Newport Nights
Rogue Ales

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From:
Rogue Ales
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,832
ABV:
9.8%
Score:
88
Ranked #15,209
Avg:
3.91 | pDev: 8.95%
Reviews:
21
Ratings:
53
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 07, 2022
Added:
Jan 13, 2020
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  5
An Imperial West Coast IPA brewed with El Dorado Hops. There's nothing quite like a night out in Newport....from the craft beer and the freshest seafood to the bonfires on the beach, this one's dedicated to Newport and unforgettable nights having fun on the 101. The beer opens with aromas of mango, papaya and tangerine followed by an atom bomb of pine and grapefruit notes that ultimately settle into a surprisingly smooth finish.
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Reviewed by Shiredave from New York

4.23/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Nearly a year old and sold at a $4.99/ 4pk bargain price accordingly, the date says canned on 11-17-21.
At 10% abv. this isn't likely to go off unless left in the sun. Thank the beer gods for distributor over-orders.
Beautiful pour - deep amber, chill hazed with an off white head with excellent retention leaving spatters of lace behind.
Aroma is floral and sweet - good cooked grain notes along with stone fruit and melon.
Caramel and biscuit malt nose and flavor up front with strong mid boil hop flavors coming close behind.
Medium bodied, which is a feat in itself at 9.8% the flavors are well balanced with strong malt supporting assertive hop character and back end bitterness.
The flavor falls off the shelf half way through leaving a dry, warm, pine sap and alcohol finish that is so very welcome in a sea of hazy fruit IPA wannabes.
Not the best Rogue I've ever had, and maybe a bit oxidized by age, but so much better than most of the nooby beers on the market.
Oct 07, 2022
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.75/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
without question the last thing i needed in the wee hours after several heavy days of drinking, but also, why not?! a cool strong one from rogue, a space they have long played well in. this is a beast on paper but it doesnt drink colossal, interestingly enough, at least from an alcohol standpoint, plenty of body here. they say west coast on the can, but this isnt clear. its certainly reddish tinted and old school malty looking like the beers of yore from the west coast, but the chill haze is significant from my neon looking can. good bubbles and a tall off white head though, looks lively for being this big, not overly leggy or viscous either. this is a pretty massive expression of el dorado, no way its a single hopped beer, cant be, can it?! ripe cantaloupe as i always know from this varietal in nose and taste sure, but way more northwestern bigness to the hop profile, pine and pine sap, bitter grapefruit like simcoe provides as this dose, and sturdy bitterness through the back half, which i like set against all this grain. i also get tangerine essence, fresh picked flowers, and some intense cascade type finishing spice, especially at temperature. this is pungent and dank and intense, but the alcohol doesnt play more than a minimal part, never even getting to warm in feel even though i taste it slightly. slightly nutty grain character, long boiled and a little dense, not a whole lot from the yeast, which could have stood to work on this a tad longer, but the flavors and textures are all quite compatible, and its neat to see el dorado approaching maxed out in a beer like this thats more than just dry hopped and actually still has decent balance. not something i want to drink every day, especially after how it contributed to making me feel in the morning, but i did that to myself and this is solid in a space that often yields messy beers up around 10% abv. a neat use of new school hops in a rather aggressively old school way.
Jul 13, 2022
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Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)

4.43/5  rDev +13.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Appearance - Pours a rusty copper with four fingers of frothy off-white head.

Smell - piney, earthy, leafy, citrus, and weedy hops, pine resin, grapefruit and citrus peel, bready malts, caramel, and earthy yeast.

Taste - bold piney, earthy, leafy, citrus, and weedy hops upfront. The pine resin, grapefruit and citrus peel come through next. The bready malts, caramel, and earthy yeast.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes sticky with the hops, pine resin, and grapefruit peel lingering alongside a slight warming from the ABV.

