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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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 Moggman (187), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Bottle. Pours amber with off white head. Aroma is hoppy, citrus, with malts in abundance. Flavor is good, not as brutal as I expected.


 KnutAlbert (3108), Oslo, Norway
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
Oct 31, 2008  
Bottle at Beer Palace, Oslo. Cloudy amber, strong hoppy aroma. Well balanced - full malty body, flowery and crisp hops. Dry summer meadow finish. Brutal? Hardly, but a fine beer.


 Rynoplasty (500), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Oct 27, 2008  
Pours golden brown with a nice off white head. Aroma is malty, and slightly citrusy. Taste is malty, and has a nice citrusy flavor and finish. Not too brutal, I would say that would be a better name for some IPA’s but still a good hoppy ESB.


 grandet (477), Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 25, 2008  
Bottle. Cloudy orange/copper color with a medium off white head. Aroma of mild hops and some sweet malt. Taste is nice and smooth with mild hop flavors balanced by sweet malts. Not bad.


 mwelsh13 (483), Maryland, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Oct 19, 2008  
16 oz draft poured medium copper color with an off white head. Grassy ho aroma. Nice medium bitterness. Very good bitter. I had it under the name Rogue Anniversary. So I had no preconceived notions and was happily surprised.


 thewolf (5633), Kolding, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 18, 2008  
Bottle, bought @ Vinens Verden, Odense.
Pours a great amber with a slight haze. Fine, creamy, white head. Good duration. Aroma is hoppy, lots of pine and grapefruit. Some good, clean maltiness as well. Medium carbonation, fine creaminess. Flavour has a very nice malt base, some sharpish hops. Relatively bitter, some caramel and a good, lasting flavour of pine and fruity hops. Nice.


 Madsnp (607), Odense C, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 18, 2008  
Bottle. Dark amber coloured with a nice foamy off white head. Floral aroma of grapefruit, citrus and malt. The flavour is hoppy and crispy with notes of tropical fruit.


 craftbeerdesign (731), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Oct 17, 2008  
draft at Taco Mac. dark amber color... little head upon arrival to the table. not a whole lot of aroma, but some pleasant malts and a bit of hops to it. on the palate, this one lives up to its name - it is bitter.... not overpoweringly so, but a nice presence of fresh hops and balanced with English malts. very drinkable and quite thirst quenching after a day of work.



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