Rogue Morimoto Soba Ale

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Specialty Grain
Newport, Oregon USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

12fl oz bottle. Orangish beer with a moderate formation os off-white head. Aroma is slightly yeasty and malty, with citrus and caramel hints. Flavour is moderate sweet, fruity, slightly spicy, yeasty and a final mild bittery. Carbonation is medium. Body is light.

Draught @ Rogue, San Francisco, CA

Pours reddish orange with a tiny white head. Aroma of fruits, caramel Malt and toffee. Taste is quite sweet and malty with notes of caramel, toffee, fruits. Finish is fruity and sticky with nutty notes. Okay, a bit unbalanced.

This beer pours a darker golden with a large white head. The beer tastes very grainy and malty with a bitter after taste!

#1204 draught; Nose is apricot, little leaves, then weak pine, late bland hops, feel Is watery, carb Is medium, taste Is sweet lemon, weak soap, little leaves, then mellow hops

Draught at Mikkeller Bar: Slightly hazy orange coloured beer with next to none existent off-white head. Aroma is mild malty with soft slightly hoppy notes of mandarin and orange. Taste is light sweet with low bitterness. Not much charachter. It might be good, if refrigiated and cold, on a hot summerday, but in January? No.

Tasted from a bomber of someone else’s. Thankfully. It pours a bright golden and has a weird smell like lemon cough medicine. It’s not terrible, but it’s certainly weird. Some bitterness and a bit of citrus as well. Worth trying once I guess.

650ml bottle. Pours golden lemon with a steady stream of fine bubbles and a nice head. The nose is initially of wet cornflakes but then it develops into lemon with a ginger note. The taste is of creamy muesli and ginger again. The palate is medium bodied and textured with a nice clean zingy finish. Overall, a very balanced ale which adds up to more than the sum of its parts.

Interesting beer. It isn’t too bad imo. Unique flavor for sure, supremely drinkable.