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Rogue Dead Guy Ale

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86
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
22393.48/5.03.47/5.06.6%97.6Lager glass, Shaker, Stein
Commercial Description:
Dead Guy is a German-style Maibock made with Rogue's proprietary "PacMan" ale yeast. It is deep honey in color with a malty aroma, rich hearty flavor and a well balanced finish. Dead Guy is created from Northwest Harrington, Klages, Maier Munich and Carastan malts, along with Perle and Saaz Hops.
In the early 1990s Dead Guy Ale was created as a private tap sticker to celebrate the Mayan Day of the Dead (November 1st, All Souls Day) for Casa U Betcha in Portland, Oregon. The Dead Guy design proved popular and was incorporated into a bottled product a few years later with MaierBock as the elixir.
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 Fred82 (365), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/512/20
Jun 9, 2009  
341ml bottle from SAQ. Pours clear light amber with a big fluffy light brown head. Lots of bubble flowing from bottom to top. Lacing head, good retention. Aroma is malty, caramel. Some hints of honey, spices, hops and red fruits. Taste is light bitterness, spices, quite sweet. Alcohol is quite present. Carbonation is quite present but not too much. Great brew, just not exactly my thing.


 Ober (1186), Bommelerwaard, Netherlands
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jun 9, 2009    Updated: Jul 23, 2009
A clear golden colored beer, with a thick foamy white head. The aroma is malty sweet of fruits with notes of hop bitter. The taste is dry bitter, with fruits. Notes of caramel in the back. The aftertaste is dry bitter. 6/10-3/5-6/10-3/5-14/20 23-07-09. (New Review) It’s stil a clear golden colored beer, with a thick foamy off-white head. The aroma is malty, with caramel, spices and many hops. The taste is soft sweet. It has hop bitterness and fruits like citrus. It has crisp with a touch of chocolate, The aftertaste is nice bitter and a little sweet.


 mwelsh13 (483), Maryland, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/104/512/20
Jun 7, 2009  
Bottle pours medium amber with a creamy off white head. Slight honey like aroma with some buttery notes. Slight dryness at the beginning of the taste with some sweet malts, ,raisins, and brown sugar. Slight off flavors at the end.


 Archibaldo de la Cruz (399), Finland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/514/20
Jun 7, 2009  
Bottle. Orange colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweetish malt. Flavour is sweet, malt, caramel with some dry bitterness. Medium to full-bodied and quite balanced.


Alasdair (76), New Zealand
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/104/511/20
Jun 5, 2009  
big aroma of toffee and russian fudge. Caramel, honey and spice flavours. A bit syrup-like. More bitterness and hop would make it more drinkable.


 Cirrhosis (615), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/516/20
Jun 3, 2009  
Nice looking beer, the body is a cloudy burnt orange that appeared to be almost glowing sitting in my mug, very little head was produced and that witch was vanished instantly leaving zero bubbles and lacing behind. The sent had a good amount of hops in it they didn’t overpower the smell, the rest of the aroma was made up of a floral honey, and as the beer got warmer a toffee like sent was noticeable, all together this brew smells great. Very clean taste nice and crisp and very refreshing, a good malty back bone with just the right amount of hops with just a touch of tomato soup, and what I think is some honey in the back ground. The mouth fell is also very crisp, strange how this beer had zero head but still had a good carbonation feeling going on. Great brew I would like to drink more of it if it wern’t for the rarity and price of the beer here in the great white north.


 Defreni (999), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jun 2, 2009  
Flaske: Flot orange ravfarvet øl med et fint skumhoved. Forholdsvis frugtet smag med en god del bitterhed. Bare ikke min type smag. Drikbar men ikke mere.


 joeneugs (308), Livermore, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Jun 2, 2009  
I’m glad to finally rate this popular craft brew. It has a nice balanced aroma of fruit, toffee, and hops. It also seemed a bit nutty. It has a nice amber color with an off white head. Sweet, candyish flavors are what I notice first, followed by caramel, berries, and a nice, spicy malt character. Its balanced well with moderate hopping. I enjoyed this one.



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