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Rogue Youngers Special Bitter

Rogue Youngers Special Bitter  - Premium Bitter/ESB

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 Percentile 
86
overall
Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Newport, Oregon USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5393.48/5.03.47/5.04.8%95.4English pint
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Commercial Description:
YSB is amber in color with a mild hoppy finish. Brewed with a blend of 2-row Harrington and Crystal malts, Willamette and East Kent Golding hops.
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 bbp182 (255), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/519/20
Jun 26, 2007  
The one I had was only available in Pittsburgh at the Fat Head Saloon. You can smell the hops. Its an amber color, full to medium body, Sorta has an Unsweetened iced tea aftertaste. Hoppy but not overwhelming. Delicious.


 ChainGangGuy (2523), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 23, 2007  
Appearance: Pours a cloudy, dark reddish-orange body with a medium-sized, off-white head. Smell: Either a component within the aroma or the combination of grapefruit, citrus, and sweet-smelling malts reminds me of shredded mild cheddar cheese. Taste: Earthy, toasted malt flavors upfront with a bit of buttery caramel sweetness. Hops provide a gentle citrusy, spicy finish. Some yeast flavors manage to creep into the finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Moderate carbonation. Drinkability: The kind of easy drinking you’d expect from this type of beer, although, as is often the case, I would’ve preferred a bit less carbonation.


 Duster72 (117), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/513/20
Jun 21, 2007  
12 oz bottle pours a copper color with a one finger head with moderate retention. Aroma is floral hops and complex malts. Taste is like a hopped brown ale. Chocolately and burnt malts meld with a hoppy floral presence. Nice bitterness level. Mouthfeel is fine. One 12oz serving was enough for me. I had to keep reminding myself to drink it because it just didn’t call my name for some reason.


 troopie (851), USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Jun 9, 2007  
Draught, perhaps a little too cold. Colour a medium brown with a slim fast receding head, much lacing. Colour a medium brown. Faing hoppy aroma. Middling flavour with a slim body, mild hoppiness. Not all that bitter in the finish. I would call this a mild, rather than a bitter. It did improve as the beer warmed, which made me think it was served too cold.


 Boutip (2334), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/513/20
Jun 5, 2007  
Bottle courtesy of Okbeer: Poured a medium brown color ale with a medium light brown head with better then average retention. Aroma of English hops is dominating with nice floral aspects. Taste is dominated by English hops and provides a lot of dryness. I thought the malt was a bit too discreet and some caramel malt would have brought some sweetness to balance the dryness form the hops. Body is quite full with some medium carbonation.


 Immy (1912), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Jun 1, 2007  
Bomber. Lightly hazy orange amber with a thin beige head. Sweet orange and spice nose. Light to medium body. Somewhat dry herbal bitter flavor, pretty one dimensional. OK.


 Brewosk (137), Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
May 9, 2007  
This is a great bitter with good maltiness. Amber pour with white head. From a bottle from Woodman’s. Some fruitiness and caramel flavors.


 cgarvieuk (4159), Edinburgh, Scotland
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/59/20
Apr 22, 2007  
A deep ruby colour, with a maty nose,sweet malt with a little grapefruit in its finish



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