Rogue Brutal Bitter

Bottle... malty aroma... bitter at first taste with citrus and pine flavors...bitterness dissipates quickly after first few sips... good balance makes it a refreshing bitter

Reviewed 12/20/2008 (bottle): Pours a huge foamy head, whitish, diminishing. Body is very clear golden amber body. Very hoppy grapefruity aroma. Hoppy taste but a big balancing malty taste, some nuttiness like hazelnut. Nice taste, would make a good session beer. Very carbonated mouthfeel. Drying aftertaste. A little much after a bit.

A solid beer in the mold of an IPA. First had at the Portland, OR Rogue pub in 2002, then later at the brewery in Newport. This beer is pretty balanced with a solid malt body that finishes on the light hoppy side. A nice beer, although in 2009, it is a tad outdated.

Pours a cloudy reddish orange with a 2 finger light tan head that leaves sparse lacing. Aroma is citrus hops, bread crust, planty hops, caramel malt and peppery and bubblegum yeastiness. Flavor is citrus and pale malts, biscuity sweet malt, citrus hops, planty hops. Finish is medium bitter with a mineral note and lingering citrus. Good stuff.

Bottle. Pours clear amber golden. Smells of citrus with a little apple and caramel. Medium body. The malt profile is subdued, but it has a strong bitter hop flavor from start to finish, and a bitter aftertaste. Medium dry, slight pine resin flavor. Almost an IPA.

Bitter aroma with a light amount of malt. Cloudy golden and orange color with a small white head. Initially bitter fading quickly.

Bottlev at Craigs house. bread, cloudy, golden, aminimal head, lightly bitter, light body, oily feel,

Bottle at home ... copper big foam head ... sweet american hop ...grapefruit hop ... juicy ... little yeast ... little spice... medium bitterness