Rogue Youngers Special Bitter

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.

Hazy Orange Sticky, elaborate and earthy aroma. Scents of fruit punch, butter and grapefruit mingle around while a constant flow of burnt caramel malt tries to take over the show. Great example of its style. Consistently balanced. Front is an herbal fruitiness with notes of grapefruit and melon. Mid is dry and maintains the fruitiness, this time in a ripe fashion. Finish is moderately hoppy and mainly dominated by caramel.

An excellent ESB - one of the best that I’ve tried. Still haven’t had a bad Rogue brew.