Rogue Brutal Bitter

12 oz bottle purchased at Spirits. Pours a solid orange with a large white frothy head. Citrussy hop aroma with an undertone of malts. Medium mouthfeel with lively carbonation but an overall smoothness is the dominant factor on this one. Flavor of malts, flowers and a slight bitter finish. Wow a beer from Rogue that I actually like, what next Al Sharpton saying something intelligent.

cloudy copper pour with slight white head. hoppy, fruity aroma. Clean, bitter apricot flavor. a little oily mouth feel - but a great, high quality brew. pretty much an IPA.

Smells earthy and hoppy. pours a very cloudy orange with some sediment, has a great offwhite head that lasts and leaves tons of lacing. Very hoppy flavor, I was expecting less because of the moderate 59 UBU rating on the bottle. The malts are a lot more subdued than I was expecting but this is a very nice tasting grapefruity hoppy type of beer. Very IPAish to me despite the ESB label, but it’s a nice beer nonetheless. I still think rogue stuff is too expensive when I can get stone and bear republic for 3.29 instead of the 4.99-5.99 rogue price tag.

Pours from the bomber hazy orange with a rich head. Head stays around a long time (you can pour it with no head at all .. but where’s the fun in that). Nice mouthfeel, chewy but the malt is there and the beer is fairly dry. Hops are interesting, citrus, some grassy flavors and muted grapefruit. Alcohol is nicely hidden. Pretty darned good ... I was not sure what the beer would be like given that they’re only using crystal, but in this beer it works pretty well.

Tasty, but not my favorite rogue. Its flavor is not quite as brutal as i thought. I like this beer but it is not brutal.

I have had this one a number of times but kept thinking I had already rated it. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a vivid amber color with a large soapy yellow-white head. The aroma was sweet and fruity with a note of apricot. The flavor was fruity, tangy and bitter with an apricot element underneath. The finish was long and fruity.

Oh, Daddy like! From the bottle. Lots of hops flavor, without the sharp/chlorine aroma too many hoppy ales have. This is an ESB to get used to, and it will serve as the barometer for ESBs until I find something better.

Sampler at San Francisco Rogue Public House. This is a nice bitter. Amber body with a white head. Malt and hops are abundant in the nose. The flavour is somewhat bready and moderately bitter, with a nice dry finish.