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I don't care what you say, it's a little odd. A murky gold color with a decen thead. White head with a slight level of retention. There IS a sort of yeasty, Belgian candied nose, but it's a bit strange, a tiny bit of banana as well. Tastes a bit...
Difficult to believe that I have never reviewed this beer - strange, but with the multitude of Rogue aliases that can sometimes be the case. At the same time that's what might make me think that I've had it before. Anyway, these notes are from a...
I picked up this 22 oz bottle at a price of $10.99. I finally gave in and purchased it, based largely on the fact that in other places in the last couple of months I have seen this always higher, and in one case up to $19.99 for the bottle. I...
Another in the First Growth series. 650 mL bottle in the usual Chatoe Rogue First Growth presentation. $5.99, Arbor Place Beverage, Douglasville, GA, USA. Good looking pour. Slight chill haze forms that clears quickly as the beer warms. Nice...
Bought this several months ago, at Hop City, Atlanta, GA and paid the slightly absurd price of approx. $20! The bottle is pretty extravagant, even by ridiculous Rogue standards. My guess is that the price is why there are only 15 reviews before...
Without question my favorite of all of the First Growth Series so far. 22 oz bottle from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, the usual First Growth presentation. Not an especially attractive pour that generates a murky, reddish brown body, a nice, thick, creamy...
22 oz bottle from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour here offers a good, high head (deep and rich with a nice off-white color) that lingers. The color however, is a different matter - a turbid, murky, dirty brown that I don't care for. The color...
Picked up the latest of the John John series to make it to Atlanta at Green's on Ponce. 22 oz bottle. Not really excited by the first one in the series, but this one seems to offer more potential for me. Color is an attractive, slightly hazed,...
Simplicity on the pour with a nice, orange body hat sits underneath the white head. Some lace, but not much to speak of and the head fades rather quickly. Nose has plenty of grain character but the threat of extra hop presence also wafts into the...
22 oz bottle from Smyrna World of Beverage. Around $8-9 for the privilege. Probably should have taken a closer look at the label here rather than just grabbing it, as I'm not a huge fan of either Dead Guy or barrel aging in general - ho hum. At...
Silly name. 22 oz bottle in the usual Rogue presentation from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Jet black pour but without a significant head or lace. The hop nose and hop tastes are surprisingly reserved for Rogue, but at the same time too large for the...
Marketed as, "Charlie 1981" at Taco Mac on the East West Connector, Austell, GA, USA. 16 oz pint. Slightly murky, brown body with good lace. Some chill haze in the glass, not much clarity. Aroma has very hop-based and I could easily feel this ought...
WOW and WOW, I wasn't expecting this! $4.99 for the 22 oz bomber in the usual silk-screened presentation from Green's on Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. I usually approach Rogue with some trepidation since I often find their beers over-hopped but this...
22 oz bottle, Total Wine, Perimeter, Atlanta, GA, USA. The usual Rogue, screen-printed presentation. Very difficult to believe that I have not yet reviewed this brew, but here it goes. Pour is a mid-orange with some nice soapy head. Head is...
As usual with Rogue, it's EXTREMELY difficult to tell if this is just another alias for another one of their brews since they have so many re-naming projects going on, but because of the thread below, and because of searching around (including...
22oz, screen-printed bottle. Usual Rogue presentation. Cloudy orange pour with a high head which is wispy and quickly dissipates. some scant lace. The orange color and the head makes it look a little like an American IPA. Pretty reserved smoke in...
Since re-categorized on BA as an American Strong Ale. Original Review 10/08 22 oz bottle - striking in its appearance but I don't know if I like it or not. $9.99 from Green's on Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA so I am a little worried about the value -...
Recently arrived in GA (along with Dad's Little Helper) as an addition to the Rogue line-up. I was a little concerned about this beer because I thought that a Rogue Witbier would just be another style that they would add too many hops to, and in...
Difficult to be absolutely sure if this is the correct listing for the beer that I had at lunchtime today, but for now I think it may be for the following reasons; 1. I drank it at Summit's in Snellville which has a "special" relationship with...
22oz bomber from State Line Liquors purchased under the Sharktooth moniker. I think it was $4.99. Golden/Orange hazed and cloudy pour. Head and lace are unimpressive. Nose is a light lemon. Some noisy, and prickly carbonation. Quite bubbly in the...
On tap at Charlie Mopps, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, GA, USA. $5.35 for the 16 oz pour. Despite the reputation of Charlie Mopps amongst some, they are still serving their beer in frozen glasses, and you can still barely breathe for the smoke in there...
$5.49, City Beverage, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. 22oz bomber. One of the few Rogue offerings that we do not get in GA so I thought I should pick it up. Nice pour. Plenty of decent head and some lace. Slighly clouded appearance with some honey color in...
On-tap at the Brick Store, Decatur, GA, USA. $4.50 a pint. I really enjoyed this! Macro golden pour with a very nice head that left some pretty nice lace. Very smooth (no nasty skunk or edges on the beer). Served at just the right temperature and...
