zappafan99 (462), South Carolina, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Jul 12, 2008 Thin white top on an active golden body.(Czech.pils yeast...wow no Pacman) Mild, carbonated lager with a light sweet/tangy finish. Good. Matchrocket (2), USA does not count | 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 | Jul 8, 2008 Nice yellow color, and medium head. Light hop notes on pour. Very clean taste light taste. Wish I had a few more. bubbleflubber (890), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Jun 29, 2008 Deep blond pour with a large, foamy head that sticks to the glass, leaving chunky lace. A sweetish, pilsner grainy bouquet. Some indistinct citrus notes, sweet grains on the tongue, with some slightly herbal hues. A lightly bitter back mingles with the rest of the flavors. The finish lasts a while, but I wish it was drier. The lasting effervescence isn’t doing it for me. Soft carbonation levels don’t actually help the mouthfeel in this case. Usually, Rogue is pretty spot-on in my opinion, but this one doesn’t seem up to par with most of their line. GarrettB (494), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Jun 19, 2008 Behold, the most futile marketing in the world of beer. Woe to the man who tries to separate the very bedrock of Northwestern European brewing - that is, the fusion of Irish Beer and Guinness. No one hesitates for even a moment when thinking of the natural, cultural icon of the Irishman’s (or woman’s) drinking staple. Sure, there are other Irish beers, but they are precisely that: OTHERS. And so we have another other, American born, the Rogue Kells Beer with a charming Darbie O’ Gill kind of fellow on the front. A mottled, fuzzy white head rises from the pour, slowly filling up into a translucent amber liquod. The smell exhibits a slight booziness with white grapes, wheat, damp straw, Elmer’s glue stick, light pear and a hint of avocado, but overall quite weak and attenuated. The taste is similarly feeble, with a light crisp palate, white grape flavor, pear, a fistful of flowers and a buzzy but featureless, genderless sweet after taste. I rather like this beer (Guinness it is not) save for a distastefully plain finish. bhensonb (4241), Woodland, California, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 | Jun 18, 2008 Bomber from Total Wine. Brassy gold color with a decent white head. Aroma of pale malt and noble hop (Sterling?). Medium plus body with sharp, fizzy carbonation. Flavor is much like a golden ale - bready and bitter. Except the bitter is like Hallertau rather than citrus. Though there does seem to be a touch of citrus. Good lager. docswife (27), Morganfield, Kentucky, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Jun 17, 2008 Pours hazy yellow with nice foamy head. Aroma is hops and fruit. Nice carbonation. Very clean and crisp beer. kimcgolf (828), Dacula, Georgia, USA
| 2.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 1/5 | 9/20 | Jun 15, 2008 This beer is a perfect example of what happens when a very good brewer tries to flood the market with too many new products....every now and then, they are really gonna hit a loser. If someone had offered me this beer in an unmarked glass, I would swear I was drinking a lower grade BMC product or Caribean lager.
Pale yellow with little carbonation, thin white head and a grainy nose. Flavor was, again, the grainy quality of a cheap BMC, and the palate was watery, metallic and stale.
Stick to quality and not quantity, Rogue!!! Oakes (8080), gone rambling, Vietnam
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Jun 14, 2008 Slightly hazy straw colour with a nice thick head. Herbal nose with clean, strawlike pale malt notes. Clean fresh bread malts on the palate with herbal hops, a light lemony character and a hint of mushroom. A bit of spritziness in the finish highlights a slight grainy accent to the pale malts. It’s hitting the spot.
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