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RATINGS: 3039   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.5   IBU: 40   EST. CALORIES: 198   ABV: 6.6%
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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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3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Dogbrick (6058) - Columbus, Ohio, USA - APR 5, 2002
UPDATED: FEB 12, 2004 Rerate 02/11/2004: On draught at the MoJoe Lounge at Easton. Pours a clear reddish-amber color with a thin skeleton-bone head. Thin and quick lacing. The aroma is mildly citrusy hops along with a touch of spice. Medium body, with a somewhat flavorable blend of floral hops, citrus, honey and spice. The flavor is kind of like Arrogant Bastard's "Mini Me". The finish is mildly bitter making this for an all-around good-drinking beer. 04/05/02 (3.4): Mine was under the 'Dead Guy' label. Citric aroma and reddish-orange color, thick and long-lasting head. I was a little put off by the flavor at first but it grew on me. Good balance of hops and fruit.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Hoss (607) - Florida, USA - APR 2, 2002
Began with a sweet overtone and then the hop dryness kicked in. There are other bock’s I prefer but certainly this is an interesting version. I had this as Dead Guy Ale.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
aracauna (2855) - Georgia, USA - APR 1, 2002
Mmm. Good beer. Like the rest of the Rogues, it’s hard to beat.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
unixweb (237) - Sherman, Texas, USA - MAR 28, 2002
Pretty golden color in the glass, and a sweet, slightly malty aroma make a nice intro to this brew. I was surprised at the sweet taste as well, since I figured it would be as hoppy as the other Rogue brews I’ve tried, but it wasn’t. It was sweet and smooth, but that’s about all I can say...it’s a nice brew, but not spectacular. It was a slightly hoppier version of Dundee’s Honey Brown.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
LuckeyHaskins99 (180) - Toledo, Ohio, USA - MAR 24, 2002
Had this as ’Dead Guy Ale’ and wasn’t disappointed. I like the Shakespeare Stout better, but Rogue does offer a wide variety of beers. This one came off smooth, but not wonderfull, no bitterness, but a full-flavored beer on the whole. I’d buy it again, but would rather drink other of their products.

3.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
TChrome (1389) - Bedford, Texas, USA - MAR 24, 2002
UPDATED: NOV 17, 2003 Fairy nice effort by Rogue. Not an overwhelming aroma but not unpleasent. Looks good in the glass and has a good flavor. Pretty good. Update: Aroma is pleasently hoppy. Flavor reminds me of a bitter. Is this brew a bock??

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
igneous1 (1467) - Davenport, Iowa, USA - MAR 22, 2002
i detect a bit of hops in the aroma, color is a nice red..i dont derive anything that distinct from this brew...not bad at all though...not one of my favorite styles, so take what you will from my rating.

4.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
cathcacr (622) - Oregon, USA - MAR 21, 2002
Yummy ale. Hoppy and bitter, just how I like ’em!

3.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
coldandhot99 (18) - Abingdon, Maryland, USA - MAR 19, 2002
Not bad but packed quite and after bite. Not on my top ten list.

2.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
russ71cj5 (40) - Rhode Island, USA - MAR 8, 2002
kinda strong bite.. note too bad


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