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Rogue Brutal Bitter

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96
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
12213.72/5.03.71/5.06.2%99.6English 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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 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 (2671), 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 (1980), 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 (256), 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 (783), 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.


 CaptBier (302), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 30, 2007    Updated: May 4, 2008
Bottle. Light frothy head. Very light lemon citrus aroma with hint of cascade hops. Excellent depth of character with citrus and maltiness prevailing over a light wood taste. Finish is smooth and pleasantly bitter. An excellent buy.


browncow (5), Kentucky, USA
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3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/54/103/514/20
Sep 30, 2007    Updated: Oct 4, 2007
very nice floral aroma, great copper color. Good flavor but a bit too fruity tasting.


 garthicus (1273), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 29, 2007    Updated: Mar 8, 2008
Rerate: Cloudy copper-amber with a wonderful frothy almost cartoon quality head. Plenty of hops in the aroma with a dash of grapefruit and sherbet. It has a peppery hoppy initial flavour with a bitter short finish. Hints of lemon and grapefruit in there too. Delicious, a real joy to be able to get locally (for now!)



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