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Rogue Imperial Youngers Special Bitter

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1333.49/5.03.46/5.0Special7.5%45.6Snifter, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Smooth & malty with a kick of bitterness, this is a couple noches above the standard YSB! 8 Ingredients: Malts: 2-row pale and Crystal. Hops: Willamette, Kent Golding and Amarillo. Yeast & Water: Rogue’s Pacman Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water. Specs: 17º PLATO 52 IBU 76 AA 35º Lovibond.
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 lithy (1650), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Mar 16, 2009  
On tap, pours a dark orange-red with a white cover. Huge herbal grassy hop aroma overpowers any mild caramel malt that is hiding behind it. Taste is some caramel, then a big rush of floral hops. A bit one note, but good.


 Vac (2389), San Diego, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Mar 9, 2009  
Pours with an amber orange body topped by a thick head with good lacing left on the glass. It’s slightly sweet yet bitter and hoppy with grassy notes as well as grapefruit notes and an underlying maltiness. Medium bodied and smooth.


 AmEricanbrew (1808), Doing Rogue, Louisiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Mar 8, 2009  
Brilliant copper rust color with a light tan head. Nice soft caramel aroma with a hint of vanilla. Medium body. Good bittersweet floral hop flavor riding a sweet toffee caramel malt base. Enjoyed this one.


 bluevegie (2191), Perth, Australia
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/512/20
Mar 7, 2009  
Poured an amber body with hints of red and a short lasting head. Plenty of malt characters in the taste backed well with grapefruit, early toffee notes replaced by grain and a bit of resin. Easily drinkable for a 7.5% beer just doesn’t turn me on too much. Not too sure what is Imperial about this beer, is it just a ramped up pale ale?


 Jonte (816), Gothenburg, Sweden
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/510/20
Mar 7, 2009    Updated: Mar 8, 2009
Big ceramic bottle. Cloudy orange colour with an off-white head. Aroma: sweet and hoppy, caramel, grape. Taste: caramel/some light sweetness and lots of grape, mostly very bitter, metalic and boring. The aroma was much better then the taste.


 dkachur (2356), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/104/511/20
Mar 6, 2009  
Served on draft at The Thirsty Monk in Asheville. Pours a golden amber with a medium head. Poor retention and lacing. Aroma of green apple, grain and rubbing alcohol. Taste is caramel, grain and bitter hops. Medium bodied. Not good.


 gnoff (3568), Göteborg, Sweden
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/54/103/59/20
Feb 23, 2009  
75 cl black ceramic bottle with patent cork, from Systembolaget special release
On February 23, 2009
Labelled 7.4% ABV
BB Aug 2010
Slight hazy copper color, off-white head. Hoppy fruity, sweet malty, sirup, caramel, dry bitter scent, some alcohol. Dry hoppy bitter taste, harsh, grape peel, total lack of sweetness. Medium mouthfeel. Harsh bitterness, dry, medium high. Quite husky, misstake in sparging or boil? Or should it really taste like this? Taste is pretty much just dry, husky, bitter and nasty.


 ekstedt (2419), Göteborg, Sweden
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/103/510/20
Feb 23, 2009  
Bottle (75 cl) shared with gnoff & deft. Clear mahogny, medium off-white head. Fruity and caramelly aroma with some spicy hops. Medium bodied, medium carbonation. Harshly bitter with a husky feeling, very unbalanced.



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