Overall - A nice ode to the classic West Coast IPAs that are truly a pine and grapefruit peel bomb. This one is quite easy to drink which makes for sipper classification. A pleasant find here in Cowtown.
Jun 25, 2022
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Reviewed by Cm55

4.31/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
L-dark and ultimately opaque orange in the glass with moderate head that fades rapidly with minimal retention. Canned 11/17/21
S-a hop forward aroma
T-I enjoy pine flavors and that’s what comes through most here for me. The abv catches up with the taste as there is a prominent bite from the alcohol
F-moderate body and light carbonation
O-pine forward high abv ipa that does feel like a bit of a throwback as other reviewers have noted. Hard to imagine having 2 in a row but easy to imagine picking out again in the future
Jun 24, 2022
 
Rated: 4.49 by Beecham from California

May 28, 2022
 
Rated: 3.97 by Timfromthemainland from New York

May 02, 2022
 
Rated: 4.35 by GClarkage from California

Apr 15, 2022
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Reviewed by puboflyons from New Hampshire

3.86/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
From a 12 oz. can with dated 11/17/21. Sampled on April 14, 2022.

A medium amber-golden appearance with a slight fog and a modest off-white head.

This is an aromatic beer with a pungent pine and floral aspect and a lower profile caramel malt sensation.

Medium mouthfeel.

The taste is sweet caramel malts to start with a vibrant hoppy, bitter finish. Lingering. Decent.
Apr 14, 2022
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Reviewed by BBThunderbolt from Kiribati

3.3/5  rDev -15.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
16oz can (dated 11/17/21) poured into 14oz teku. Poured a dense and cloudy dark orange color with an inch of off-white head that OK retention and light lacing.

The aroma had a mild, but strong, malt base supported a blast of citrus and pine hops.

Same on the tongue, all the aspects of an IPA from 20 years ago (in a good way).

The body was full of medium, slightly coarse, with a semi-dry finish.

Drinkabilty was good, especially if one likes old-school IPAs.

Overall, a nicely solid brew. worth grabbing if you see it.
Apr 09, 2022
 
Rated: 3.98 by twax from Florida

Mar 07, 2022
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Reviewed by JohnniEMc from Pennsylvania

3.95/5  rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
In the usual routine, a pint can is emptied into a clear glass liter mug. It's got a nice rich golden amber color that's midway between translucent and opaque. There's not much of a head, but what's there is enduring. Later, no glass lacing is observed. The aroma is of a alcoholic sharply hopped brew. Drinking it, the first impression is how smooth it is compared to expectations. Up front, it's mildly sweet and almost velvety across the tongue. But during the finish, the alcohol turns on the overall taste and feel in a negative way. It's expected that a West Coast IPA is to be bitter, but the bitterness here is overpowered by an alcoholic burn. In the end, this is not a pleasant way to get a good dose of alcohol. There are many other options within and without this style to do that.
Jan 19, 2022
 
Rated: 3.85 by edthehead from Maryland

Nov 16, 2021
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Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina

3.51/5  rDev -10.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
Look: It pours hazy orange with an off white head. Head retention is moderate.

Smell: It has aroma of mango with some tangerine. There is a grainy sweetness to it with a bit of stone fruit. There is papaya in the background.

Taste: The tangerine is a little more up front than the pine. There is mango and papaya with some grainy sweetness. It has low stone fruit in the background.

Feel: It has a medium full body with sharp, bitterness in this finish with noticeable alcohol.

Overall, there are some nice flavor combinations, but the sharpness of the bitterness and alcohol hurt the finish.
Jun 27, 2021
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Reviewed by mactrail from Washington

3.8/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Clear orangey amber with modest foam in the Wander snifter. Plenty sudsy on the tongue. Very malty and quite sweet, but in a pleasant way. Aromatic with tangerine, orange, fruit cake, and a whiff of pine.

Tastes like mango nectar with a dose of peach schnapps. Really powerful fruit flavors and not so much resins. Quite bitter aftertaste lingers after the sugar melts away. Label says it's brewed with El Dorado hops instead of the usual Rogue Farm hops. Canned 11/21/20. Maybe it's still being brewed.
Jun 18, 2021
 
Rated: 4.21 by Lobina from Arizona

May 28, 2021
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Rated by entheos from California

3.17/5  rDev -18.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Good, but Daze is better!
May 24, 2021
 
Rated: 3.98 by Newtobeet345 from Georgia

May 10, 2021
 
Rated: 4.3 by Avitra from California

Apr 30, 2021
 
Rated: 4.19 by ummswimmin from New Jersey

Mar 30, 2021
 
Rated: 3.26 by senocin from Maryland

Feb 27, 2021
Newport Nights from Rogue Ales
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 53 ratings