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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.


3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Nalu (216) - Washington, USA - SEP 11, 2010
On tap @ Northern Pacific Coffee Company. Pours a clear orange gold with a short head leaving minimal lace. Chewy, hearty maltiness with honey, tea, cocoa and orange notes (but it’s not at all sweet like this would suggest). Hops are present but the malt predominates, as it should in a Maibock. Slight metallic flavor in both of the pints I had @ NPCC. Pairs well with meats, German and Italian foods.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
robiannelli (368) - West Deptford, New Jersey, USA - SEP 11, 2010
12oz bottle poured cloudy amber medium head. malty with a little hop back, overall a good ale

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
SamP01 (186) - New Jersey, USA - SEP 10, 2010
Pours a cloudy copper with a nice creamy off white head. Nose is malty caramel, yeast, floral hops. Taste is sweet malts, earthy floral hops, with some bready notes. Palate is full body, good carbonation. Finish is sweet caramel malts balanced very well with earthy bitter hops. A very nice smooth and flavorful brew.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Fevernova (210) - Athens, Ohio, USA - SEP 9, 2010
22 oz Bottle -- Pours burnt orange with a splotchy off-white head. Aromas of roasted malt, honey, caramel, and yeast. Really great toasty malt character. Fairly dry palate with a bitter finish. Feels a little thin.

4.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 19/20
Shitpantz (59) - Illinois, USA - SEP 8, 2010
Beautiful deep reddish brown color, great aroma, not too complex but perfectly balanced and that’s right, a fuckin 10 for taste as this beer is one of the best I have ever had - In a perfect world I would piss this stuff so I could have a never ending pint of it! I love to hit my favorite neighborhood pub, order up a dozen wings and chased it down with a few pints of this stuff. It’s the perfect way to spend a spring, summer, winter or fall afternoon.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
cbfobes (1011) - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - SEP 7, 2010
On tap, pours a light amber color with a thin white head, the aroma is fruity with a nice kick of hops, the flavor has a great balance of the malt and bittering hops, finishes very hoppy and flavorful, very good.

2.7
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
rollingwood (80) - Maryland, USA - SEP 5, 2010
Clear amber pour releases subtle floral hop and somewhat indistinct fruit aromas. The surprisingly thin body was sweet and simultaneously hoppy and malty (caramel, to be exact), but the overall intensity was low and the finish short. Maybe I expected too much from this beer but it was underwhelming. I may try it again in a different setting.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Holy (652) - GERMANY - SEP 3, 2010
UPDATED: DEC 20, 2010 On tap in San Diego. Can’t define the smell - fresh, sweet perhaps. Cloudy red-brown with almost no head. Taste is surprisingly refreshing. Nice caramels and sugars dominate the flavor. Slight Christmas spice behind malts. Smooth. No lingering aftertaste.


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