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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 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
robinvboyer (2130) - Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, CANADA - JAN 26, 2007
UPDATED: MAR 8, 2008 cloudy orange color. nice sized head. aroma of citrus. very interesting to have the american citrucy, piney hops mixed with the british malt profile.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Ober (2125) - Bommelerwaard, NETHERLANDS - MAY 18, 2009
A little hazy dark golden colored beer, with a thick fast off white head. The aroma is hoppy bitter, with fruits like grapes. The taste is sparkling, with bitters and fruits, grapes with some orange. A little spices in the back. The aftertaste is bitter in a pleasant way with some notes of sweet.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
bager (2121) - Copenhagen N, DENMARK - SEP 29, 2006
Bottle. Pours hazy orange golden in colour with a large off-white head. This is a very nice bitter. Notes of hops, pines, citrus and herbs.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 15/20
mkobes (2121) - paramus, New Jersey, USA - OCT 1, 2004
Orange and cloudy in color with lots of yeasties. Nice tan head. Citrus hop aroma. Gentle hop aroma. Big malty flavor and bitterness. Full bodied. Drinkable.Enjoyable.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
scraff (2118) - Baltimore, Maryland, USA - MAY 22, 2006
Frisco Grille (Rogue Wave Weekend) - Dark gold, creamy white head. Intense hoppy nose of florals, grapefruit rind, and lemon zest. Flavor is more of the same with a very bitter bite up front, and a very soft sweet malt backbone aiming for balance. Doesn’t ever come close, but it’s not supposed to with a name like this. Medium bodied, pillow soft carbonation, very dry, bittersweet finish. If you want to get your "bitter on"...

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
mds (2115) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - JUL 29, 2005
bottle. hazy orange-copper body with a fluffy white head. floral resiny hop aroma - citrus orange and grapefruit, along with some yeast. full body. sweet start and almost overwhelmingly hoppy. there is some effort to balance this beast but it falls a bit short. Sharp pine bitterness in the long, lingering finish. This is certainly an American rendition of the style.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
BeerLimey (2112) - California, USA - FEB 25, 2002
Is there such a thing as a surprise beer from Rogue? I expected an English Bitter from the name but had no idea of the citric bitter hop fest that would follow. An excellent version of an IPA that adds a great malty deepness of body.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Dorwart (2111) - Robbinsville, New Jersey, USA - DEC 8, 2004
UPDATED: DEC 9, 2004 Large, light tan/yellow head of fine bubbles. Decent carbonation. Nice hoppy citrus aroma with some grapefruit and pine. Hazy dark orange/amber in color. Nice smooth flavor. Very well balanced with a bit of lemon. Crisp flavor. Dry palate with nice lingering bitterness at the finish. A very good ESB from a brewer with a lot of good beers. Nothing fancy just a very good beer.


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