<b>Date:</b> 09/15/2004<br /> <b>Mode:</b> Draft<br /> <b>Source:</b> Summits - Cumming<br /> <br /> Hazy orange, thin fine white head, sweet malt aroma with lots of fresh citrus hops, huge bitter flavor with a long bitter finish, touch of sweetness, bitterness disapates (or saturates) by the second glass and some malt body shows up, but bitter is back in full force by glass three but still some room for malty sweetness and citrus character to attempt to balance it out<br /> <br /> <b>Aroma:</b> 9/10; <b>Appearance:</b> 5/10; <b>Flavor:</b> 7/10; <b>Palate:</b> 5/10; <b>Overall:</b> 16/20<br /> <b>Rating:</b> 3.8/5.0<br /><b>Score:</b> **4<br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>Date:</b> 12/16/2004<br /> <b>Mode:</b> Draft<br /> <b>Source:</b> Freakin Frog<br /> <br /> Hazy orange, big fine cascading white head leaving behind a solid lacy film, creamy body, lots of citrus hop flavor on a well balanced sweet malt base, long lingering bitter finish<br /> <br /> <b>Aroma:</b> 5/10; <b>Appearance:</b> 8/10; <b>Flavor:</b> 7/10; <b>Palate:</b> 7/10; <b>Overall:</b> 16/20<br /> <b>Rating:</b> 3.6/5.0<br /><b>Score:</b> **4<br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <i>The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.</i><br />

IPA’s brewed with rye are an interesting offshoot of the standard. This is a good one. If you like this you gotta try Bear Republic’s Hop Rod. Thanks Marc for pulling this one out of the barchive. Since this one was in the bottle for a couple years the hop aroma had dissipated some. The taste was still in tact - full flavored north west hop varieties and that distinctive dry bitter bite the rye provides. There are certainly other adjuncts included that gave off herbal and citrus like flavors as well. This was a great anniversary brew for Rogue.

I had this beer at the 2004 OBF, Portland. Pale yellow in color. An overall nice RyePA.

Bottle obtained in a trade with <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?UserID=8017 target=blank>Larry Pitonka</a>, thanks Andre. Deep orange amber in colour, very thin quickly dissipating off-white head, some leftover lace on the side of the glass. The aroma was plenty hoppy with lots of citrus, pine and some caramel malt sweetness. The hops carry over into the flavour as well. Still lots of citrus (grapefruite and oranges) and pine, soft caramel malts, earthly in the back. Bitter dry mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes dry and lingering. Quite nice.

<i>Bottle shared with tupalev -- courtesy of tupalev.</i> Pours a beautiful clear dark orange with a big rocky off-white head. Big hoppy aroma along with rye, malt and caraway seeds. Flavour of rye, caraway seeds, hops, pepper and malt. That’s got to be one of the strangest list of flavours I’ve written for an IPA. I quite liked this -- it’s definitely original and you’ve got to respect Rogue for trying something different.