Rogue Imperial Stout

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Imperial Stout
Newport, Oregon USA

Serve in Snifter

Draft at Market Cross Pub, Carlisle, PA. Black with a small tan head; roast malt, chocolate, hops. Flavor is chocolate, roasted malt, bitter coffee and hops. Finishes dry with a lingering bitterness. Like Guinness with flavor! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle shared by sfhodense, thanks. Black body with a medium light brown head. Aroma is hops, chocolate and liquorice notes, cellar. Flavor is cocoa, coffee, hops, bitter chocolate and cellar. Oxidised.

Bottle at hallinghansen grand tasting. Thanks sfhodense. 2006 edition. Pours black with a creamy tan head. The aroma is hard roasted with notes of light dusty hops, chocolate and some liquorice. The flavour is quite dusty with notes of hard roasted malt, toasted caramel and mushrooms. Bit cellar notes.

Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is roast malt, chocolate, hops. Flavor is chocolate, earthy roasted malt, bitter coffee and hops, finishes dry with a lingering bitterness.

2009 Bottle. Pours pitch black with a big tan head. Aroma is of black liquorice, dark chocolate, roasted grains and a noticeable alcohol kick. Taste is very rich and chocolate sweet, with a dryer presence in the finish. Full bodied, softer carbonation and quite smooth on the palate. An excellent beer, not the greatest imperial stout, but very good.

2009 vintage. Pours a viscous dark black color with a one finger beige head that quickly settles into a lasting ring. Sporadic streaks and spots of lacing left behind. Shockingly hop forward aroma with lots of earthy pine and dank floral notes that are countered by deeply roasted dark malts. Hints of dark chocolate, burnt toast, coffee bean and oatmeal along with some licorice and booze. Medium bodied and again, surprisingly hop forward for the style. Resinous, dry and bitter with a dank, earthy pine flavor that lingers over the roasted dark malt and sweet booze into a dry finish. Slightly smokey with deeply roasted dark malt notes giving off hints of burnt toast, coffee bean, bitter dark chocolate and oatmeal. Subtle alcohol sweetness toward the end of the palate but at this point the beer has mellowed out incredibly well with only faint heat. I never would have guessed that this is 11%. Overall this beer was very enjoyable. After two years it has retained some really nice hop flavor while the alcohol presence has cooled down. Complex, tasty and deceptively drinkable.

Bouteille de grès de 750ml, swing-top et capsule. Millésime 2008. Encore une fois merci Patrick. Huile à moteur brune presque noire, la mousse est brune et durable. Le nez est grillé, rôtie, le café et le chocolat sont bien présents. Il y a une touche d’alcool. La bouche est huileuse, je parlais d’huile à moteur, elle couvre le palais. Les saveurs sont prononcées, le rôtie est bien présent. Il y a une forte amertume provenant des houblons et de l’alcool, ce qui en déplaira à plusieurs. Un gros Imperial Stout, gras et généreux.

Shared between 3 people, which with 7 oz is difficult. But this was really good. The malty roasted goodness of this one was fantastic. The combinations of all the malts are really nice and a fantastic slow sipping brew.