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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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 LooseCannon (914), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Oct 23, 2007  
22oz bottle. Pours clear amber in color with foamy white head. Hoppy floral aroma. Taste of grapefruit and lite malt with lite dry finish.


 yobdoog (1420), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 11, 2007  
Aroma of nice piney and citrus hoppy beast. Bitter mild sweet. A little strong which I like and very hoppy taste. Balanced still and easy to drink.


 JonnyC22 (162), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 9, 2007  
Tastes like drinking a spice rack and eating pine needles immediately thereafter...which is a great thing. After the initial shock, this becomes an unbelievably drinkable beer. An awesome pre-dinner drink.


 lemonlovr (187), Lockport, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/59/104/517/20
Oct 7, 2007  
Weak aroma, some notes of citrus. Color is hazy gold. Flavor is more like an IPA to me but regardless I like it very much. Sweet and fruity at first with a comforting hoppy finish. Very pleasant overall and I also like the mouthfeel. Leaves me wanting to take another sup.


 riversideAK (2648), Shoreline, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Oct 4, 2007  
Hazy orange copper color. No head. Earthy, grassy, lemon hops in the aroma. This tastes more like an IPA to me, but its got nice earthy sweet notes with some resiny citrus hops in the finish. Nice lingering bitterness in this one. As it gets warmer, more sweet caramel malt comes into play and it becomes more reminiscient of a bitter. Nice and drinkable. I would drink this frequently.


 decaturstevo (1971), decatur, Tennessee, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/103/516/20
Oct 2, 2007  
A copper pour with a slightly off white head. An aroma of rich malt and some hops. A very malty flavor followed by a very good progressive and lingering bitter. The palate is a little thin but the carbonation is good. A beer I like the palate and carbonation let it down some but overall very nice.


 verymerrymonk (255), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 1, 2007  
Not terribly familiar with the ESB genre but I’ve looked forward to this one for a while. Pours a cloudy orange body with a quickly dissipating white head. Nice lacing. Citrus and hops with less intensity but longer lasting flavor than an IPA. Pleasantly surprised.


 Birdiebeagle (777), Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 1, 2007  
Bottle, Pours a cloudy yellow with a light white head. Has a good aroma of citrus and hops. Has a mild bitterness and a good moyuth feel. A very smooth drinking beer.



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