Rogue American Amber

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Amber Ale
Newport, Oregon USA

Not an attractive beer: it’s cloudy, even muddy amber with a cream head. Malty aroma, quite sweet, uncannily reminiscent of the bottled malt they used to give kids in the 1950’s. Sweet, sticky piney taste with some orange and a lurking bitterness at the back of the throat. Oddly restrained for an American beer, and none the worse for that.

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber with a one finger beige head and nice lacing. Nose is malt, floral and light pine. Taste is sweet caramel malt upfront with a resin finish that lingers Medium fairly creamy mouth feel. Pretty good amber.

creamy beige head. hazy brown amber beer, with a strange after taste. fresh and rich hoppy.

Large creamy head top of an Amber ale with ample carbonation aroma fruity caramel malt all plesant flavour tangy bitter malt smooth citrus peel probably orange citrus hop flavour good hop backing malt bring out a lovely sweetness on the palate finish bitter smooth fruity.

very light aroma, undertone of coffee, amber in color, very smooth finish, like the bottle design

Bottle. Pours a cloudy amber with a large, foamy, beige head. Has a nice hop and pine taste. Is rather sweet. Some malt and caramel is also present. Aroma is much the same, but is a little lighter. The body is a little thin and has a decent bitterness to it. Easy to drink. A good experience, but I would rather choose something else.

On tap at MacGloughlins in Kyoto. Slightly fruity aroma, with decent malt and a bit of earth. Light hops. Relatively light amber malt flavor, with good hopping. Crisp and clean, relatively light palate. Nice earthy, hoppy, dry finish. A very nice session beer.

Bottle on 2008-12-06. Amber and clear. Small lightly tan coloured head. Grass and malts in nose. Full bodied and slightly dry palate with medium carbonation. Malts, grass, bitterness, toffee and little sweetness in taste. Bitter and malty aftertaste.