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Rogue Brutal Bitter

Rogue Brutal Bitter - Premium Bitter/ESB

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 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 
12083.72/5.03.71/5.06.2%99.6English pint
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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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 TheEpeeist (1429), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/517/20
May 2, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Foggy amber with a creamy off-white head that settles to a float. Nose is spicy orange sherbet and pine. Sharp carb with a foamy mouthfeel; gets resiny. Starts with smooth orange pith and toffee. Then grapefruit peel with a dry minty finish and a peppery bite. Really good ESB.


 cfrancis (293), Gloucester, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/518/20
Apr 28, 2009  
Cloudy orange colour with a hop nose. Beautiful sharp taste with bitter palate. Great hop and malt taste.


 charlotte (1997), Vanløse, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Apr 28, 2009  
Bottle.Hazy orange colour with medium head.Aroma is fruity and floral hoppy,nice full body and strong mouth feels.Crispy and well balanced finish.


 CheersMate1 (766), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/103/516/20
Apr 25, 2009  
I thought I had rated this one before, but I guess I haven’t; oh well. Anyways, nice thin head sitting on top. A nice translucent orange color with a slight hue of brown. Looks really good. Very nice taste. Slight malt sweetness mixed with a huge bittering hop that makes this beer extremely good. A fine taste; I just love how that bittering hop lingers. Aroma and taste are similar. Nice hoppy aroma with a great mix of malt sweetness to follow. This beer is really good, and I a glad I found a single because the $12 six pack price is a bit too rich for my blood. Palate could be a bit thicker, but the taste is just superb. Overall, a damn good ESB.


andreamc (2), Australia
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4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 25, 2009  
Cascade hops predominant....Mmmmm. Pours a nice copper colour, with an off white head. Clean palate, with good hop flavour & aroma. Well balanced. Nice.


 TheHulk (106), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 24, 2009  
A very nice aroma of cascade hops. A fairly hazy brown/red brew, but not too thick and not too much of any one colour, sort of an inbetween. Nice and thick on flavor, the hops are definately prevalent all the time with only some crystal malt flavouring. Quite nice.


 Quevillon (1518), Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 24, 2009  
Bouteille de 650ml, acheté au LCBO de Rideau et King edward (Ottawa) le 19 avril 2009. Cuivre pale, moyen collet. Arome d’agrume houblonné, pas très amère. Bon goût d’houblon mi-sucré, céréal muslique, agrume, légèrement amère. C’est rare que ce style est bonne et ça c’est l’une d’elle!


 Fred82 (343), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Apr 23, 2009  
750ml bottle. Hazy pale amber, medium head, short retention. Aroma is fruity hops all around. Taste is very fruity, hints of grapefruits. Quite crisp and nice bitterness. Very enjoyable ! Rating #93



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