Rogue Brutal Bitter

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

Light orange color with medium white head and no lacing. Aroma and flavor are light with nice hop flavor. Subtle flavor is good and refreshing, easy to drink

This is from a 22oz bomber, which upon opening spewed like I had shaken the bottle, but it had been sitting for a few days. The rising foam had a metallic taste from the bottle. Contrary to the start, the rest of the beer was very enjoyable. It poured a hazy rust with two fingers of white foam that went away after about 30 seconds. I love the opaque color. Aroma reminds me of a candied fruit that I tried one Christmas, but I dont know what it is, certainly citrusy. There is an up front burnt malty taste, a bit of coffee, but that dissipates quickly and is replaced by a wonderful hoppy bitterness that is long lasting. This beer really hit the spot.

Bottle. Really small white head. Hazy yellow/orange color. Flavor is bitter but at the same time sweet. Not impressed.

Bottle @ Beer Palace, Oslo. Low coarse off-white head. Body is foggy golden brown. Light bready malt aroma with a scent of lemony hops. Taste has a quite harsh bitterness and a light sourish malt profile, probably since this is an old bottle past its prime... Well-bodied. Bitter ending. Re-rate pending.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a dark, murky orange, decent off white head fading at an average rate. Aroma is citrusy, but the hops steal the show. Flavor is - as to be expected from a bitter beer - wonderfully bitter. Hops are there, and they want you to know it from the time it hits your tongue to well after you finish. Fantastic beer all around.

Pours a cloudy dark orange, with about two fingers of frothy off-white head. A smooth citrus aroma. Really interesting complexity to the flavor. Starts off with a soft sweat citrus tone that morphs as the hop bitterness begins to shine through. A really good beer- probably the best Rogue I’ve had yet!

Brown bottle, 650 ml, best before 31C09, gift from Steve Gamble, savoured on May 17 2008; eye: burnt orange, hazy, white head that turns into a ring, nice lacing, no effervescence; nose: resinous hops, grapefruit, a bit of bubble gum, caramel, pin, light earthy; mouth: attack in hops that remains throughout the sip, grapefruit, caramel, pine, soapy gum, finale in grapefruit with a hint of caramel, light astringency, rather bitter, lightly sweet, medium body, a bit harsh, average carbonation, mild astringency; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 650 ml, meilleure avant 31C09, cadeau de Steve Gamble, savourée le 17 mai 2008; œil : orange brûlé, voilée, mousse blanche qui se transforme en un petit anneau, bonne dentelle, pas d’effervescence; nez : houblon résineux, pamplemousse, gomme balloune, caramel, pin, léger terreux; bouche : attaque en houblon qui demeure tout au long, pamplemousse, caramel, pin, gomme-savon, finale en pamplemousse avec une pointe de caramel, légère astringence, plutôt amère, légèrement sucrée, corps moyen, texture un peu rugueuse, carbonatation moyenne, astringence moyenne; en résumé : bien aimé

Medium offwhite head. Hazy orange body. Firm sweet malty aroma with resiny hop background and toffee notes. Dry-sweet deep malty taste with a powerful resiny citric hop complement. Balanced and powerful. Dry dandelion pine needle and resin hop aftertaste with lemony notes. Very nice and highly drinkable. (0.355l bottle, Beer Palace, Oslo. Tasted like it was a bit old. Should rerate.)