8 Hop IPA
Rogue Ales

RB transfer

Copenhagen 11/8 2019. 65 cl bottle from Meny, Rotunden, Hellerup. Print on the bottle with Hop Flowers forming the number 8. The ABV is 8,88. Cute.

Quite gushy upon opening. High risk o puddles. Pours murky orange with a big yellowish head. Settles as 1 cm thick layer of foam covering the surface of the beer. Substantial lacing.

Aroma is sweet, fermented and boozy. Peach and Mango drenched in booze. Caramel and sweet malts. Lighter citric notes of Grape fruit and citrus.

Light carbonation. Medium thick, sticky, oily, lightly tingling texture.

Flavor is medium sweet followed by a stronger bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter fermented and boozy. Lingering. Finish is dry.

Fine boozy DIPA with a fine fermented kick.

 

 

Bottle from Albertsons. I’d been avoiding Rogue, for no apparent reason. This is a pretty solid IPA. Medium amber, slight haze, instant fluffy head. While the hop aroma comes on strong, the malt backbone I s still in evidence. Same with the taste. Hops up front, malts in the middle, nice stinging finish. Tasty, but with a potent hops kick.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poured from a bomber into a Dogfish head tulip

L: Nearly clear golden amber pour with 2 fingers of fluffy white head. Great lacing.

S: Caramely malts with piney hops and citrus.

T/F: Follows the nose... caramel sweet malts and toasty grains. Well balanced hop bitterness. West coast evergreen/pine.. resinous.. milder citrus and light stone fruit. Some herbal/earthy character. Medium bodied... sticky on the tongue.

O: A really good DIPA from Rogue... and I didn't know that they knew how to do an IPA this well. Strong work!

 

Sometimes u can just overdo something. 8 hops dont add to the complexity of the flavor. All you taste is hop and bitter

 

 

 

L - orange/amber opaque with a thin white/light tan head that sticks around and leaves some lacing behind.
S - piney hops, slight aromas of citrus, and nice amount of malt. The smell isn't too strong though.
T - follows the nose: piney hops and a good amount of malt, along with notes of citrus and biscuit. A little bit of earthiness as well. A slight twinge of alcohol flavor on the back end - not off putting but slightly noticeable.
F - medium to full bodied with a light to moderate amount of carbonation. Thicker, smooth, and creamy.
O - This is a pretty nice IPA. Nice hop notes along with malt, citrus, biscuit, and earth. The creaminess and fuller body are notable but otherwise, nothing really sticks out and makes this one "special" to me. Definitely a really good beer, a really good IPA, I'd have it if it was on tap (depending on choices of course) but otherwise nothing that makes me want to go out any buy another.