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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3.5

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

Christian (8043) - Odense, DENMARK - JUN 7, 2006

Amber with a lasting white head. Light malt aroma, apple, cinnamon. Some sweetness in the flavour, grapefruit tartness, and (excuse me) a brutal bitterness at the end. Leaves no doubt that this is an American bitter and not an English one, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

3.5

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

cgarvieuk (7988) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - DEC 28, 2008

Bottle at home ... copper big foam head ... sweet american hop ...grapefruit hop ... juicy ... little yeast ... little spice... medium bitterness

4.3

AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20

Maria (7805) - Thisted, DENMARK - FEB 6, 2007

It’s a varm golden beer with a nice head. the aroma has wonderful notes of aroma hops, fruit and a bit of caramel. The flavour is as expected simply wonderful. It has a lot of aroma hops, caramel and a delicious, refreshing, crisp, spicy and complex bitterness. A small work of art in bottle, and IMO not at all brutal in it’s bitterness.

3.3

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20

Pinball (7772) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - JUN 14, 2011

cloudy orange smooth beige head. Hoppy aroma, dry, swimming pool chlorine ??, flowers, dusty malts. Faint grassy note. Flavor is malty, dry, slightly honeyish flowery, ends mild pine and grapefruity bitter

3.6

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

saxo (7442) - Højbjerg, Aarhus, DENMARK - JUN 1, 2008

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich with hops and flowers. Good long bitter finish.

3.6

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

madsberg (7300) - Søborg, DENMARK - AUG 6, 2005

Draught @ GBBF 2005: Orange coloured. Hazy. Off white head. Citric and herbal nose. Floral, hoppy and herbal flavour. Some sweetness and fruitiness. Nice strong bitterness in the end. Is quite dry. Nice one.

3.4

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

hopscotch (7288) - Vero Beach, Florida, USA - JUN 7, 2003

Murky, deep orange brew. Large, rocky, off-white head. Excellent lacework. The aroma is very floral with heavy evergreen notes. Wow! The flavor? Wow! Ouch! Ewww! Ohhh! HOPPY! :-) Brutal! Malty? Yes! So well-hopped, though. Heavily bitter! Medium-bodied with a bitter... umm... err... creamy mouthfeel. Soft carbonation with a bitter finish. Not really my style, but HopHeads... Stand Up and Shout!!

3.5

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

imdownthepub (7171) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - DEC 20, 2009

Bottled, 355ml from Beers of Europe, Norfolk. Clouded orange amber with white head. An uncompromising strong bitter, with a solid malty body, earthy and a little yeasty, then a dry, hoppy, leafy and fairly resinous bitterness. Really quite decent.

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Beer: Rogue Brutal IPA Rating Avg: 3.7 No. of Ratings: 1502

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