John John Hazelnut (Rum Barrel Aged)
Rogue Ales

John John Hazelnut (Rum Barrel Aged)John John Hazelnut (Rum Barrel Aged)
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From:
Rogue Ales
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
American Brown Ale
ABV:
5%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.47 | pDev: 18.16%
Reviews:
143
Ratings:
235
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 02, 2019
Added:
Jul 19, 2009
Wants:
  8
Gots:
  12
"Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar aged in Rogue's Hazelnut Spiced Rum barrels."

13 Ingredients:
Harrington, Klages, Brown, Carastan 13/17, Crystal 70/80, Crystal 135/165, Beeston Pale Chocolate & Rogue Micro Barley Farm Dare™ malts; Saaz and Rogue Micro Hopyard Revolution Hops; Hazelnut Extract, Free Range Coastal Water & Top Fermenting Pacman Yeast.

13º PLATO
34 IBU
77 AA
3.2º Lovibond
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Ratings by Viggo:
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Reviewed by Viggo from Canada (ON)

2.41/5  rDev -30.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
On tap at the Happy Gnome I think.

Pours a lightly hazy reddish brown, neat colour, thin light tan head forms and settles to a thin ring around the glass and a thin layer, no real lacing.

Smell is weird, like vomit, light biscuit maltiness, rum spice, woody, slightly metallic, nutty and sweet, some caramel, weird and not very good.

Taste is same, not as rotten, sweet and malty up front, caramel, biscuit, nutty, woody through the middle, weird rum spiciness, some booze, interesting.

Mouthfeel is watery and thin, light bodied with medium carbonation. A bit of a mess, not good.
Apr 02, 2011
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

4.78/5  rDev +37.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
I have had this bomber in my reefer for so long that I almost no longer remember from whence it came. I bought it at local Country Garden Six-Pack as my curiosity was piqued, but in reading reviews, it sounded sweeter than I really wanted to deal with. I am hoping that this time in the bottle had matured it somewhat. There is only one way to find out.

From the Bottle: "Ale with Natural Hazelnut Flavor Aged in Hazelnut Spice Rum Barrels"; "13 Ingredients: Harrington, Klages, Brown, Carastan 13/17, Crystal 70/80, Crystal 135/165, Beeston Pale Chocolate & Rogue Micro Barley Farm Dare (tm) malts; Saaz and Rogue Micro Hopyard Revolution Hops; Hazelnut Extract, Free Range Coastal Water & Top Fermenting Pacman Yeast."; "33 IBU*73.6 AA*14° Plato*36° L"; "A nutty twist to a traditional European Brown Ale. Dark Brown in color with a hazelnut aroma, a rich nutty flavor and a smooth malty finish."; "[undersigned] John Couchot Spirits Master [+] John Maier Brewmaster".

I remember, back 20 years ago, when I really began to immerse myself in craft beer, being really intimidated by Rogue's avalanche of information on their bottles. Now, I understand all of it, but only a small part is really useful. It's still impressive, though.

The first step was to Pop! off the vaunted oxygen-fixing cap. Once this was done, I started one of the slowest, gentlest C-Line pours in recent memory. There were lees on the punt, it was an aged beer & I simply did not want to muck things up. I did not get any head as a result, but I was satisfied with the outcome. Color was a rich Dark Brown to Very Dark Brown (SRM = > 27, < 34) with NE-quality clarity, like liquid mahogany! Gorgeous! Nose was redolent with spiced rum. I am not a huge fan of rum and/or CAPT Morgan's, but I have partaken in the past, enough to recognize it when I smell it. Mmm. Imprecise for the style, but allowable. Mouthfeel was medium, but between the spice & the inherent carbonation, it was quite tingly on the tongue. The taste was a real WOW! with the sweetness having died off to become a VERY spicy, almost Hallowe'en/Pumpkin-like in its intensity. Phew. Bone-dry!

Going off-task for a moment, I spent seven months onboard Camp Moscrip at NavSta Roosevelt Roads, P.R. from March through October 1993 & after a tour of the Bacardi factory, we built our own still for rum. I was not a huge fan of our hooch, but it was free, so … It was when we visited the Don Q distillery that my eyes were opened. Rum need NOT be sweet! Dry rum is not the norm, but if you are like me & eschew sweets, dry rum is the schizznit. It mixes with the standard rum mixers, but instead of being sweet on top of sweet, it becomes sweet with dry. Yum!

Oh, this was blessedly dry! The spices really contributed to this, I am sure, along with the aging. Goldang, this was gooood! The chocolatiness of the base Am. Brown Ale was coming through, especially as it warmed, but the hazelnut, rum & its spices were leading the way. Wow! I had really not intended to age it this long, but it was paying dividends in terms of its drinkability. Brilliant! Finish was absolutely bone-dry, a quality that I am sure that it did not have at its inception. The spices worked really well with the hazelnut flavor & the rum & chocolate malt only helped to contribute. Wonderful! I may shed a few tears at the end of this one, but I still have to pat myself on the back for not having screwed this one up over time. 8=)
Oct 02, 2019
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Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey

3.93/5  rDev +13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 4
**
02/28/14
Aroma Is sweet hazelnut,mold, some fruit. Dark brown color, small head. Taste is rummy, sweet malt, some banana-esque, pumpkin-esque notes. Great flavor. A bit flat, but otherwise another winner from Rogue."
**
Nov 16, 2016
 
Rated: 4.13 by syndelee from Georgia

May 20, 2016
 
Rated: 4.5 by LennyBound from Illinois

Jan 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by skaboom420 from Pennsylvania

Apr 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.52 by PatGreer from Massachusetts

Apr 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.68 by denver10 from New Mexico

Feb 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3.1 by KG710 from Georgia

Oct 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by DrBier from Pennsylvania

Aug 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by zestar from California

Aug 06, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by elliott1184 from Minnesota

Aug 04, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by suckaj from Florida

Aug 03, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by cd34 from Illinois

May 20, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by ThisLadyLovesBeer from New Hampshire

Apr 22, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by BigGold from Mississippi

Feb 26, 2014
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Reviewed by ashleylake from Florida

1.39/5  rDev -59.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1
this would have been better maybe if it was opened when it was supposed to be....It was sour (not a good sour) without any of the tastes that I was expecting... Drain Pour. I would like to have tasted this beer when it was released...I think about three years ago.
Feb 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by knchngchn from California

Jan 10, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by BillRoth from Maryland

Dec 16, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by Theniz from Indiana

Nov 02, 2013
John John Hazelnut (Rum Barrel Aged) from Rogue Ales
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 235 ratings