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Rogue Santas Private Reserve

Score
9399
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Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Amber Ale
Newport, Oregon USA

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RATINGS: 1352   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.49   SEASONAL: Winter   IBU: 44   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Rogue’s annual holiday offering, Santa’s Private Reserve, is a variation of the classic Saint Rogue Red, but with double the hops--including Chinook, and Centennial, and a mystery hop called Rudolph by head brewer John "more hops" Maier! This holiday elixir is brewed with two-row Harrington, Klages and Munich malts, along with Hugh Baird 30-37, Carastan 13-17, and Crystal 70-80 malts, plus free range coastal water and proprietary top-fermenting Pacman yeast.


3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Camons (1542) - Hasselager, DENMARK - FEB 17, 2012
Bottle @ Dře meeting. Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, light grassy hops. Taste is malt, caramel, peach, light grapefruit. Medium body, lively carbonation. Not bad, but this bottle seemed rather old. 150212

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Rasmus40 (3263) - Beder, Aarhus, DENMARK - FEB 16, 2012
Hazy dark amber with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate biter. Dry and moderate biter finish. 150212

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
ogreface (826) - Budapest, HUNGARY - FEB 8, 2012
Csak a jó sör, Budapest. Sötét, borostyán vörös színe van, ami kissé zavarosan kavarog a pohárban. Sárgás színű habja vékonyan, de igen kitartóan fedi be. Illatában érezni egy kis áfonyát, szőlőt, karamellát, de mintha egy kicsit az egész fel lenne hígítva. Íze is hozza ezt, kiegészülve fűszerekkel, citrusokkal, egy kis murcis beütéssel és derék adag komlóval. Könnyű teste van és nincs benne túl sok buborék. Utóíze kissé aszalt gyümis és igen száraz. Érdekes sör, de nekem végig olyan érzésem volt, mintha egy kicsit felhígították volna, de azért finom.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
stoneagerad (107) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - FEB 3, 2012
Bomber. Caramel, molasses, doughy scent with a dark cloudy amber pour, white foamy head dissolving to a white ring, and a decent amount of lacing. The light bodied, crisp dry finishing textured palate complimented the sweet fruit taste. However, the taste opened with a bitter bang, only then fading to the sweetness and finishing with a fruity, almost a sweet fruit like an tangerine, aftertaste.

3.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Rodriguez (87) - Quito, ECUADOR - FEB 2, 2012
Deep amber, beige head, medium carbonation and hop aroma. Is the second winter special beer that I taste, and it is a good one, it is similar to Samuel Adams winter lager but with more bitterness and more malty flavor. it is equally spicy. A good one.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
shonobiwan (76) - Sound Beach, New York, USA - FEB 2, 2012
Long Island, NY - 12 oz. bottle poured a slightly hazy amber color with moderate beige head and a little lacing. Aroma was of all spice, cinnamon, rotated malts. Taste is dark, deep with cinnamon, dark malts followed by a alcohol after taste. Not bad for a holiday ale but I was expecting more. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Balazs (565) - Budapest, HUNGARY - FEB 1, 2012
Bottle from Csakajosor.hu. Poured ruby-brown, with a creamy tan foam. Fruity aroma of grapefruit, flowers, peach, wood, hints of pine in the nose. Medium dense, with fair carbonation. Spicy, bitter finish. Good one.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
deekyn (157) - Yosemite, California, USA - JAN 29, 2012
A - pours red golden brown with low off white head with strong lacing. S - light floral and citrus hops up front. Hints of grapefruit and cranberry. A little funk as well. M - creamy feel, medium bodied with light hoppy ending. T - hints of brewed tea and citrus zest on the nose, fruits and zesty citrus hops on the palate. Lingering quiet hops, lightly bitter and dry. O - quite good, more body than the average ipa 6+ ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone


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