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Rogue Brutal Bitter

Rogue Brutal Bitter

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A Premium Bitter/ESB brewed by
Rogue Ales

Newport, Oregon USA

bottled
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on tap
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Broad Distribution
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10463.72/5.03.72/5.06.2%99.5English pint P  Stats

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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 goozen (812), Leiden, Netherlands
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/516/20

Oct 15, 2008  
Bottle: Just what the name says Bitter, and this one is bitter, American bitter. Amber looking brew with hints of orange, grapefruit and other bitter things.

ajwilliams (50), , Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Dec 4, 2008  
Great looking beer with fantastic lacing. Floral and caramel aroma with some citrus. Plenty of bitterness in the taste, but by no means brutally so. The malt and floral notes, along with some white grape flavor, balance this quite well. This is a refreshing beer.


poolboy (29), Lafayette, Indiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/105/515/20
Nov 30, 2008  
Copper color with whitish head. Bitter as advertised but not as extreme as the name would suggest. Plenty of malt. Citrus taste. Strong aroma.


JaBier (77), Capital City, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 29, 2008  
22oz bottle sampled at the Rogue tasting at Blacklick Wine & Spirits. Color is copper/amber with a big off-white head. Aroma is overtly grapefruit/hop, with a touch of malty sweetness. Flavor is super hoppy with a nice malt balance on the back end. Tasty stuff!


halfluck (10), East Victoria Park, Australia
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Nov 28, 2008  
650 Ml Bottle. Pours quite hazy with a really light marshmallow head. A medium to light body with supporting bitterness. As the pint warms up i get a bit of sweetness coming through but then it snaps of sharp and clean. I didn’t realise this was a 6.2% beer as the bottle didnt have any markings it felt so light bodied i thought it was more like a 3.5% beer, I have no idea why they use the name "Brutal?" still a great beer i really enjoyed.


 gam (618), brisbane, Australia
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 26, 2008  
Large frothy head,mild misty orange /gold colour good looking beer,carbonation is strong.Aroma fruity,citric,malty.Flavour,smooth good hoppiness,citric taste at first,a maltiness,slight tang,gives it a lft,not that it needs it.The bitter is on perfect,mild wheat taste,could drink this all day.Finish is sweet bitter thirst quencher,great.



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