Rogue Shakespeare Stout

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Stout
Newport, Oregon USA

right out of the bottle it is smokey and tastes of ash. in a few minutes it morphed into something -completely- different. it was an amber type heavily hopped brew with little or no hint of smoke. i found this metamorphosis disturbing. but one cannot help but enjoy the velvety palate which still underscores but does not completely hide the carbonaton. one of the strangest brews indeed. chocolate taste is in there but surely far too recessed.

On tap at Brixx Pizza, Chappel Hill, NC. Pours black and, by the time it reached me from the bar, it had little or no head. Slight aroma of roasted hops and chocolate. Again, flavours of roasted chocolate malts. Finishes with a strong hoppy bitterness. A reasonable brew, but I had better.

Pours very dark brown, almost black, with a nice, dense tan head. Intensely roasted-malty aroma with lots of salty licorice, and some espresso notes. Very roasted-malty, slightly ashy-burned, very licorice flavor with at least reasonably bitter hops. Coffee, roast, caramel, and licorice on the initial taste; A very nice roasted bitterness with some dark chocolate and malt sweetness on the aftertaste.

Bottle (65 cl) shared with another dude at the Rover, Göteborg, Sweden. Opaque black with a small and shortlived head. Chocolate accentuated roasted aroma with some faint cascade hops. Medium bodied and smooth. Initially very good but halfway through the glass the chocolate aroma becomes a bit cloying.

YESSSSSS! I love this beer. Rogue, what a nice job. Bottle pours dark black, yo can’t even see through it when you hold it up to the light. A head a couple inches high, nice tightly packed bubble sin the head. Smells and tastes of coffee and chocolate. Very smooth, very smooth. Very easy drinking, I see why this one won awards! I will definetly get this one again. AWESOME!

Dark Black oily color with a beutiful disappearing brown head. Sweet smelling, coffe, chocolate, all the normal stout smells. Sweet tasting, roasted coffee, bitter chocolate, and malty flavor. Very easy to drink for a stout, almost to easy. Dry, satisfing finish, roasty stout taste lingers on the tip of the tongue. A nop notich stout.

Pours dark, dark black with a thick dark brown head. Probably one of the best pours I have seen to date. Head, sadly, vanishes rather quickly. Aroma is rather sweet and caramel with a hint of yeast. Flavor is pleasantly chocolate through the whole experience with a hint of hops at the finish to close it off a little. Flavor sticks in your mouth for quite a while.

Got this at Winooski Beverage- 650ml. As soon as my friend took a sip of this he uttered "This may be my favorite beer of all time." While I may not go quite that far, I agree that this stout is absolutely delicious. Perfect hop content and malt character define the essence of this beer. Not complex, but wonderful for what it is.