Rogue Brutal Bitter

Bottle, Pours cloudy golden amber. Small white head that hangs around. Aroma is bright and sweet. Fruity. Hops just explode in your mouth, there is a sweet flavor, but a nice bitter finish. Make no mistake, this is a great beer!

I dunno, I didn’t think it was as great as everyone thinks it is. Nice brown color, malty aroma, but I thought the mouthfeel and taste were pretty watered down. Probably wouldn’t buy again.

22oz bomber (hell yes). Pours a beautiful cloudy amber (a lot like apple-cider). I bought this beer not realizing it was an ESB; because I’ve never enjoyed an ESB before, I thought I’d hate it. WRONG! This is an ESB/IPA hybrid that is extremely enjoyable. Aroma is reminiscent of Stone IPA, but the taste is different. At first, tastes a bit like bread, with a bunch of sweetness, but quickly becomes more like an IPA. Nice bitter IPA finish. Lots of grapefruit presence (which is always enjoyable). This will be my go-to "ESB" from here on out!

Pours a semi cloudy light amber with a smallish white head. Aroma is nicely bitter with just a hint of sweet. Flavor is a bunch of bitter grapefruit hoppiness but not too much as to cause unbalance. Great bitter!.

12oz bottle. Pours a hazy orange-amber with a thin off-white head. Aroma is light and sweet, with citrus, apricot, and syrupy hops alongside a bit of caramelized malt. Taste is fairly full for a bitter, with initial flavors of syrupy hops and apricot giving way to a bitter middle flavor of citrus, coriander, and more hops, followed by a somewhat sweet aftertaste of honey and spice. Really more of a bizzare IPA/bitter hybrid than anything else, but with good results.