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Rogue Dead Guy Ale

Rogue Dead Guy Ale

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83
overall
A Heller Bock brewed by
Rogue Ales

Newport, Oregon USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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19683.48/5.03.47/5.06.6%96.3Lager glass, Shaker, Stein P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Dead Guy is a German-style Maibock made with Rogue's proprietary "PacMan" ale yeast. It is deep honey in color with a malty aroma, rich hearty flavor and a well balanced finish. Dead Guy is created from Northwest Harrington, Klages, Maier Munich and Carastan malts, along with Perle and Saaz Hops.
In the early 1990s Dead Guy Ale was created as a private tap sticker to celebrate the Mayan Day of the Dead (November 1st, All Souls Day) for Casa U Betcha in Portland, Oregon. The Dead Guy design proved popular and was incorporated into a bottled product a few years later with MaierBock as the elixir.

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 SaintMatty (556), Tallinn, Estonia
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 3, 2008  
Bottle - Amber/brown in colour. Lightly hoppy aroma with chocolate, caramel and grapefruit. Hoppy and fruity taste with chocolate and grapefruit. The finish is hoppy and fruity with a pleasant bitterness.


 Codythegreat (121), Carrollton, Georgia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 30, 2008  
After drinking some crappy beers I tried this one, and Rogue never fails to impress. Pours an amber/honey colour with a white head and has a malty/hoppy taste and slightly bitter. I drank this out of a shaker while eating crab cakes.


 BeerFanDan17 (415), Land O Lakes, Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Nov 27, 2008  
A very tasty strong ale from Rogue. Hoppy and fruity, nice overall balance and good flavor!


FatguyRacer (94), Crownsville, Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/517/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Awesome deep translucent amber color that was almost pearlesent. Big fluffy, merange like butterscotch head that unfortunately disapeared quickly. Aroma of sweet hops. Crisp and dry on the palate with a nice bitter hop aftertaste that didnt linger longer than necessary. Malt undertones are welcome presence. No trace of grassyness like you get with an overhopped ale or IPA. This is one very well balanced ale. One of the best i’ve had in a long time. A pleasant surprise for me, as I have avoided buying it for the longest time. I’ve often dissmissed Rogue brews just because the bottles and beer names seemed too gimmicky. I glad I was wrong


 mikkopen (139), Oulu, Finland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 27, 2008  
0,36 l bottle. Hazy reddish orange colour, thin but creamy off-white head. Sweet fruity-malty aroma, with berries and oranges. Medium-bodied and smooth. Caramel-malty flavour has some honey sweetness and a nice aromatic hoppy finish.



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