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Rogue FestiveAle 3.05 343

Rogue FestiveAle

Percentile
51
overall
Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Saison

Newport, Oregon USA

bottled
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3433.06/5.03.05/5.06.2%13.9Tulip
Commercial Description:
A SAISON FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON! Made with traditional farm house brewing methods from the Flanders region of Belgium. A unique Belgian yeast coupled with avaiable spices, Belgian malts and European hops deliver a delightfully pleasant Belgian-style Saison. FestivAle is made from Weyerman Pilsner Malt, Belgian Malted Wheat, Saaz Hops, Grains of Paradise, Ginger Root, Sweet Gale, and Curacao Orange. No Chemicals, Additives or Preservatives. Measurements: 14.5 degrees plato, 18 IBUs, 12 AA, 8.5 lovibond, 6.2 ABV
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 Cliff (366), Avon Lake, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Oct 12, 2006  
this is a really unique beer. nice spicey aroma, yeasty, spicey flavor with a little malt flavor. as it warms, many other flavors arise, stone fruits, dried fruits, and the spices, ginger. very interesting beer.


 Hazmatt (363), Virginia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 6, 2006  
Bottle. Hazy golden color, white head. Sweet spicy aroma. Well balanced flavor, nice finish. Excellent beer. Why the low rating? This was good stuff.


 MoreHead (355), Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 2, 2006  
pours a cloudy amber with an average fizzy white head and fair lacing. aroma of grassy hops, earthy, leaves with a dry taste. slightly sweet on the finish. decent but certainly not their best.


 0o9i (338), Reno, Nevada, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/53/102/58/20
Aug 26, 2006  
Bottled. Ginormous head, I mean ridiculously huge. Light brown, honey colored, cloudy and opaque body topped with an offwhite head that leaves behind sticky splotches of lace. Aroma is musky sour like sweat and an earthy, old cellar with some spiciness Honey, fruit, musk.. Mouth is medium with light, foamy carbonation and a semi-dry finish. Flavor is sour, musky like sweat, touch of alcohol. It’s pretty foul. Malts are sugar sweet, there are fruity notes. A certain roastiness is there that reminds me of a porter or stout and it’s the strong grain presence. Caramelly. Doughy. Powerful generic beer flavor. This stuff makes me a little gaggy.


 stubby (326), Santee, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/104/516/20
Mar 15, 2006  
I’m only taking points off because of a strange astringincy at cellar temp. A wild and accurate farmhouse ale. Spices are subdued, different flavors coming at different temperatures. Ginger at first, pepper later. Full bodied and refreshing at the same time. Interesting brew.


 brianjames1 (322), Northridge, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 22, 2007  
The highlight of this beer is its aroma, its flavor of festive spices is not bad but nothing to go ga-ga over, a good beer, good enough to buy during x-mas time.


 lampeno420 (321), Zeeland, Michigan, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 2, 2008  
Didn’t know quite what to expect with this, but gave it a shot anyways. filled the room as soon as it was opened, and split it with a friend. Grassy hops and spiceys everywhere in the nose. First sip, and everyone after that left me with a dry, cotton mouth feel that could only be fixed by having another. Quite strong yeast, almost thought of it as a grassy trippel without a lot of fruit. Pretty good overall. I’d buy it again.


 bethmatt0421 (321), Covington, Kentucky, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/55/104/513/20
Dec 26, 2005  
Cloudy orange in color, just like OJ in the morning. Spicy, malty, hoppy, citrus flavor. Smooth and malty palate, great going down. and a long acidity finish.A decent holiday brew. Expected better from Rogue, but I geuss they can’t all be great.



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