Rogue Shakespeare Stout

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Stout
Newport, Oregon USA

Pours a dark brown with large brown head that dissipates rapidly. Roasty almost smokey malt aroma. Flavor of chocolate and dark malt. Body is medium thin and high carbonation. Pretty good, but not great.

Clear dark black pour with a small tan head. Nice aroma of roasted malt and coffee, and bittersweet chocolate. Flavor is sweet and malty at first sip, giving away to dark roastiness. Just a touch of detectable hoppiness. Long bitter finish. A good stout.

Beautiful black beer with a chocolate colored head. Strong aroma of chocolate and perhaps a bit of molasses. Flavor is dominated by coffee bitterness which isn’t entirely balanced out by the chocolatey sweetness also present. Long lingering bitterness at the end. Very solid stout.

black, opaque beer, with a small tan head; aroma is dark chocolate, molasses, coffee; flavor is coffee with slight sweetness and a touch of bitterness; finish is coffee and roasted malt.

The aroma: chocolate, coffee, resin?, earthy, alcohol, soy sauce. The appearance: black. The flavor: light sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour, slightly salty. The palate is lacking, but with a light body, thin feel, soft carbonation, and a flat, lingering finish. On the whole, this beer was pretty disappointing due to the 98 rating. It is not even as good as some other Rogue ales in my opinion. Probably tastes better colder, but then again, if it has to be colder, does it really taste better, or is it just that you can’t taste it?

Robust stout with great character and style points in my book. Had this on draft at the Yard House in Las Vegas, Nevada. Burnt malt and chocolate in the initial taste. Mouthfeel is heavy...like thick espresso. Finishes smooth and mellow.

(Dégusté avec french tickler) Biere noire avec un tres mince collet non-collant. Odeur d’humidité, de sel, chocolat, un peu de vanille et un peu d’alcohol. Gout crémeux et chocolaté.

Deep black body with minimal brown head. Medium, rich creamy roasted malt body - little dark chocolate, maybe a bit of burnt espresso bean. very little hop presence. Slight grass note on the finish, almost like mint.