Mike Loves Beer

Name - Rogue Brewer’s Ale 2008
Country - United States
Type - American Strong Ale

Appearance - Very nice brown color with a great sand colored head.

Smell -Very hoppy with a tint of caramel malts.

Taste - A roasted, hoppy taste with a very slight sweet caramel malt taste to it.

This is a special occasion beer for Rogue. They do not put this out except for milestones or special occasions. This particular one was for the lose of, Rogue Brewmaster, John Maier’s dog Brewer. This is by far the most I have ever paid for a beer at $26. The bottle is beautifully done with a drawing of Brewer right on the bottle. It also comes with commemorative dog tags with Brewer’s name and dates of life. As for the beer itself I thought it was going to be one of those unbearably strong ales with an almost coffee taste but I was wrong thankfully. I loved the hoppy flavor as it was not overly strong and the sweet caramel tint helped as well. Rogue with another great beer.

Overall Grade – B+

Name - Rogue Brutal Bitter
Country - United States
Type - ESB

Appearance - Pale and hazy copper color with an amazing sized white head.

Smell - Smell of citrus which I found odd for an ESB but good nonetheless.

Taste - The taste was quite sweet of citrus and malty.  No bitterness really at all to it.

I was pleasantly surprised by this selection.  I expected typical ESB and was thrown a curve ball but I enjoyed it a great deal.  I have still yet to have a Rogue brew that I haven’t liked

Overall Grade – B-

Name - Rogue Double Dead Guy
Country - United States
Type - Doppelbock

Appearance - Light brown amber color with a nice sized off white head.  The picture doesn’t show because the battery died right as I was pouring and had to change them.  By the time I changed them the head went down.

Smell - Sweet smell of caramel and malts.

Taste - A sweet taste with a presence of caramel.  There is a slight taste of alcohol in the after taste but not enough to make this a bad taste.

Being a fan of the original Dead Guy Ale I was intrigued by this one.  Also the very cool painted bottle drew me to it as well.  I wasn’t disappointed with this beer at all.  The little bit of alcohol taste is a bit annoying but overall this is still a top beer.

Overall Grade – A-