Rogue Farms Dirtoir Black Lager

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Schwarzbier
Newport, Oregon USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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22 oz bottle. Pours a great dark mahogany color with a thin deep tan head. Flavors are very reminiscent of a nice imperial stout, but there is a lightness to the palate which is actually really nice. Love the clever labeling on this as well, even though that doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of beer tasting!

Bottle @ salone del gusto. It pours black with a huge head on top. Liquorice, coffee, caramel and many other things. Best lager ever! I just can’t get enough

22 bomber-roasted malts, coffee some chocolate...light hops in the back..not to good on the palate, I think a little over carbonated for me...Taste was dull i thought it was missing its character...lager maybe..

Bomber. Poured into Duvel tulip. APPEARANCE: Pours pitch black. Opaque. Dark tan, creamy coffee colored head is about 2-3 fingers, frothy, and with lengthy retention. A bit of lacing is left for some time as head begins to settle. AROMA: Huge roast aroma. Plenty of coffee. Some earthiness. Faint hops aroma, which seems herbal. TASTE: Earthy/dirt characteristics much more evident in taste than aroma. The earthy/dirt taste is quite pleasant. Some light citrusy hops without much hop bitterness on front of palate; behind roast and coffee. Roasted malts mid palate. Back of palate and finish is characterized by dirt and some roasted malt sweetness. MOUTH FEEL: Velvety, yet crisp – an outstanding combination. OVERALL: A remarkably smooth and quaffable black lager that is true to its name in the sense that a pleasant earthy/dirt/terroir taste is evident.

Wow, this is a pretty amazing brew. Looks and pours like a thick brewed coffee left on the campfire. Foamy head the color of Cocoa-Pebbles. A well-forward aroma of brownies, smoke and sweet roasted malts, maybe a hint of prunes or bananna? Complex but pleasant. The tastes are smooth and malty, just the right amount of smoke bite. For all the hops listed on the label, I was expecting the hops to be a bit more noticeable, but it is very well intertwined in the flavors. The finish and wash is long, well into the next swallow. Hangs around, but that’s ok....I can’t get enough of this brew. One of the.....no, I think the best brews I have rated in quite awhile. Treat yourself to something different.....this isn’t just a beer, it’s a brewers passion in a bottle!

UPDATED: DEC 7, 2012 Tried this on tap at Closed for Business in Charleston. Pours incredibly dark with a generous head. Aroma is of dark chocolate, roasted malts, coffee- deep and delicious. Heavier mouthfeel than I was expecting, but well balanced. Practically desert like. Feels like a colder weather beer, or something I would have with a spicy meal. Really warming and nice- smooth. Lots of levels on this one- felt like I tasted something different with each sip. Not an everyday beer- but really well done. Addendum: December 6th, Ocracoke. Better than I remember. More complex- really earthy and chocolaty with some coffee for good measure. Definitely feels like a winter beer. Still tasted something different in every sip and definitely changed as it warmed to room temp. Impressive effort. originally 3.9 now 4.2

first beer in this style i have tried, never seem amything like it in australia. not sure what quite to ecpect considering it was a lager.... the darkness sets you up for an experiance that never happens. although not a bad experiance by anymeans. nice flavour

Poured from bottle into a tulip glass. Pours a very dark brown with a moderate brown head that eventually fades, with some lacing left behind. Aroma is very malty chocolately sweetness. Taste has a very roasted chocolate flavor up front that fades into a smoked finish. A little bit light on the carbonation and feels a little thin on the mouthfeel. Overall, a very solid beer.

Bottle pours a deep dark almost black color. Aroma of bread and coffee with some woody smoky notes. Caramely sweetness with a light bitterness and a smoky finish. Crisp on the palate with a lot of fizziness. Overall a nice beer, if your looking for a Porter, because that’s pretty much what you got here.

When I first cracked this bottle, I was surprised at what I smelled. The effervescence that I experienced had almost a root beer quality to it. The beer itself pours a dark, deep black; almost like a thinned out motor oil. The thin brown head is almost non existent. Just from looking at the beer, one would assume it’s much stronger than it really is because it pours quite similar to many of the imperial stouts out there (ie. The Abyss). I still get quite a bit of that root beer pungency on first smell, but chocolate, coffee and graham crackers also show up. The taste is surprisingly crisp and clean (that’s the lager yeast for you) with loads of roast coming through on the front, and quite a bit of dark roasted coffee lingering on the back palate. They say on the bottle that they used some ultra crisp coastal water, and the cleanliness of this beer really showcases that. While this isn’t as sweet as many schwarzbiers, I’m very much impressed by it. Good show, Rogue