 Capa (665), Yokosuka, Japan
Jul 14, 2008 Draught at Cheers, Yokohama. Malty, fresh fruit, hoppy citrus, and herbal in both aroma and flavor. I found the fruit to be pretty strong, and extremely enjoyable in this brew. Medium bodied. Finishes with some bitter notes. Very refreshing.
Ungstrup (10855), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Jul 3, 2008 Draft at Rogue Public House in Astoria. A hazy amber beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma is sweet and dominated by grass. The flavor is sweet malty with prmary notes of grass, but also light notes of caramel and grapefruit.
hotstuff (3019), Indiana, USA
Feb 1, 2008 Draft at Oregon Brewer’s Festival, Portland, OR. Small head that was mostly lasting, virtually no lacing, transparent, and an orange hue. Nose was hoppy, malty and fruity notes. Flavor was lightly bitter, hoppy and citrus. Tingly, dry mouthfeel. Medium body. A good brew and worthy of a try.
TAR (1995), Boulder Co., Colorado, USA
Jan 6, 2008 Draft: Unfiltered brick orange. Tightly packed dirty-white head. Nose is ruined by gluey yeast, which resides over hints of blood oranges, pinewood, nectarines and plummy esters. Soft but prickly carbonation. Densely oily body. Initially medicinal yet amply malted with sweet toasted bread kissed with tight notes of pine needles. Heavily mushy and oversweet . Ever intensifying grapefruit rind stings the palate and amplifies the medicinal notes. Fruity esters teeter on the edge of syrupy. Soft and juicy peach and orange hop flavors are here in abundance, but are extremely dull due to the unclean yeastiness which plagues things throughout. Yeast also adds to the unfinished nature as it imparts plenty of weight but curiously little in the way of flavor. Hop bitterness is loosely brash rather than bright and poignant. Alcohol is poorly concealed. Closes with a supple yet highly unrefined combination of citric and spicy hops. Dry-hopping yields lots of citrus flavors which exude with each belch. The aroma is decent but quite dull, yeasty and muted, and the beer seems slightly unfinished. Meh.
matta (1104), Tampa, Florida, USA
Dec 29, 2007 On Draft at the Dunedin Brewery
Happy Hops! A light copper colored body and tall ivory head. The aroma and flavor are boldly dry-hopped, like a just fermenter pulled hopsack… with lemon zest spruce chips, and a musty spiciness all heady and abroad. The palate is killer. The one element I’ve always dug about the Rogue beers is the lesser amount of carbonation. It sits in my stomach and drinks really well. I’m especially happy to have tried this beer… and I’m still wondering how the draft ended up here in Florida…. Anyhow… I’m Ampped!
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