Voodoo Doughnut Chocolate, Banana & Peanut Butter Ale
Rogue Ales

Voodoo Doughnut Chocolate, Banana & Peanut Butter AleVoodoo Doughnut Chocolate, Banana & Peanut Butter Ale
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From:
Rogue Ales
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
ABV:
5.3%
Score:
66
Avg:
2.8 | pDev: 27.5%
Reviews:
123
Ratings:
769
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 09, 2023
Added:
Dec 03, 2012
Wants:
  58
Gots:
  115
Rogue Ales has again collided with Voodoo Doughnut to create Chocolate, Banana & Peanut Butter Ale! This unique artisan creation contains a baker's dozen ingredients including chocolate, banana and peanut butter to match Voodoo’s "Memphis Mafia" doughnut- a nod to Elvis' entourage
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Ratings by RickS95:
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Reviewed by RickS95 from Indiana

1.91/5  rDev -31.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.5
Poured from a bright pink, 22 ounce bomber

For what it's worth, the appearance doesn't suck. It's dark black, almost pitch, with only some dark brown showing when held to a light. The head is not impressive and leaves only a slight film up top when it dissipates. Spotty lacing.

Most of the flavors don't come through in the nose. I get a chalky, milk chocolate smell, and that's about it. The peanut butter is nowhere to be found and I pick up something that resembles banana, but only barely. A quick peek at the bottle tells the story...chocolate, peanut butter and banana EXTRACT. Enough said.

The taste is pretty bad. There's a fake chocolate taste, no peanut butter or banana, and a plastic, carbonated taste of something that simply ruins anything else that might have been pleasant.

It feels awful in the mouth. Very chalky, fake feel. There's a bite from something that I've never experienced in a beer and whatever it is, it coats the tongue and taste buds. Very carbonated feel. It's just not good.

Complete waste of money. With real ingredients, it's a possibility. With extracts, it's a waste of water. It's hard to drink, it tastes like crap, and the ABV is so low you feel everything. Sadly, I've got a whole bomber to finish.
May 15, 2013
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by rand from California

2.9/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 3
This relic of Rogue's salad days has been sitting in the back of my beer fridge now for 10 years. I didn't intentially 'cellar' it, I was just so excited by the pink bottle and the jaded by the subsequent review that I put off popping the top.

At the risk of being anti-climatic...yeah, it's bad. Not as bad as the reviews here convey, but it's just, boring. Kinda reminds me of a beer that's popular here in San Diego...Belching Beaver's Peanut Butter Stout - there's nothing stout about it, and there sure as hell isn't any peanut butter in it. But if you like grape candy more than grapes, it might hit the spot. Otherwise, it's forgettable. Just added some room in my beer fridge that I didn't know existed. Next.
Oct 09, 2023
 
Rated: 2.12 by smi69 from New York

May 26, 2020
 
Rated: 2.98 by craigbelly from Iowa

Sep 18, 2019
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Rated by kty47 from Massachusetts

1.45/5  rDev -48.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.25
So, so bad and ill-conceived. WHY?!
Mar 12, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Jan 03, 2018
 
Rated: 3.6 by szmnnl99 from Michigan

Dec 26, 2017
 
Rated: 2.83 by xyz_entropy from Florida

Sep 10, 2017
 
Rated: 2.74 by sineone from Canada (ON)

Aug 29, 2017
 
Rated: 3 by jagada from Pennsylvania

Jun 30, 2017
 
Rated: 3.4 by CBrodbeck from Florida

Jun 03, 2016
 
Rated: 2.03 by mikebu from Canada (AB)

May 23, 2016
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Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey

3.01/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 3
**
12/21/13
Not bad. Chocolate is prevalent, but not bitter like a choc stout. Banana is masked, but there. I don’t get the peanut butter. This is better than the maple bacon offering. Interesting.
**
Mar 25, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by thinwhiteduke from Illinois

Mar 19, 2016
 
Rated: 1.53 by BlueShepard19 from Kentucky

Dec 31, 2015
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Rated by IdrinkBeerinCollege from Oregon

3.58/5  rDev +27.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Meh....
Dec 29, 2015
 
Rated: 3.52 by TheRamie from West Virginia

Dec 10, 2015
 
Rated: 1.41 by Redgoatman from California

Nov 03, 2015
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Reviewed by DaveAnderson from Minnesota

3.61/5  rDev +28.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Passed on this many times, but when I saw it in a store recently, I realized this was probably my last chance to try it. I've been to Portland, and I've been to Voodoo Doughnut, so I think I get the point of this series, and I respect Rogue for it, even if they don't always work.

Anyway, the beer. If you took away the banana, this would be a pretty good brown ale with chocolate. At this point, the peanut butter has faded to a hint, but perhaps it contributes to the mouthfeel. It's hard to say. But there's plenty of banana, and not in the way people often describe wheat beers or some Belgians. This is banana popsicle banana. It's partially balanced by the chocolate, but I'm not sure I like it.

I'm not sure I hate it, either. It's an oddball. I'm probably going easy on the rating, since a) I recognize that this beer is a couple of years old, and b) I appreciate what Rogue is shooting for. I'm trying to rate to a style when there is no appropriate style.

Regardless, this is wholly drinkable. Hate the bottle, though.
Sep 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Whiskeydeez from Kansas

Aug 24, 2015
Voodoo Doughnut Chocolate, Banana & Peanut Butter Ale from Rogue Ales
Beer rating: 66 out of 100 with 769 ratings