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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
12183.72/5.03.71/5.06.2%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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 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jun 13, 2004  
Draft. This one blew me away. Pours dark straw/orangish with a nice head and lace. Aroma of huge hops, fruit, grapefruit, chardonnay, spiciness, and some malt. Tastes hoppy, fruity, with a nice crisp finish. The intense fruitiness and spiciness balanced the hops perfectly. For #700, I give you the 4th perfect score I have ever given. As a caveat, I have not rated, or drank, the bottled version. I had this on draft at the Green Leafe cafe in Williamsburg, and I have no deductions for this one.


cbassman (1), Cary, North Carolina, USA
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5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Mar 9, 2006  
Bottle. Quite hoppy with citrus tones. The quite moderate use of a little wheat makes it a touch cloudy. Probably more of an IPA than a traditional bitter. Starts intense and finishes beautifully. The perfect pale ale for my palate.


HammerheadPDX99 (6), USA
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4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/104/519/20
Dec 24, 2001  
Not a beer for the meek. This hoppy ale is one of my all time favorites. John Maier has outdone himself brewing this one!!!


 dwyerpg (2529), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/104/519/20
Aug 11, 2005  
Got my nose a little too close to this fabulously smelling beer and inhaled some head, but that was the only downside of drinking this beauty. Hoppy, yet mostly in the start, it develops into a truly wonderful ESB, though it mostly makes me think of IPAs. Spectaculur.


 eraserhd10 (226), new haven, Connecticut, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/519/20
Feb 7, 2005  
A chewy, toasty, malty bitter from the geniuses at Rogue! A clean-tasting, no frills bitter with hints of honey and wood. Excellent!


wade (58), Decatur, Georgia, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/104/519/20
May 3, 2000  
My new favorite beer, but Mocha Porter will always be up there, too. If you love hops, this beer is your best friend.


 groovinhigh (170), Asheville, North Carolina, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/105/518/20
Oct 12, 2002    Updated: Dec 21, 2003
What a brutal beer... Very Hoppy. Along the lines of the Imperial IPA, but a tad maltier. Great Rogue brew!!


 Admiral (524), Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/519/20
Dec 8, 2001  
Wow. Intense hops, very appropriately bitter and citric, like grapefruit. Malt stays way back, but is present enough, mainly in the texture, to satisfy. And I like the idea of using a single hop variety.



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