Rogue Dead Guy Ale

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Heller Bock
Newport, Oregon USA

draft. delicate honey aroma. lightly hopped, mildly malty palate. biscuit flavors. an easy drinking beer with some depth of flavor. a solid session beer.

Bottle. Copper-y red with a decent white head. Floral hops and malts dominate. Starts bitter, sweet and slightly hoppy, then the malt hits, and the finish is nice and crisp. Slightly watery and mildly carbonated. Overall solid, will be buying lots of this thanks to the LCBO!

Pours a honey amber, with a nice creamy white head. The aroma is fruit malts and floral hoppiness. The flavour is top notch. A touch of bitterness at first, that gives way to some awsome malty, caramel, chewy toffee goodness, a bit of dried fruit, and then a hoppy bitter finish. Over all the beer is a little sweeter then I expected, especially after trying some of rogues other beers, but the sweetness is done well. I really enjoyed this beer, and I’m glad the LCBO is finally starting to get some good american beer, even if it is only a month at a time.

355ml bottle from the LCBO (yeah, you read that right, I was surprised too). Seeing as the last 10 ratings are more or less uesless if you want to know what this beer actually tastes like, I’ll try to describe it the best I can (seriously guys, get you s*** together and analyze, don’t just tick things off when you have them). Pours a deep copper with a medium, creamy, white head. Aroma is a nice aromatic blend of hops, but also fruity malts and some interesting ester characters. Flavour is quite interesting, bitter upfront, making way for some creamy sweet malts, toffee, caramel, fruits of vague distinction. It’s actually decently complex, more so than I was execting. At only 6.6% it feels a little boozy in the finish, though not in an unpleasant way. Quite sweet and malty, with some good bitter balance provided by the ample amount of hops. A pretty neat beer that seems to really open up as it warms, revealing more sweet layers. I’m glad the LCBO brought this one in.

Pours a copper color. The nose is like a traditional brown ale. Comes across the palate smoothly. It has nice clean lingering finish.

Kick ass label forces you to take a closer look. Pours a copper color with a off white head. Sweet nose not to over powering. Smooth taste with a nice clean finish. Rogue is doing something right. Def will try it again

Dark amber body, crisp white head with a good lattice. Heavy bread aroma. Medium palate, expected it to be heavier. Long finish. A good beer, but not a personal favorite.

Thick smooth mouthfeel. Tastes thicker than it looks. Dark burnt umber color, with a off white to almost tan head.