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Rogue Brutal Bitter

Percentile
96
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
12303.71/5.03.71/5.06.2%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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 RichardGretton (3145), Leicestershire, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/515/20
Aug 10, 2005  
Cask@GBBF, 05. Glazed orange appearance with a strong head. The aroma is light and fruity, and the flavour is strong and dry with a smoothish finish. Overall a reasonable beer.


 PorterPounder (3138), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 13, 2002    Updated: Jul 9, 2005
Rerate Pours a murky dark orange with a fluffy mocha colored head. Fresh, clean, floral, hoppy aroma. Tangy biuttersweet flavor, not overpowering, enough english malt in there to keep it from becoming another west coast grapefruit fest. Thick mouthfeel. Very enjoyable. Original 4.0 Nice and hoppy - but not overwhelming like some of Rogue’s tends to be. Nice thick appearance - drink in a glass if possible.


 KnutAlbert (3127), Oslo, Norway
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
Oct 31, 2008  
Bottle at Beer Palace, Oslo. Cloudy amber, strong hoppy aroma. Well balanced - full malty body, flowery and crisp hops. Dry summer meadow finish. Brutal? Hardly, but a fine beer.


 hughie (3059), Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/515/20
Dec 25, 2008  
Orange, slightly hazy, with a white head. Sweet malt and peachy hop aroma. Taste is alluringly sweet with spicy citrus and some soap. Mid bitter finish, pleasant rather than brutal. I kept this little bottle going a couple of hours. Delicious.


 GeneralGao (3057), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/518/20
May 18, 2006  
12 oz bottle. Poured a lovely hazy orange color with a bubbly white head that laced the glass. Aroma is full of sprucy hops and caramel malt. Well balanced hop and malt flavors; mellow caramel with a dry fuity note and a tangy hop finish. Not brutally bitter, but very good nonetheless. Yum.


 caesar (3034), Bunnik/Utrecht, Netherlands
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Sep 16, 2006  
Hazy golden color, small head. Aroma of hop, flowers, malt. Nice bitter taste, quite complex, bit dry. Nice bitter.


 rauchbier (3000), Isle Of Beer, Lincolnshire, England
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/517/20
Jul 4, 2003  
Bottle conditioned. Hazy amber, initialy good white head soon dissolving to thin cover of bubbles, moderate condition. Excellent pine resin hop aromas with some trace of tangerines and malt. In the mouth the hop flavour dominates with some yeastiness developing. Powdery dry and hop bitter in the finish with more yeast. Big and hoppy but not as complex as 90 minute IPA.


 presario (2983), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/58/104/516/20
Mar 6, 2005  
I didn’t know there was such a thing as and Imperial Bitter. Isn’t beer a wonderful discovery. Dark cloudy orange with a big head. Aroma was unexpectedly mild. Could probably sell it in a couple of style categories. Definately for hop lovers. Orange and grapefruit flavours. I found the bitter finish delicious.



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