Rogue Morimoto Imperial Pilsner

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: European Strong Lager
Newport, Oregon USA

this beer is pretty good. not the best pilsner I’ve had but its real dry finish is very nice. It has a sort of sweet aroma the makes it taste so surprising. 8.8 percent is GOOD

Very intruiging beer... I don’t know that it anyhow fits into the category of a classic pilsner, its more of a style defying beer (the best kind). Amazing aroma because it is different.... champagne candy?.... Appearance is a nice cloudy orange, good lacing, some of the better lacing I’ve seen outside of my homebrew... Taste is sweet yet bitter but in a different way that an IIPA... refreshingly crisp finish yet a little chewy at the same time. Definately unique, a must try.... at least once ’cause I know the price is high: 12 bucks. But hey, if your a home brewer you get a nice ceramic coated, swing-top bottle to use!

Not sure if it is the fancy ceramic bottle or the Morimoto name that justifies the $12 price tag on this here brew, but either way it’s overpriced. Dark and lightly clouded straw color with a thick off-white head and stringy lacing. Tangy hops and banana aroma. Light-bodied and faintly metallic with floral hops, spice and a bit of fruit in the flavor. The finish is dry and hoppy with a bitter aftertaste. Above average but no way will I pay the hefty price tag to try this again.

bright bronze at the center and yellow at theedges, mostly clear. thin foamy white head that went quick. aroma is stong malty sweet. flavor is syrupy sweet strong malt, light bourbon, a little yeasty and grassy, and a bitter finish. good carbonation.

On tap at Rogue Public House in Portland. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is grainy with some floral hops. Flavor is grainy and grassy with plenty of sweet malt, hop bitterness and a kick of alcohol. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.

So its a lager not a pils? This was a great beer to end a lousy day. A light hop aroma, it looks really nice - a light yellow on the edges, dark in the middle. I definitely poured into the wrong typle of glass so there was almost no head but I don’t care. Lightly hoppy, with a fair amount of grit, it has a dry but not cottonmouth feeling throughout. Combined with the Uber-pils they make the two best pils I’ve had (far better than those Czechs).

Bottle: Overall not bad very floral with a little to much bitterness going on with this one, not a bad session beer. Good once in a while couldn’t drink this one all the time. Worth a try.

Aroma:grapefruit hops.... Appearance:Light hazy gold orange,good head.... Flavor:Grapefruit all the way.....