Rogue Morimoto Soba Ale

Great beer with a clean finish. Taste of something close to vanilia. Great with anything light to eat. Seafood and chicken would work well.

pleasant light fruity aroma with traces of caramel and some hops. Pours a light golden yellow, minimal head. Slight sour taste. Kind of strange. Dishwater finish. Can’t say I liked this one.

Light amber no head. Intriguing soft aroma reminds me of something I can’t quite place. Flavour is also quiet with a building finish full of a hazelnut taste. Body has a trace of soapiness. Mouth drying without any real bitterness.

Spicy aroma almost sharp smelling. Pear juice colored with a bit of tea mixed in for a golden brown color. Tiny lifeless head. First beer in a while, but this tastes pretty good. Not much too it. Good base malt with a nice infusion of hop toward the end and some cereal grains int he middle. Still decent enough and nothing off putting about it.

Interestingly packaged as a ’japanese-style’ brew (in its Morimoto Soba guise)--typical mildness for an asiatic type, yet with a slightly acidic dryness. Certainly appropriate with asian cooking.

Pours gold-orange with tight white head. Aroma is yeasty, a little bready, and slightly spicy. A little tartness in flavor. A little thin on the palate, but not a bad beer.

Bottled as Morimoto Soba Ale. Not much to talk about. Typical Rogue yeast smell. Golden with microscopic bubbles. Tightly formed dirty white head. Same yeast flavor that comes with all Rogue Ales. Touch of bitterness. Very nice smooth drink. It would be nice on the golf course or after mowing the lawn.

Bottle, as Morimoto Soba Ale. Thin orange pour, small white head. Lovely aroma of "rogue" hops and some sweet malt. Odd wheat taste - I guess this is buckwheat! Taste is certainly subdued compared to what aroma suggests, and the mouthfeel is a little watery. However, I found this original and interesting enough that I would want to try it again. Thanks Greg.