Rogue Youngers Special Bitter

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

Hazy Red/orange. Fresh malt smell. Bitter hops taste hits right away, but is soon followed and balanced out by a nice strong even caramel/earthy malt flavor. Carries through its medium full body with a nice even bitter. Nice that it wasnt sharp. Just a real even toned beer. Complexity is a bit lacking surprisingly, but I drank these before letting it warm to room tempurature.

Bitter, not bad. A bit hoppier than I like. Overally, not bad for a Rogue offering.

It is an amber color. It pours a decent head. It has a pleasant aroma of hops. The flavor is well balanced and mild.

Orange/amber with cream colored head. Smells of malt and floral hops. Seems a little watery. Overall a muted flavor - a blend of smooth maltiness and light hoppiness. Finishes dry and slightly bitter.

Hoppy slightly fruity aroma. Amber color with a smell head that retains very well. Hoppy start, little sweetness and a bitter finish.

This might have been an old sample considering the source, but I felt this came up a bit short. Thin and bitter wihtout enough malt backbone or hoppy floral qualities to make it appealing. Amazing head retention, though. And perhaps not as bad as all that.

Medium amber body with a small white head. It smells very good - a hint of sweetness that compliments the hoppiness. Hoppy flavor, but not as much as I tend to like in my bitters. But this one IS dry and bitter nonetheless.

This seems like much more of a true, British-style bitter than most American-made bitters - much more subdued hop flavors than most American hop monsters - however, that quality, along with it's watery finish, make this seem like a watered-down version of their Brutal Bitter - I love that beer, so this disappoints me - there is, however, a veryu enjoyable, chewy, bready, malt character to it that almost makes up for its shortcomings.