Rogue Kells Irish Style Lager

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Premium Lager
Newport, Oregon USA

Nice gold yellow color with a noce white head, aroma is malty and hoppy, some sweetness, I couldn’t define it. Flavor is bitter and malty, some sweetness too, like fruit or something like that. Mouthfeel is kind of dry or crispy..

"Brew pours clear gold with a noisy white cap, the retention for the style is good. Aroma is pleasant, apple, grainy malts, metal, and mild Euro skunk hops. Flavour is very nice light and crisp and has a very sweet clean finish. Beer feels light in the mouth and has good carbonation. The grainy malt character is balance well with the light hop character of the beer, I think they nailed it perfect for the style. Apples and grass work their way in to the flavor with the odd faint skunk. I love this beer to much I think, it is perfect for just being a lager and I would find myself drinking myself stupid with it if it didn’t cost me $10.00 a bottle."

Bottle. Clear golden medium white foamy head. average retention and lacing. Aroma is corn, sweet malt and a bit of grassy hops. Flavor is malt, fruits and herbal hops. Thin to medium body. Not up to Rogue’s standards of quality.

Pours gold with a whote head. Smells of citrus, caramel. Tastes earthy and spicy with a crisp finish.

The pour is a cloudy golden yellow with a medium sized white bubbly head. The aroma is unique, smoky hops. The beer is light bodied, and the malts are very subtle. The smoky flavor is very minor, instead the hops are nice and fruity, with sharp bitter character. A pretty good beer, Easy to drink.

Brown bottle, 650 ml, best before 31C10, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on May 31 2009; eye: golden, clear, average effervescence, creamy white head, light lacing; nose: light hops, light malt, light grain, light residual sugar; mouth: a bit thin, malt, caramel, light hops, finale in caramel malt with a light presence of hops, lightly sweet and bitter, medium-light body, rather carbonated; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 650 ml, meilleure avant 31C10, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 31 mai 2009; œil : dorée, claire, effervescence moyenne, mousse blanche crémeuse, légère dentelle; nez : léger houblon, léger malt, léger grain, léger sucre résiduel; bouche : un peu mince, malt, caramel, léger houblon, finale en malt caramel avec légère présence de houblon, légèrement sucrée et amère, corps moyen-léger, plutôt carbonatée; en résumé : ordinaire

clear yellow, medium white head, not much lace. nose of grass and corn. grassy notes in the flavor, but mostly corn syrup. no trace of hops. medium body, corn syrupy sweet finish. pretty uneventful. 650 ml bottle purchased from terminal liquors in monee.

Bottle. Pours a golden copper body with a white head. Malty with hints of caramel, lagered notes almost hint of cherry with bread y and cereal notes. Earthy floral bitterness to finish. Decent lager.