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
1220	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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fredandboboflo (1395), East Setauket, New York, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Aug 17, 2008

Bottle. Aroma almost IPA-like in citrus and tropically fruity malt, but toastiness starts to come out upon warming. Flavor definitely much more ESB-like with toast and burnt toast and restrained hop bitterness. Tropical fruits remain. On the thin side. Decent.

Jblauvs (542), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

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

Aug 17, 2008

Light orange pour, light off white head. Mellow, light aromas of some fruits and hops. Bitter, mellow malt, some biscuit, after sitting for a bit some sweet fruits come through. Very enjoyable

Stew41 (1049), Caulfield, Australia

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	14/20

Aug 17, 2008

Slightly murky but brightly coloured (copper) appearance with no head to speak of. Lifted and well fruited nose with some passionfruit and fresh tropical fruits. Relatively settled in the mouth as a kick of bitterness and fizz comes through, and somewhat appropriate. A fair whack of the tropical fruit bowl coming through in the back palate as well. I think you would need to drink this quite cold as I can imagine the sweet flavours could thicken up as the beer warms up.

LilBeerDoctor (1489), East Setauket, New York, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	14/20

Aug 16, 2008

Bottle. Pours a cloudy dull orange with a small light tan head. Aroma is quite hoppy- lots of citrus hops, slight fruitiness. Flavor is similar- citrus hops, apple skins, tropical fruits, sweet malt. Palate is a little weak. Sweet, fruity, tasty.

jonno (562), Brisbane, Australia

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	13/20

Aug 15, 2008

Solid ESB, but missing something in translation. The hops are prevelant, but not distinctive

Steinface (77), Hatfield, Pennsylvania, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	9/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	15/20

Aug 14, 2008

Aroma hits you right away. Great bitter taste (heaven). The only downside is a little lingering chalkiness afterwards, but still a great beer.

Lubiere (4480), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Aug 12, 2008

A golden orange ale with a thick creamy off white head. Aroma of floral hops, chlakey notes, a bit of cave and green pepper. In mouth, a good grainy malt with subdued coffee and good British hops, sustained in mout, medium bodied. LCBO offering.

NomDeBeer (399), Maryland, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Aug 11, 2008

Citrusy American hops in a Brittish style ESB - nice twist and quite good. The hop flavors dominate and create a chewy mouth feel. This one leaves some flem in the back of my throat. But it’s still very drinkable and worth revisiting.

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