John John Dead Guy Ale
Rogue Ales

From a 22oz bottle. No date on the bottle. Not sure how old it actually is. Local purchase on Sunday 3-23-2025

There was a nice hiss upon opening the bottle. The color is a dark brown color. The beer looks quite murky. There's a lot of carbonation in this beer and there's a steady stream rising in the glass. The head is 2 finger in size and a bit tan colored. I like how frothy the head looks and it is long lasting with great looking lacing on the glass as it dissipates.
The aroma isn't very strong, but I'm getting tart and sour notes in it. I am not sure what to think about it to be honest. I am also getting black pepper notes. Again, not sure what to think about it.
The beer has a bit of tartness and sourness up front. I get some green apple notes in this beer. The beer does get some wet cardboard notes to it on the back. I am not getting any hints of being aged in whiskey barrels.
The body is quite bubbly feeling. Somewhat clean feeling. The tart feeling lingers.
This beer should not have been aged. I would not recommend buying it if you see it in a store, and I hope you don't. I have a feeling it was good fresh.

 

 

 

The appearance was a nice looking hazy amber to orange color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There wasn’t any lacing. The smell had a nice blend of sweet honey to somewhat tart cherry. The taste was mainly sweet and somewhat tart carrying the cherry back into the flavor. Light tart cherry aftertaste leading into a slight bittersweet finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. There’s a nice carbonation about it. Overall, I say this was a pretty good Maibock I could have again. Recommend with some plain cheesecake.