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Brewery: Bearded Brewing
Style: Wheat
Serving: 12oz Bottle

Instead of doing my usual pre-review spiel, I’ll let Eric from Bearded Brewing explain this brew from his original blog post.

This summer for my daughter’s first birthday party, we are planning on having quite a few guests. I decided to brew a beer for the occasion, and plan on brewing a different one every year to mark the occasion. I had been playing around with different ideas for UNO, trying to think of something that would be accessible to a variety of people. The party will be in July, so I wanted something lighter and decided on a wheat beer, but wanted to do something with it so it was a bit more interesting. I decided on adding orange blossom honey to the recipe. At the last minute I decided to throw a teaspoon of orange marmalade in as well. I am brewing it now so I can make any tweaks before brewing it for the party.

Appearance: A hazy golden color not too untypical for beers of this variety. A noticeable amount of carbonation as well with a residual finger’s worth of beige head. In comparison, this is a tad thicker than Eugene City’s offering.

Smell: The orange definitely shines though, but in more of an understated way. Very mellow yeasty smell as well with just a tad bit of honey coming along for the ride.

Taste: Incredibly refreshing! The orange flavor is definitely apparent, but like the smell, does not overwhelm your taste buds. I’m also impressed at how this didn’t come off as some orange beers where the “orange” flavor is more similar to Tang than real oranges. The honey used must have been rather subtle as well, as this brew is sweet, but nowhere near as sweet as 75% of other fruit-inspired offerings. This probably occurred during the fermentation process with the orange peels, but a hint of lemon flavor comes through as well.

Just as Eric aimed for, this brew is perfect for a hot day. I can also imagine it being fairly easy to go through quite a bit of it during a party. Eric definitely has a knack for this whole brewing thing and I definitely look forward to popping open the rest of my Bearded Brewing offerings. I also look forward to Ella’s next birthday, seeing as we all get the gift of amazing beer =)

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So after sitting down tonight and watching a good few hours of television and a pot of irish like coffee I was just buzzed enough to want to have a good pint of beer. (although when am I not in the mood for a pint of good beer?) The Rogue Bullfrog Ale was one of the little gems we picked up in Portland and so far It has a really good mellow “I’m a bastard child of a traditional ale and a slightly mild hefeweizen” taste to it.

I’ve made it through about a third of a glass and the taste and texture has stayed close to the same. It has no bitter bite and after taking a drink I immediately want to take another before setting the mug down again.

I do have to recommend this Bullfrog Ale to anyone wanting to sit down and just drink straight through a pint. It felt like a flavored water to me, just water with a very, very good kick.

Cheers to you Issaquah! Three and a Half Barrels.

-Nick

Rick’s Thoughts
I don’t know where Nick got the whole “water” thing, but it tasted like anything but water to me. Perhaps he meant it went down like water, but to me this was one of the heartier wheat ales I’ve had. Hell, I like to think I can pour most wheat beers like a pro, but even this one had some serious sediment to it. Take a look:

Yeah that’s kind of embarrassing to show on a beer site and all, but just thought I’d show how much sediment we’re really talking about here. Apparently this one bends the rules of pouring. Either way this is a pretty damn good wheat beer, but definitely one of those brews you have to be in the mood for. I’m really looking forward to getting a pint of it on my next trip to the Seattle area.

-Rick

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