Rogue Brutal Bitter

	Percentile
	96
	overall

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Newport, Oregon USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1215	3.72/5.0	3.71/5.0	6.2%	99.6	English pint

Commercial Description:
Brutal combines Oregon hops with English Malts. The Oregon grown Crystal hop is a triploid variety developed from the German Hallertau aroma hop variety with contributions from Cascade, Brewers Gold, and Early Green. Crystal is the only hop used in brewing Brutal and it provides a massive amount of aroma without dry-hopping. The English malts used are floor malted Pipkin (a mellow cross of Maris Otter and Warboys, from an English company called Beeston), Cara Vienna and Cara Wheat.

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Chipper (185), Red Lion, Pennsylvania, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Nov 20, 2009

Slightly cloudy amber pour with a moderate thick white head. Hops, a little citrus, and maybe a little sweetness aromas. Taste is big spicy hops, citrus, and exceptionally smooth. Way different than other bitters I’ve tried, but it is excellent beer.

Gravelle (70), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Nov 19, 2009

HOPS, but so much the rest of the beer had trouble keeping up. Lazy malts. I enjoy the hop so love this beer. If you are a hopgoblin, you’ll feel the same. Grapefruit notes, amber colour, min. head. etc etc...

JulienHuxley (193), Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	5/10	3/5	8/10	2/5	14/20

Nov 13, 2009

Bottle. Honey and malt aromas with a weird vegetable smell. Taste is rather malty with some light english bitterness. Ok mouthfeel, not as good as I expected it to be

jeff789 (377), Pennsylvania, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	6/10	5/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Nov 13, 2009

Hazy golden amber with a very large off white lingering head... Mildly sweet english malts dominate the aroma, mildly aromatic, not hugely, toffee... Very traditional english flavor with a slightly american twist, semi sweet toffee underlies a dry mildly bitter body, with hops that are more used for bittering than flavor... Nice american interpretation

watson1977 (265), , Pennsylvania, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Nov 13, 2009

pours a light amber/honey color with a thick light tan head...nice lacing and retention. aroma has very nice subtle citrus...pineapple. notes of caramel and wheat too. flavor is more earthy and grapefruity hops with sweet caramely malt...maris otter? very lively and slightly oily mouthfeel with a dry lingering slightly spicy finish. very nice beer...particularly enjoy the finish.

beergodd1 (15), Conneaut, Ohio, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Nov 10, 2009

Nice surprise, I like Rogue a lot too, but never tried it until the Brewfest in Erie PA, at the Brewerie at Union Station, Nice balance of dried fruit and a hop undertone, somewhat malty finish, some here say it’s not a well balanced beer....wondering if they had a bad batch?

beerchugger (290), Colorado, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	15/20

Nov 10, 2009

Pours a hazy amber color with a nice off white creamy head that lasts for a period. The head leaves attractive lacing behind. The aroma is rich with the smell of flowers, lemons, sweet fruits, and maybe a touch of caramel. The flavor profile is initially sweet giving off tastes of grapefruits and some earth. The flavor changes quickly to being fairly bitter where the hops really come through. The finish long and bitter. Overall, it’s a fine beer.

liinis (709), Helsinki, Finland

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Nov 2, 2009

Not so brutal bitter, but very good. balanced and well made. 6,2 alcohol persentage gives more character and overall strenght. damn delicious

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