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RATINGS: 1502   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.7   IBU: 59   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Brutal combines Oregon hops with English Malts. The Oregon grown Crystal hop is a triploid variety developed from the German Hallertau aroma hop variety with contributions from Cascade, Brewers Gold, and Early Green. Crystal is the only hop used in brewing Brutal and it provides a massive amount of aroma without dry-hopping. The English malts used are floor malted Pipkin (a mellow cross of Maris Otter and Warboys, from an English company called Beeston), Cara Vienna and Cara Wheat.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Nalu (216) - Washington, USA - NOV 12, 2010
Tap @ Rogue/Portland. Cloudy gold-orange pour with a white head leaving a heavy lace. Grapefruit, citrus and fresh hop flavors, medium body and carbonation. Bit of a skunky nose makes this one hard to swallow, but it is smoothe in the mouth and nicely balanced.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
FunkyBrewster (1316) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - NOV 11, 2010
Bomber. Pours a hazy soft orange with a billowy white head. Aroma is very fruity, lightly citric, very malty and sweet. A bit of a bitter tinge. Flavor starts with a nice soft friuty note, citric and some plum notes. Finishes lightly bitter, very smooth though, soft. Medium slightly creamy body and a softer carbonation. Pretty good easy drinking.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
gururyan (304) - Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - NOV 4, 2010
Poured into small yard, nice hazy amber with good head. Taste was milder than expecting but good for sure none-the-less.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
rlgk (5238) - Skövde, SWEDEN - OCT 31, 2010
Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Somewhat hazy orange color, small head. Citrus aroma, creamy, malty, grassy, some bready notes. Hoppy flavor, some swimmingpool notes. Creamy, citrus. I had this as Rogue Brutal IPA, cant really see why they change the name between beerstyles...

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
MmmcKay (841) - Brentwood, Tennessee, USA - OCT 25, 2010
The color of this beer is orange with a bit of gold and copper. The head is decently thick and stick to the glass with good lacing. Nose is of malty toffee and caramel. Coffee cake. Candy corn. Gentle hops. Great creamy mouthfeel.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
Hair6a11 (931) - Illinois, USA - OCT 22, 2010
Bottle: Pours a cloudy golden with a modest white head - nice hoppy cereal aroma. Big hop bitterness up front, nice cereal maltiness at the back. Brutal? I don’t know about that, but this brew is damn good, either way. Dry finish, bitter at the back - nice!

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
hirigalzkar (1320) - ENSKEDE, SWEDEN - OCT 22, 2010
On tap @ Oliver Twist under the name Brutal IPA. Not bitter at all. Smooth with apricot notes.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Maris (466) - Canberra, AUSTRALIA - OCT 22, 2010
From a 650ml bottle on 22/10/2010. Pours cloudy with quite a bit of yeast sediment. Has a powerful hoppy, fruity aroma with some caramel and honey. There’s more caramel in the flavour, along with lots of citrus fruit (orange). The finish is very hoppy, spicy and long. A very good beer, though not a great one (I’m thinking of the Anderson Valley ESB I had a couple of days ago).


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