spicy and unbalanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2012
at 13:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity spicy cinnamon aroma. Sweetish malty spicy woody cinnamon flavor. Has a sweetish malty spicy chocolate and cinnamon finish with woody hints.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2012
at 06:25
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is nutmeg spiced and toasted malty. Sweet, spiced and nutmeg to cinnamon and cardemomme. Herbal and spiced into a dry finish. Way too spiced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2012
at 18:19
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
22oz bomber from Herchick poured into a snifter. Thanks Bob! Pours a very dark ruby, almost brown with almost no head. Aroma is mostly whisky with a good dose of Christmas spice! Taste is light sweet. Cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and other winter spices along with dried apricot and pineapple...and of course whisky. Reminds me a lot of cold glogg, just the way my grandma used to make it. Medium bodied with a sticky texture. Lively carbonation and a very long finish. Overall, awesome. I’m going to have to find a bottle of this around Christmas to share with the Swedish side of the family.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2012
at 23:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark red-brown color with a medium sized orange-tan head that left some lacing. The aroma was strong cinnamon, nutmeg and candied ginger. The flavor was sweet cinnamon, nutmeg and candied ginger with a malty and nutty middle followed by more spice that fairly overwhelmed the taste buds. The finish was long nutty and spicy. Fairly full bodied. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2011
at 07:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
*110331-Hoppin Frog Barrel Aged Frosted Frog Christmas -22oz @Tampa Weekly Gathering-Thanks markwise-pours a tan head and brown/dark copper color. Arom is cinnamon/nutmeg/ginger, medium malt-caramel. Taste is bourbon/wood, cinnamon/nutmeg/ginger, medium malt-caramel, secondary spice hops. 3.7 *110304-pours a light tan ring for a head and amber color. Aroma is oak, mint, medium malt, cinnamon. Taste is oak, mint, medium malt, cinnamon, some funk. Interesting. 3.4
Tried
on 28 Jun 2011
at 08:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Courtesy of markwise. Pours clear amber with thin tan head. The aroma has lots of winter like spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger running into caramel malts and maltiness. The taste is similar with lots of spices, caramel, some spicy maple and a mild level of boozy barrel notes. So so really as it doesn’t come together too well. It could be the spices don’t meld all that well with the base beer and barrel aging.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2011
at 19:39