On-tap at the Brick Store, Decatur, GA, USA. Dark, chocolate colored pour with a small head but some decent sticky lacing. Certainly looks above average. Bready, hoppy nose with plenty of character. Rogue is stamped all over this. Huge hops that...
$4.99, 22 oz bomber, Hilton Head, SC, USA. Don't really know why, but I've passed up the chance to try this on several occasions and have only got around to trying it and reviewing after several years of not bothering. Shame, because I really like...
Interesting. 22 oz Bomber, Green's, Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. First off there is nothing "Belgian" about this, nor is there much that makes it a Brown Ale. Typical for Rogue the hops are upfront, huge and out of balance. In this beer the hop...
750 mL, XS packaged, black "ceramic", swing-top bottle. 2006 vintage. Opaque black - jet black with a fast receding, coffee colored, fine bubbled head. Some lacing but not very extensive. Motor oil is a good descriptor. Aroma is dark, burned sugar...
Light amber color with an attractive ring of very light brown head. Not much in the nose, maybe a little light smoke. This is a very unusual beer. Some really nice bitterness with a solid malt backbone too, there are two prominent features. Some...
Cloudy yellow pour with a good head and some lacing. Decent carbonation leads to a nice appearance. Pleasing hoppy bitterness that seemed balanced (unusually so for Rogue) with only a hint of the herbal/spice that the Juniper is presumably supposed...
Absolutely, 100% typically Rogue. This is an unbalanced beer with cutting, citrus hops overwhelming everything else, to the detriment of everything else. Good looking beer, with a really nice color, lovely big fluffy head and some excellent layered...
Light amber pour with some chill haze and a nice full head. Some decent lacing too. Aroma is of mild hops, but generally pretty non-descript. Extremely middle of the road bitter. Balanced malt profile with a small amount of bitterness in the...
OK, this review will be a little biased since I bought this for $3.99 rather than (up to) $16.99 that I have seen in Atlanta. At this price, this beer is a straight 5. At $12, $13, $14 or $15 a bottle it isn't. Great, butterscotch and lemon...
Essentially this is, acts and drinks much like a low quality Porter. It has all the appearance, aroma and taste characteristics of a watered down version of the classic English brew. Some creamy head remians after the initial pour, but not much. A...
A really simple beer to review and talk about in my opinion. This has the aroma of a classic Saison, perhaps is a little too dark but I can live with that, and gives a Saison taste for a few seconds and then guess what? Well, as is SO often the...
Pretty much as I expected. A decent beer but hopped a little out of the style. To be fair I did not think this was as over-hopped as many other Rogue offerings, indeed it was more balanced than many of their products, but this is NOT an ESB....
Original notes 10/30/2005 (picture from 2022) Light brownish, garnet color, that when held up to the light takes on some serious red highlights and looks a lot thinner than I was imagining it would look. Some bubbly, cream colored head form an...
I'm going to go against the grain here - for the usual reasons - and say I don't much care for this, but more importantly for the price there are several other examples of better beers within the style. I feel that Rogue often "hops" out of a style...
At last, a well balanced Rogue beer - strange that it comes in such an unusual brew. Deep golden orange pour with a substantial head. Lacing is good, but the head fades quickly. I would describe this as a "malt IPA", meaning it has hop IPA...
$2.99, Whole Foods, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, GA, USA. The attraction of drinking this is largely lost on me. Under any circumstances, or in the name of any style, ABV of 11.3% coupled with 120 IBU's is getting close to a point that is perilously...
Definitely honey and creaminess to this brew. It pours a hazy orange color which I don't think is especially attractive. Quite smooth, but like most Rogues, I find the hop aroma and the general hop character much too big for the beer itself. It...
Additional notes 12/7/25 Drinking this a couple of weeks after learning about the closure of Rogue. Rogue is a real nostalgic loss for6/6/04 the US beer community mostly because they were pumping out really exceptional beer when the US scene was...
In typical Rogue fashion this is an extremely hoppy offering with a lot of body and plenty of bitterness. For me, for this to be described as a Porter is misleading. It's much more like a stout. From the tan bubbly head, through the bitter and...
Updated Review 05/08: Second review under the "Sea Otter Amber". Light, reddish amber with some chill haze. Head fades quickly with not much lace. STILL the astringent, over the top, West Coast American hops which unbalance the beer. My views on...
I had heard an awful lot about this beer, and as a result I was concerned that it would not live up to the hype. In the end it was just about what I had expected. It poured like liquid mud! Tan head. The chocolate character did two things for me....
$2.99 Arbor Place Beverage, Douglasville, GA. Later $3.99 Atlantic Wine, Atlanta, GA. The picture (label) on the large brown (1 Pint 6 fl oz) bottle looks like a drunk, Communist Jesus - highly amusing! Poured a red/copper color with a decent head...
This is clearly a quality product, but you really need to be a solid stout fan to enjoy and appreciate it fully. I'm not a huge fan of stout in general, and as a result my scores may be a little on the low side. Regardless of that this is one hell...