Favorite beers?

22oz bottle served in a standard shaker pint.

pours a beautiful translucent, deep copper shade with orange highlights; yields a frothy 2" head that demonstrates great retention and lacing. to me this is the prototype for 'how a beer should look'. nose is not quite as aromatic as i recall, but does offer nice notes of hops (primarily citrus, some earthy characters) and a background presence of caramel malt.

taste easily one-ups the aroma. bold and flavorful, it's hop forward but with a strong toasty, caramel malty backbone. big bitter presence persists through the finish. the kind of beer that will put hair on your chest. medium-bodied mouthfeel, a touch below average carbonation.

overall arrogant bastard is, simply put, a stellar beer. i'd stop a little short of calling it world-class, but just very well-crafted and one i will always return to.

 

x2 on that!

 

Rogue Ales is an American craft brewery founded in 1988 in Ashland, Oregon. The following year the company opened their second brewpub in Newport, Oregon where they are now headquartered. They operate brewpubs in Oregon, Washington, and California. Rogue exports throughout the US and internationally. Rogue Ales have been described as

"invariably fun and full flavored".

 

Been dying to try Thoroughbred Red from Aiken Brewer that Tiger told me about. Gonna get some tomorrow when I go home and see what it's like.

 

The wife and I have been touring local pubs during our Down Under vacation...Been here 11 days-Tried about 15 beers so far...Will have photos and some reviews once we are home but this was the coolest one yet:. It was a collaboration amongst 40 brewers thru out NZ and was used to be a summary of everything going on in brewing in New Zealand on 2011.

 

^^^That sounds fun.....

 

This really isnt on topic. But saturday i ran the beer to keg race from philomath to newport ending at the rouge brewery. At the brewery i bought thia maple bacon voodoo donuts ale. Worst tasting beer ive had in my life! F you rouge. I dumped it down the drain and bought an arrogant bastard ale at the convenience store.

 

I like pale ales - the more hops/citrus the better, the less malt the better. Some of my fav's:

Green Flash Imperial IPA
Stone Ruination (and the 10th anniversary version)
Stone IPA
Sierra Nevada Torpedo
Avery IPA

 

I like seasonal beers.

 

Sessions..out of Bend OR. small 11 oz bottles, so you can drink them by the dozen..i love the stuff.

 

Are they still selling this stuff at the LC? I haven't seen it, but my stash from my last trip there isnt gone yet.

I like local micro brew stuff but I like Newcastle Brown Ale. I did have some cask beer from an old school pull tap at Tod English's in Vegas last week that was awesome!!! I wish I could remember what it was called

 

somebody has to have mentioned this..this is when you want to buy beer that is more expensive than wine..BEST BEER EVER! i dont know what a trappist monk is..but they are beer brewing MOFOs

 

I had it twice, first time i thought it was just OK, was a good thought but that beer might not have needed to go out for sale.

Its got a high ABV though, got me pretty lit up!!!!

 

Right about now I would take ANY beer................... it's crazy here today!!!!

 

Beer for Sunday's party

 

For an Anheuser Busch product the Shock Top line of beer's isn't half bad. I had a sip of the Pumpkin Wheat the other day and I'd buy a case of it for a night out.

 

We have some of those guy's around here in a place called, wait for it, Moncks Corner, SC of all places. They brew great beer. All a trappists monk is that they don't talk unless necessary they believe talking would temp them into doing ungodly thing's and that laughter is ungodly and banned within the monistary.

 

Saranac Pumpkin Ale with a cinnamon and pumpkin spiced sugar rimmed glass

 

Used to be able to get this while stationed in Germany back in the late 80's...obviously, it was nicknamed "The Terminator". Three or four of these and you start speaking in tongues.

 

My current favorite, Rogue's Dead Guy is a close second.