Rogue Brutal Bitter

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Newport, Oregon USA

Dark amber color with one of the flullyest and firmest heads around, lasts and lasts. Nice controlled carbobation, feels like a beer, not a soda. Aroma, recalls fresh rain on a new cut lawn. Green apples and grapes, pine too. and of course--loads of lovely hops. Could be habit forming

This has a bit more than the dry citrus and hop flavor I love. Lemon more than grapefruit. The subtle counterbalancing sweetness is not sugary. Big thumbs up

Bottle. Very pretty pour - orange-amber and slightly cloudy with a medium-large frothy, off-white head. Moderate lemon-lime hops on the nose. Candied citrus rind and toasty malt flavors accompany a lovely, smooth mouthfeel. The hops linger, but this is not an over-hopped ESB/IPA and doesn’t have the mouth-puckering astringency on the finish like some more aggressive beers in that category. I really like this beer.

My perfect in between beer. Whether my last was hop heavy or flowery or very dark and smoky, this beer cleans the palate perfectly. I love this beer. It is a common purchase. Grapefruit with spice. This is an later add on. I have had this beer dozens of times. I still love it. It is now 10.99 a six pack. Too much for an american brew in america..hops shortage or not. Yet I seem to buy single or two a month. Lower the price please.

Pours a cloudy dark orange, with about two fingers of frothy off-white head. A smooth citrus aroma. Really interesting complexity to the flavor. Starts off with a soft sweat citrus tone that morphs as the hop bitterness begins to shine through. A really good beer- probably the best Rogue I’ve had yet!

Very impressed by this. Rogue beers are always solid but never too far out there. I wish all ESB’s could be like this, great hoppiness and thick maltiness. Probably the most drinkable Rogue to date, I could go all night with many ounces of this, considering the nice price.

I think this is lovely. The alcohol is not as prominent as with AleSmith Anvil; definitely a sweeter, smoother version of the best ESB you’ve ever had. For me, the best ESB I’ve ever had. Caramel, fruit, malt, booyah.

12 oz. into a pint glass. Pours a great hazy orange slash caramel-brown color with a healthy, slightly off-white head. It didn’t exhibit much visible carbonation and did exhibit nice lacing. Smell of rich caramel and citrus and pine hops with a malt finish; very nice and complex and full. It was thick and sticky on my palate, especially for a bitter. It left a fruity, hoppy caramel drag on my palate. The flavor was very good, but isn’t well represented by the name of the beer. It wasn’t very bitter or "brutal" but was more smooth, full and complex (kind of like a better balanced version of Anderson Valley’s Hop Ottin’ IPA; looked like it too). Flavors of caramel, citrus, fruit and apricot with subtle notes of lingering pine hops and sweet malt. Great balance. Overall: a great beer; better than expected; worth buying; my favorite Rogue to date.