Rogue Double Dead Guy Ale

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: American Strong Ale
Newport, Oregon USA

Tap at Rogue Ales Public House in SF. Had high expectations, and it lived up to them. Clear golden color with a white head. Nutty, malty aroma. Flavor is sweat bready caramel malt, sugar, toffee, nuts, and mild hops on the finish. Crisp and refreshing with medium body.

HAd at GOBF. Not nearly as hoppy as I expected. Rich carmel malts. Again..not as hoppy as I would have liked..

This was one of the few beers from beerfest that I liked. I remember enjoying it more that dead guy when I first tried that one months ago.

Lots of hops and sugar. Cloudy brown and bitter, but simple and one dimensional. Still an improvement over Dead Guy.

Clear copper pour, dense white head with plenty of lacing and good retention. Aroma of yeast, caramel, and tree fruit. Flavour is yeast and caramel with some hops and brown sugar, though there’s something metallic about it that I found a bit distracting. Moderately lasting dry finish, fairly creamy mouthfeel with balanced carbo and some warming booziness. Not too bad.

Rich, toffee flavor. Some notes of oak, a big beer not to be taken lightly

Draught sample at Delaneys. Pours coper/gold with a white head. Smells of roses, some pepper, citrus, resiny. Tastes sweet and malty with a rosey finish.

(750 ml bottle (2008) from Kappy’s) Pours lightly hazy darkish amber with two fingers of light yellowish amber head. Aroma of thick caramel and toffee, quite malty, almost like a doppelbock. Hops (pine, sweat) are also prevalent in aroma, making it less like a doppel. Mouthfeel fairly thick, fairly smooth except a touch pebbly. Fairly heavy rings and sheets of lacing. Flavor of caramel and toffee, maybe some licorice, hints of honey and hay, esp. as it warms. Piney, bitter hops jab at the palate and sort of fight with the malt making this a bit of a confused beer. Lingering bitter aftertaste with some sweaty and piney overtones. Not really bad but I’m not quite sure what to make of it. Seems like they had the basis for a pretty good bock here and then starting messing around. ABV well-covered.