Rogue Ten Thousand Brew Ale (10,000)

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

750 ml ceramic bottle. Pours a cloudy orange amber color with a thick frosty white head. Aroma of floral hops,pine resin and citrus(orange and grapefruit). Taste is floral hoppy with hints of pine, orange peel,grapefruit,light caramel malts and perfume. Leaves a perfumy/piney aftertaste. Very good, but not worth the $15 and change.

Bottle. Loads of pine and citrus on the nose along with some sweet malt. Slightly herbal. Pours cloudy orange/amber. Big creamy off-white head. Dry and piney hops on the palate. Nice malty backbone. A hint of dark chocolate. Orange rind, tangerine and citrus zest. Fairly dry. Full bodied and creamy. Standard American Strong Ale.

On tap at Landmark,aroma is all fruit and hops,a very strange combination,but pleasantly workable.Smells and tastes like a overhopped Belgian Brew. That apricot taste comes through big time,with a pleasant bitterness in the finish. That 10 per cent is hard to detect,taste wonderful ,but would not pay 20 bucks for a bottle

On tap at the Happy Gnome. Golden, glassy appearance. Sweet aroma. Milk and honey. Herbal sensations. Tastes of lavender and banana with a very juicy sweet fruit note. Maybe a peach. A clean and polished palate. There’s an element of pleasant surprise here, knowing what brewery this comes from and finding that it’s actually rounded and a bit subtle.

Hazy orange color with a thin white head. Quickly dissipating. Aroma hints at the IBUs with some citrus & apricot. Alcohol is noticeable in the aroma. Upon tasting this one I notice that the alcohol is WAAAAAAY to prevalent but underneath there is some enjoyable pear and citrus taste. Maybe one day the background will be sweet. This one just seems young but it’s not bad. You see folks on RB complain about the prices of beers that we all agree are great fairly often. But the fact that this beer retails at almost $19 and defines mediocrity should definitely be noted in most reviews. This is not a bad beer, but it is a rip-off.

Bottle, Brewskis in Fayetteville. Warm copper pour, small layer of fine white head. Aroma is grapefruit and tropical fruit musk. Surprisingly hop-centric aroma for such a big beer. Flavor is initially a big chewy pine hop character, moving toward a fairly dry finish. Palate is surprisingly delicate. A rather tricky beer--tastes much higher IBU than listed, much lower ABV than listed, (especially for an beer without some added sugar), and very little flavor contribution from the malt bill. It just kind of hangs around, very nuetral, in the background. I enjoyed this, but more as a novelty than as something I would want regularily. Even at 1/2 the price. Thanks Andy and James for sharing!

On tap at Issaquah brewhouse. Strong ale like a double IPA and a quick flash of fresh mint at the beginning. Refreshingly complex, warm, tingly and an earthy grit.

rediculously priced clay bottle($15 or $16). hazy orange/copper pour with enormous foamy white head. huge piney hops, citrus, rich malt aroma. big fresh hops. a little light in the body. bitter. should be richer. dissappointing malt backing. very perfumy. not bad if I was paying $6 for a bomber but this is complete BS. Spare the marketing and make a great fucking beer if you want to celebrate your 18 years. I like Rogue beers but this is stupid. Congrats on ripping off your customers! The bottle will be a nice momento of that.