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RATINGS: 2687   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.49   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.


3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
darrennelson12 (197) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - OCT 9, 2010
In bottle; OK beer. Aroma was somewhat sweet, taste was was similar with almost a creamy texture. Not sure how I felt about this one...need to try again

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
SPDickerman (326) - Texas, USA - OCT 7, 2010
UPDATED: JUL 13, 2011 Pours a lovely mix between amber, golden and orange with a smooth tan head. Smells of rich malts and tastes of dry hops for a splendid combination. Dead Guy Ale has a medium body and a slightly creamy texture. There is a fair amount of carbonation present but it does not get in the way of the ale and has a nice finish that leaves one longing for more.

3
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
manny57 (162) - Battle Creek, Michigan, USA - OCT 7, 2010
Had on draft at erbelli’s in kalamazoo, mich. I’ve had this a few times in the past. This is a consistently average beer. Not great, but not bad either.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
arminjewell (2445) - Parker, Colorado, USA - OCT 5, 2010
Pours hazy orange with white head, aroma is some pine hops, caramel, touch of spice. Taste is some pine, resin hops, with an overwhelming caramel, spice, earth middle, slightly bitter finish. Not bad.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Countbeer (1686) - Best of Eindhoven ohne Brauhaus, NETHERLANDS - OCT 5, 2010
Bottle: Airy white head disappears quick. Dark orange to orange brown color. Smell malts, hops and spices. Taste lots of malts and hint of hops, sweets and some slight hints of fruit and spices. Bit bitter and sweet and little bit spicy, but nothing really spectacular. Expected more from this one.

3.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Scubaguy (230) - Alberta, CANADA - OCT 1, 2010
The flavor is very malty. I get some carmel,toffee. It has a thick full feel. But it does feel a little unbalanced. The malt seems to steal the show. I am getting some strong carmel from the aroma and some light floral notes Pours a chill hazed light amber color with a decent sized white head. It finishes with a citrus hop bitterness. If this brew was a bit better balanced it would be awesome. I mean it’s still a good time but that would take it to the next level. How can you not like Rogue

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
bozoNZ (655) - Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND - SEP 30, 2010
Really disappointed with this. Too much Crystal and boardering on Vienna like. Little stale cardboard too. Was looking forward to it....shame

3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
quiznoaz (144) - Arizona, USA - SEP 29, 2010
UPDATED: OCT 4, 2010 Hoppy aroma, clear amber, head fades quickly. Hoppy flavor overpowers malt, difficult to distinguish other flavors (but not citrus as in an IPA). A bit hoppier than I like actually. After reading some of the comments, maybe the ’hoppy’ that I don’t like is really ’malty’. Regardless, it overpowers the other flavors, taking away from my enjoyment.


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