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XS Imperial Younger's Special Bitter
Rogue Ales
- From:
- Rogue Ales
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- 7.1%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 11.28%
- Reviews:
- 149
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 02, 2019
- Added:
- Jan 15, 2007
- Wants:
- 17
- Gots:
- 10
8 Ingredients:
Malts: 2-row pale and Crystal.
Hops: Willamette, Kent Golding
and Amarillo
Yeast & Water: Rogue's Pacman Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water.
17º PLATO
52 IBU
76 AA
35º Lovibond
Malts: 2-row pale and Crystal.
Hops: Willamette, Kent Golding
and Amarillo
Yeast & Water: Rogue's Pacman Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water.
17º PLATO
52 IBU
76 AA
35º Lovibond
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.9/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From old, undated notes. Poured from the bottle.
Murky orange rust color.
Khaki head; minimal lace.
Caramel nose with a whisp of citrus hops.
Medium thick mouthfeel.
This has a caramel/hop taste like a US barley wine, but stops well short of being cloying.
Easy to drink but with plenty of flavor.
Sep 02, 2019Murky orange rust color.
Khaki head; minimal lace.
Caramel nose with a whisp of citrus hops.
Medium thick mouthfeel.
This has a caramel/hop taste like a US barley wine, but stops well short of being cloying.
Easy to drink but with plenty of flavor.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.1/5 rDev -20.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.1/5 rDev -20.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
On tap at PreFunk. Murky copper pour, small creamy beige head. Overall comes off as very malty, nice bitter hop finish compliments the overall brew. I saw a comment that said barleywine light., very appropriate.
Dec 12, 2016Rated by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
4/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tasted from draft at The Vine
Oct 18, 2015Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
4.27/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.27/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I recently procured this wee 7-fl. oz. bottle and given a recent Rogue kick, I decided to open it this evening. I have no explanation for what I do any more.
From the bottle: Lots of stats, but they seem different from the Notes, so hereby included for posterity - "8 INGREDIENTS: Crystal & Rogue Micro Barley Farm Risk (tm) Malts; Cascade, Golding, Willamette & Rogue Micro Hopyard Revolution Hops; Free Range Coastal Water & Pacman Yeast."; "17 [deg.] Plato [-] 52 IBU [-] 76 AA [-] 35 [deg.] Lovibond".
I Pop!ped the cap, but having noticed some sediment as well as being faced with a wee tasting glass, I decided to go gentle into this good night. Even so, I still produced a finger of dense, tawny head head with reasonable retention. Color was Deep Amber/Light Copper to Copper (SRM = > 13, < 17) with NE-quality clarity, hence my calculated pour. Nose smelled of a Lancaster County (PA) field in summer. Honeysuckle, freshly mown grass and maple syrup seemed to dominate and I was transported to my maternal grandparents' house in the (then) countryside. PapPap loved buckwheat pancakes with maple syrup and honey just before he would head out to mow the grass. Gad, he has been passed for nearly forty years! Where has the time gone? Where has the beer gone? Granted, I only had a tiny (comparatively) bit, but it seems to have evaporated during my wool-gathering. Caution: This beer may induce nostalgia. The taste was more aligned with the style, becoming more bitter than sweet, but still evocative of those buckwheat pancakes. Mouthfeel was solidly medium. Finish was semi-dry, but it held enough of a honey-like sweetness to offset its inherent bitterness.
May 25, 2015From the bottle: Lots of stats, but they seem different from the Notes, so hereby included for posterity - "8 INGREDIENTS: Crystal & Rogue Micro Barley Farm Risk (tm) Malts; Cascade, Golding, Willamette & Rogue Micro Hopyard Revolution Hops; Free Range Coastal Water & Pacman Yeast."; "17 [deg.] Plato [-] 52 IBU [-] 76 AA [-] 35 [deg.] Lovibond".
I Pop!ped the cap, but having noticed some sediment as well as being faced with a wee tasting glass, I decided to go gentle into this good night. Even so, I still produced a finger of dense, tawny head head with reasonable retention. Color was Deep Amber/Light Copper to Copper (SRM = > 13, < 17) with NE-quality clarity, hence my calculated pour. Nose smelled of a Lancaster County (PA) field in summer. Honeysuckle, freshly mown grass and maple syrup seemed to dominate and I was transported to my maternal grandparents' house in the (then) countryside. PapPap loved buckwheat pancakes with maple syrup and honey just before he would head out to mow the grass. Gad, he has been passed for nearly forty years! Where has the time gone? Where has the beer gone? Granted, I only had a tiny (comparatively) bit, but it seems to have evaporated during my wool-gathering. Caution: This beer may induce nostalgia. The taste was more aligned with the style, becoming more bitter than sweet, but still evocative of those buckwheat pancakes. Mouthfeel was solidly medium. Finish was semi-dry, but it held enough of a honey-like sweetness to offset its inherent bitterness.
Rated by kilobees from Kentucky
1.42/5 rDev -63.6%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1
1.42/5 rDev -63.6%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1
my bottle was full of sediment. dreadful
Jan 21, 2015
XS Imperial Younger's Special Bitter from Rogue Ales
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
223 ratings
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