Rogue Ten Thousand Brew Ale (10,000)

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Newport, Oregon USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Bottle 750ml. ceramic w. swing top.

[ Vintage 2006 ]. Clear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, oxidide, moderate to heavy hoppy, riped fruit, alcohol, citrus notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, alcohol warm. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20111115]

Gigantic ceramic bottle shared by dbsdelight- thanks, Dan! He said this one cost a fortune when it came out in December 2006 and sat on shelves for years. Of course, he got his and cellared it back in the day. Pours a cloudy grapefruit amber color with no head. Aroma shows some oxidation, sweet and caramel malts, paper, brown sugar, and ripened fruits. Flavor of citrus, sweet malts, toffee, sugar, and minerals. Light-medium bodied, with moderate carbonation and a dry, citrusy, malty mouthfeel. Surprised any citrus is still showing up in this.

6th January 2009
Cloudy amber beer, no real head. Full flavoured rich beer. Immediate bitter sweet attack from the hops. Light sweet fruit followed by a marmaladish smooth mid. Finishes very slightly aniseed spicy with more orange and and tangerine hop fruitiness and bitterness. Has a real deft touch this beer - mouth watering and keeps you coming back for the next swig!

I can’t count how many occasions I brought this bottle to. Each time, it got put on the back-burner in lieu of other beers either more rare or less cellarable. And each time it went back into my cooler and back into my fridge. It’s been 3 years now. Screw it. *pop* Pours a murky golden/orange under a large, sandy head which leaves some sticky lace. I’m surprised to be greeted by a goodly amount of citrus in the nose, a few hearty hops which somehow stood the test of time? Grapefruit, orange, low lemon-dishwater. Sourdough bread tries to crawl out from under the fruit basket... a subtle mix of malt and yeast. There’s a sharp, spicy bite to the flavor which, again, I find surprising. Peppers with citrics lead into more subtle notes of malts which have taken on a musty quality. Yeast becomes heavier and more prominent as she warms. All in all this is a very intriguing mix to say the least. I’m no mixologist, but this almost seems like adding 1/3 of a fresh DIPA to 2/3 of a nice Old Ale. And it really turned out great. ~~~~~~~ From a long time ago. Originally purchased at Kenwood Liquors, Oak Lawn, IL, March 2007.

Pours a deep dark orangish amber color. Aromas of big hop action, sweet malts, and more hops. Flavor has some bready maltsy tastes with nice grapefruit and floral hop taste. This is one hoppy sumbitch. Rogue sure knows what they are doing.

Rogue Ales--Oregon Brewing Company--Ten Thousand Brew Ale--2007 26 oz. Bottle. 8.80% ABV--60 IBU’s. 4.5 / 5.0 Amber Ale--Imperial--Mild foamy light lacy head. Cloudy bright pretty orange pink gold color. Spicy mild Belgian ester floral hop front. Astringent sweet earthy crisp Dubbel ester ESB body. Complex tangy hop spice ester end. Sampled 7/31/2007.

Sample @ Woodshop. Poured hazy copper with a large frothy white head that lasted and produced good lacing. Moderate complex sweet citrus aroma. Medium body with a slick texture. Medium balanced hoppy flavor with a medium bittersweet bitter finish of moderate duration. Solid complex beer.

Bottle at Woodshop[ 5.0. Mellow barleywine nose. Taste is alcohol and spice. Would be an acceptable beer if it didn’t follow about 40 of the worlds best. Based on my original notes I was guessing it was a barleywine, not an IIPA, but the Thomas Kemp I had earlier was the same type of thing.