Rogue Morimoto Soba Ale

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Specialty Grain
Newport, Oregon USA

Deep golden body with abundant carbonation and a loose, cottony white head. Interesting fresh and rich nutty, buttery nose. Smells like pancake batter with some toasted malt. Flavor has fresh, homegrown qualities to it. Medium sweetness complements the rich graininess. Medium body. A refreshing and pleasant beer that makes good use of a rare adjunct.

Wheat nose with dry grains. Cloudy yellow body. Grainy taste but nothing special. Very expensive for what it is.

Aroma:hops and bizzarre think Fruit? Appearance:ligh hazy-gold,good head... Flavor:malty and hopy like a pale ale but with weird taste of ???fruit??...

I knew Rogue was a conjurer of cheap tricks, but, alas, I fell for their game and excitedly picked up a bottle of "Morimoto Soba Signature Ale," only to find I had a bottle of their damned buckwheat product. Oh well, the buckwheat sounded interesting too. Poured a fairly clear burnt orange, with a creamy kolsch-like white head that dissipated to a ring of bubbles around the glass edges. Some toast and a floral accent on the nose. Flavor is likewise a bit toasty, a bit biscuity, with plenty of hops bitterness. Leaves a tingle on the tongue. Ahh, I detect that "Rogue" flavor I find in most of their beers, but have a hard time pinpointing. Must be their yeast. I detect apples too- perhaps apple butter? Creamy. A nice offering.

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.

(bottle - 22 oz) Light amber in color with not much carbonation or a head. Aroma is slightly dry and stale with hints of sweet malts, hops, and some grass. Flavor begins with a nice and semi-sweet malt and hop taste (very well balanced), then went quickly to a bitter and grainy middle with a very nice and bitter hop finish. Bitterness lingers on the palate for quite a while and has a little bit of citrus in there too.

bottle. foggy copper-orange body with a light, small white head. ryeish aroma, some sweet maltiness, and a generally low hop profile. I guess maybe this is what buckwheat is supposed to smell like...light body, perfectly quaffable. moderate spritzy carbonation. malty body. decent.

hops and light malt aroma. amber color. big rogue hops as usual. i dont notice any roasted ingredients or spices. light and dry.