Rogue Youngers Special Bitter

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Newport, Oregon USA

Light amber color with almost no head. Decent aroma of goldings hops, and some fruitiness from the yeast. Good malty flavor with an ok balance but a little on the light side. Doesnt compare to some real english styles like fullers.

Great amber color. Medium body. Very drinkable, with moderate hops and not overpowering malt. Great for parties and other events, such as mowing lawns.

Pours deep clear gold with a thin white head. Toffee/butterscotch aroma. Bitter, salty, citric hop. Malty and lots of caramel. Good but plain.

on tap in newport. golden, served a bit too cold. quite a sweet lemonade and grapefruit aroma. reasonable bitterness, perhaps a bit lacking in body

This is a pretty decent American Bitter. Certainly better than what some others are offering. There is a nice malt aroma with a near perfect balance of hops. However, I think that there is a little too much reliance upon [dark] crystal malts to give the malt aroma and less on just adjusting the mash temperature for a more dextrinous beer. In short, this beer could stand just a little less caramel.

I haven’t had a bad Rogue yet. Nice Bitter, could feel it on the tounge. Good for these autumn nights

Good! Nice strong hop flavor. Green, some mild citrus hop aroma. Thin mouth feel made a little thicker by carbonation. Easy to drink but heavy enough to be satisfying.

Pours a cloudy golden color. Smells of a very nice blend of hops. Tastes very thin but hoppy, interesting malt character - very nice ESB.