Rogue Dads Little Helper

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Malt Liquor
Newport, Oregon USA

As far as malt liquor goes, this stuff was off the charts. Enjoyable drink, and I definitely felt the alcohol. City Bev in Winston was selling this stuff reduced, by the case. Don’t know why they had so much. Fun beer, though.

This is probably the first malt liqour I’ve actually rated. I used to drink some Mickey’s malt liqour back in college, but that was probably the only other malt liqour I’ve drank before. I shoulda had a paper bag, some pork rinds, maybe rap music, but I just decided to rate it straight up, boyz. Pours a golden lager gold color, with an average white head. Interesting bubble patterns on my stella artois glass, which came in a belgian glass gift set my wife recently got me for my birthday. Aroma is sweet, pear, honey, corn. Taste is actually decent. Better than expected. I think Rogue does a decent job on this style. I would like to see how this matches up with DFH. Wouldn’t seek this out on a regular basis but that is more due to the style than anything else. For what it is, it was refreshing.

Poured a golden yellow with copper hues with almost no white head from the bomber. Smelled like candy, which I found suspicious. Thick mouth feel, sweet but not very complex. The sugar hides the alcohol, which warms the cheeks later. You can taste the corn in the mix. This ain’t no Colt .45, but it sure is malt liquor.

I say if you are going to brew a malt liquor, you sleaze it all the way to the end. This is kind of more like a strong ale really. Sweetish and has a lingering alcohol finish. It doesn’t have that gasoline taste that a true bottom feeding malt liquor would have.

While this beer is not exactly my cup of tea in terms of beer style, I did feel it to be better than its average score would indicate. While it looks like a better-than-average lager in appearance (I thought Leinie’s Northwoods) this beer is a bit maibock-ish in its character with a lot of complicated maltiness that is not overly sweet. And I found it to be somewhat balanced with a detectable hop presence. Not bad, but I’m not crossing anything on my list of things to do in life as a result of drinking this beer.

Bomber - Pours a darkish amber in color with a small white head that faded quickly with minor glass lacing. Aroma is, to me, what I remember of what a "malt" smells like... corn, small hops sweet malt. Flavor is malty sweet, corn and just a hint of spicy hops... surprising amount of fruitiness (grapes, apples) ... too sweet for me. Finishes syrupy sweet with a hint of bitter. Much better than malts used to be (Colt 45) and I enjoyed it, but this is not (and never has been) really my favorite type of beer.

Apple lager yeast and malt aroma. Hazy golden color with a small white head. Very mild sweet bitterness that fades to a light sour dry finish.

Pours a lasting ring of white head and a nice clear, golden body. Smells of thick, sweet malts. Flavor is very malty and sweet. Finish is sweet.