Rogue Old Crustacean Barleywine

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Barley Wine
Newport, Oregon USA

Pour is a very clear deep brownish caramel with a frothy light tan head that has surprising staying power. Sweet, fruity nose, some caramel and toffee. Small amount of alcohol comes through. Smooth palate with very light carbonation. Taste has some toffee up front with a bitter finish.

Had this beer on 12/9/1998. Color is a hazy orange amber with very low carbonation and head. Aroma is strong with the scent of sweet rich malt. Taste is also strong and very full of flavor. It starts off with a very rich and almost creamy body that goes down with a sharp little bite. The finish comes on with a rich wine like barley taste followed by a strong bitterness and hop flavoring. It’s like drinking beer concentrate.

bread, roasty, resin, alcohol, alcohol, alcohol, amber, clear, aminimal head, heavy cloying sweetness, lightly bitter, full body, full body, full body, lively... This is a nice way of saying "We are such good friends that I decided to buy this for us so I could sleep on your couch."

My first in the barley wine style! 2006 XS style, bottled 2006 so it’s been over a year. It had a large head and poured a dark murky red-brown. Very robust, bitter and hopped up flavor lingering forever on the back of the tongue. Nice, but maybe not what I was looking for.

Draft at Hop Devil Grill. The aroma is somewhat lighter than I expected, but a mixture of citrus hops and malt. The flavor is a little peppery at first from the malt, followed by sweet fruit, and a dry, slightly bitter finish. It’s alright.

6/22/05 12oz. bottle. side by side with Old Foghorn. Mahogany with minimal tan head. Hops very prominent in aroma. Full bodied but with harsh unbalance hops. Old Foghorn was better.

Sample, at the Mondial de la bière 2007, savoured June 1 2007; eye: dirty brown, no effervescence, suspended matter, tiny ring of beige head; nose: quite hoppy, fruity, dry, grapefruit; mouth: a wall of hops, grapefruit, really long finale in hops, quite astringent, quite bitter, full body, not much carbonation; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, bue au Mondial de la bière 2007, savourée le 1er juin 2007; oeil : brune sale, pas d’effervescence, matière en suspension, petit anneau de mousse beige; nez : très houblonnée, fruitée, sèche, pamplemousse; bouche : un mur de houblon, pamplemousse, très longue finale houblonnée, très astringente, pas mal amère, très sèche, corsée, peu carbonatée; en résumé : bien

2006 XS series in a 26 oz. ceramic bottle. Pours a copper color with red hues, thin head. Aroma of some dried fruits, malts, hops and alcohol. Flavor was full and complex. Malts, raisin, toffee, hops and a warming alcohol to smooth things out. This was aged for over a year, so it wasn’t as bitter, but still packed a bit of a hop punch. Very delicious and intoxicating!