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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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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
JB175 (1665) - Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA - OCT 22, 2006
UPDATED: MAY 2, 2007 Deep amber color with light head. Strong hoppy aroma. Flavor has a nice, smooth bitterness that would make most IPAs blush. Very complex and enjoyable. As good as any ESB I’ve ever tried.

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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Nephilium (868) - Ohio, USA - APR 2, 2007
A sweet aroma with an underlying nose of hops starts this beer out. It pours a hazy tan color, with a quickly diminishing head. The flavor is crisp, hints at sweetness which balances nicely with the hop finish. This is a very tasty ESB, and one I’m glad I was able to find.

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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
altonbrownd (3419) - Brussels, BELGIUM - MAR 13, 2009
Bottle from Cracked Kettle. Amber body with nice, rocky head. Super hopped up nose. Taste of hops and pine. Prickly texture. But smooth. Warming. With a hoppy finish.

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   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
dwaggs2 (1127) - Jefferson City, Missouri, USA - SEP 2, 2008
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange color with a decent white head. Aroma is pine and citrus. Flavor is bitter and hoppy. Very sweet on the palate. Get ESB style beer.

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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
milljam (682) - Norman, Oklahoma, USA - APR 20, 2008
UPDATED: APR 11, 2009 Pours a hazy rust with a deep head. Aroma of fruity hops...citrusy, with hints of herbal and floral....similar to hallertau. Flavor is equally as hoppy.....citrus and herbal.....underlying notes of malt...slightly sweet. Bitterness is prevalent throughout, although not overwhelming. Wheat malt rounds out the mouthfeel nicely. A great take on the bitter beer line.

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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Allthatisevil (48) - alabaster, Alabama, USA - NOV 26, 2007
Nice orange / light red colour. Not to brutal however, it does have a nice strong bitter finish.

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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
elihapa (1369) - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - JUL 18, 2008
Poured from bomber. Appears a murky dark apricot. Nice light fruit aroma with some malt. Palate is full bodied, fairly thick, and lingers long. Initial flavor is strong of bitter hops and citrus, but following this there are really delicious sweeter flavors (some butterscotch and milk chocolate?) that balance and complexify this brew. I won’t lie, I really enjoyed Brutal Bitter. This beer is far more interesting to drink than any of Rogue’s ambers, yet the flavors really don’t try to do too much. This beer does ESBs right.

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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
gam (2139) - brisbane, AUSTRALIA - NOV 26, 2008
Large frothy head,mild misty orange /gold colour good looking beer,carbonation is strong.Aroma fruity,citric,malty.Flavour,smooth good hoppiness,citric taste at first,a maltiness,slight tang,gives it a lft,not that it needs it.The bitter is on perfect,mild wheat taste,could drink this all day.Finish is sweet bitter thirst quencher,great.


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