Called the ‘taste of America,’ but merely an overly familiar alternative to slushy macrobrewed pilsners. Dismal, cloy, soapy golden brown lager lacks efficient carbonation and grain punch so only indiscriminant rednecks need apply. Brewery defunct: 2006.
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RHINO CHASERS AMBER ALE
Brewed for New York’s Matt Brewery, orange-amber dry ale regales softest barleywine subtlety with sweet chocolate malting, cereal grain sugaring, and astringet cocoa buttering. But bland candied wheat timidity restrains promise. Brewery defunct: 1999.
(RIDGEWAY) SERIOUSLY BAD ELF ALE
Nasty gnome insignia suits swooning alcoholic elixir. Thick ‘n’ creamy fruited malt resilience, detailed cherry-prune serration, and sinister sherry saunter bring heady inception to complex Belgian tripel-styled intoxication. Pecan, berry, and currant notes coat sticky underbelly.
RIVER HORSE LAGER
Obliging malted chocolate nose and toasted almond tease reinforce wheat-cracked pale oats sweetness for lithe opening. Roasted barley backdrop underlines tobacco-leafed lemon-spiced orange pith midst and unripe apricot quip, concealing mild acidity and corruptive oxidation.
ROCK ART AMERICAN RED ALE
Tawny mocha-spiced medium body dampens buttery chocolate malt continuance with astringent caramel-pecan finish. Phenol fizz dissolves cleansing orange rind/ white grape dryness and desolate hop whimper. Lacks true red ale spicing; closer to pleasantly embittered cola nut-influenced copper ale.
(ROCKIES) BUFFALO GOLD PREMIUM ALE
Perhaps closer to a mild sourdough-breaded lager, this swanky mineral-grained premium sells like crazy in serene Colorado foothills despite barren flavor profile. Sugar-malted corn syrup slurp and almond-toasted Challah breading overlaid by sharp lemon hop bitterness of sessionable working class ale.
ROGUE ANNIVERSARY IMPERIAL PORTER
Lusciously creamy charcoal-seared hop-roasted baltic porter (imbibed at Manhattan’s d.b.a. on tap). Coffee ground piquancy embitters lactic black chocolate rampage and dry espresso surge. Ripe prune-plum-cherry distention accrues teasing vanilla sweetness to rich, assertive mocha finish.
ROGUE HALF-A-WEIZEN
Musty burnt orange glow brightens citric hefeweizen reminiscent of Fruit Loops cereal. Sharp grapefruit-blueberry-juniper medley and light herbal nuances (mint-ginger-coriander) provide lively bittersweet effervescence to artisan water crispness. Also known as Rogue MoM Hefeweizen.
ROGUE OLD CRUSTACEAN BARLEYWINE
In teensy 7-ounce bottle, rapturous well-aged crustacean meshes syrupy yeast sugaring, brown-sugared black molasses malts, and spiced hops for thick resilience closer to Ipswich Dark Ale than typical barleywine. Mouth-watering caramelized barley sweetness, musty port-like fruitiness and light vanilla creaming strengthen full-bodied alcoholic fervor. Delicate red grape, raisin, plum and date illusions fill the backdrop. On tap, kirsch-whiskeyed cherry jubilee finish emboldens perfect winter warmer nightcap.
(ROUND TABLE) KNIGHTS HEAD LAGER
Cardboard-y clear amber moderate body with aromatic barley-wheat pleasantry deepening up-front toasted malt sweetness. Murkily dank orange-peach fruiting undeveloped.
SAGRES PREMIUM LAGER
Interestingly, many Portuguese beers emulate watery mild-bodied Spanish styling rather than heavier wheat wine mode their French neighbors relish. White head, unassuming aroma, soft grain palate, and gentle hop fizz dissolve by bland, indistinct finish.
SAINT ARNOULD VLIMEUSE AMBREE
Amiable sunset-hazed amber ale brings lively orange-apricot resonance to reedy hop mildness, but lemony butterscotch mirage and fading chocolate malt gamut lessen overall inertia.