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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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 joeycapps (1466), Waterdown, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
May 16, 2004  
Clear amber. Beige head w/ inconsistent beading. Aroma of caramel, citrus, & minty hops. Medium, lightly resiny feel. Strong, moderately sweet malt character gives way to an dry, earthy, bitter finish w/ some lingering fruity traces of grapefruit.


 jerc (3861), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
May 16, 2004  
Bottled as Cliff Hanger. Dark amber with a nice beige head. Sweet hoppiness with caramel and a hint of fruit. Finish is highly assertive.


 MrManning (1634), London, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
May 16, 2004  
Pours a dark amber body with a thin light brown head. Aromas are fairly robust with a combination of candy hoppiness and some malt. Taste is bitter hops, mingled with some breadiness. Nice mouthfeel with a great bitter aftertaste. Rogue continues to suprise me.


 ElGaucho (1730), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/105/517/20
May 14, 2004  
Rich, sweet, hoppy nectar aroma. Beautiful deep orange/amber, with a murky body and lots of carbonation. Slightly off-white head that is reasonably lasting and wonderful lace. Nice and hoppy initial mouthfeel. Wonderful, doughy finish. Perhaps not sweet enough to be truly fine. Wonderful mouth feel, and a nice, long, pine-hop finish that is not harshly hoppy. For a brewer that makes such great painted label bottles, their paper label on this one is quite attractive. I could polish off a few of these in a sitting. Perhaps a little too hoppy to be a session brew, but it comes about as close as you could expect for a beer with this many IBUs.


 ruffian (149), montvale, New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
May 13, 2004  
Golden Amber color, lasting head. Long lingering bitterness, but not overly bitter. Medium-light mouthfeel.


 jde123 (715), Washington, Washington DC, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
May 9, 2004  
Pours a foggy bronze with a thin but lasting head. Smells like a bitter, very nicely done hops and honey. Taste is certainly bitter but not overly so. Feels a little weak though, doesn’t possess that full robustness of other bitters. Overall a great bitter.


 joshpiledean (224), Ames, Iowa, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
May 8, 2004  
Bomber labeled as Cliff Hanger, and thanks to BeerCellar2 for the hookup. A beer that lives up to it’s billing. It is what it says it is. My first Rogue brew, and I’m impressed.


 FROTHINGSLOSH (1961), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
May 8, 2004    Updated: May 19, 2006
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer pours a golden brown with a medium tan head. There is a flowery, hoppy aroma. The flavor is strongly bitter, hoppy and a little fruity on the aftertaste.



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