Rogue Brutal IPA

	Score
98		97
	OVERALL	Style

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Newport, Oregon USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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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.

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3.4

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20

jeremytoni (2226) - Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA - MAR 24, 2007

Nice pour, light amber color good amount of head. Nice flavor with a strong finish.

3.6

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20

dchmela (2219) - Orlando, Florida, USA - MAY 24, 2007

Pours with a nice small head. Lots of hops on the nose. I am kind of glad that this isn’t a ridiculous hop brew, which by the name kind of suggests. Taste is of a nice english ale with a good balance of the hops. Smooth. I thought this would be way over the top, but it is really tasty and easy drinkin’.

3.7

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

HonkeyBra (2217) - Lemont, Illinois, USA - FEB 1, 2009

Orange pour with a big hoppy aroma mixed with some sweet, spicey malt. Flavor is bitter, but a nice, flavorful bitterness, balanced by the caramel spicy malt. Very smooth. Seems like a great session ale.

3.6

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

TAR (2214) - Lafayette, Colorado, USA - OCT 24, 2001

A very unique bitter, to say the least. It is the mirkiest beer I have ever seen. The sediment is about one inch and if you pour it in with the beer, it looks like mud. No joke! Wonderful hop taste and aroma. I like it with all that gunk on the bottom. I think, though, it is just massive amounts of malt and hops that have settled.

3.7

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

radagast83 (2208) - Fairfax, Virginia, USA - MAY 13, 2007

12 oz bottle. Pours a dark copper color. The name is pretty accurate - very bitter. Aroma is hoppy and has notes of citrus. Rich flavor of hops and malts. A very hoppy beer for an ESB, but it’s great none the less.

3.8

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20

curly (2204) - Seattle (Newcastle), Washington, USA - FEB 6, 2010

Pours cloudy orange with a big foamy beige head. Aroma of pine, grapefruit and orange.Taste is bitter resin with a swet citrus balance but bitterness seems to prevail throughout. Medium body, soft carbonation, long bitter finish.

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20

mcberko (2196) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - FEB 8, 2010

Pours a cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is hops and spices. Flavour is hops, yeast and spices. Excellent ESB.

3.6

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20

badnewsbeers (2195) - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA - FEB 2, 2007

dark amber body...large floral hop aroma with some complementary sugary malts...flavor of citrus, bitter hops, yeast, and light sugar...alcohol detected in the finish...quite strong, quite good

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