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Rogue Dead Guy Ale

Rogue Dead Guy Ale

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A Heller Bock brewed by
Rogue Ales

Newport, Oregon USA

bottled
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18543.47/5.03.47/5.06.6%95.2 Lager glass, Shaker, Stein P  Stats

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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 Jukkabro (2307), Tampere, Finland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20

May 9, 2008  
Coppery colored with little white head. Sweet, caramelly and strongly nutty aroma with still fine hops and lemon. Not the most traditional bock but I’ll take it. Medium bodied. Flavor is also fine with same nuts dominating, aftertaste turns to finely hopped with some flowers and some grains. Maybe hints of bocky spices here, still hard to compare German ones.

 KingofCastle (175), London, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/515/20
Jul 23, 2008  
bottle: This pale bock was very good. I’m big on malts and this delivered the goods. I was wary of a beer 6.6% because often the alcohol content overwhelms the palate. I think i might have found a new style of beer to enjoy. Rogue puts out quality stuff.


dcswirl (13), Columbus, Ohio, USA
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Can’t believe the ratings that this beer is getting. This beer was served at my favorite watering hole for a short time, and it was one of the worst beers I’ve ever had. It only lasted a month due to poor feedback. Maybe I’m missing something here.


 JCB (889), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 20, 2008  
An old favorite of mine, had so many times I’ve long since lost count. Funny but I’ve always thought of this as a hoppy red rather than as a maibock. Not that the styles are totally unrelated, but whatever Dead Guy is, it’s a very floral, generously hopped beer that has a full and sweet malt presence, making this one of Rogue’s more balanced and enjoyable offerings.


 Bigmmartin (137), Dayton, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jul 20, 2008  
Bottle. Hazy amber with a small diminishing head. Aroma is sweet malt and yeast. Flavor is malty yeast with some tangy citrus. Pretty decent, but nothing spectacular about this beer. Not really what I expected as far as a "Maibock"


 cyrenaica (265), Milton, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/514/20
Jul 19, 2008  
355ml bottle
6.6% ABV
I tried this beer on July 1, 2008 at “Smokeless Joe’s” in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a translucent dark golden red with a thin white ring for a head. The aroma was sweet malt, and some floral hoppiness. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with light to medium carbonation. The flavour is a little sweet with a definite hoppy taste, not grapefruit strong, but still hoppy.




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