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Rogue Double Imperial IPA

  • Posted by oregonbeerlover February 1, 2009 - 608 views

    Rogue's Double Imperial IPA - comes in a 750 ml black ceramic bottle

    Rogue Ales - Newport OR - 9.5% ABV   Cost approx $16

    Appearance - poured out like liquid gold. Amber gold and thick, with a nice cream colored head. Smell - has an awesome citrus honey smell, very fresh and appealing Taste - upfront get the honey, orange/grapefruit citrus, light malt, yeast, with some bitter hops in the end. Well balanced Mouthfeel - medium bodied, good carbonation Drinkability - very drinkable even at a higher ABV

    This beer was a very good DIPA.  If money was no object, would drink quite frequently

    Give this beer an A-

     

4 comments
  • Mark
    Mark Too funny, I just poured this and I'm about to write it up.
    February 1, 2009
  • Mark
    Mark I got a lot of that in mine but did not get the citrus you found.
    February 1, 2009
  • oregonbeerlover
    oregonbeerlover Hmm, the citrus was the first thing I noticed. We had ours with pizza, so maybe it made it more noticeable. Who knows?
    February 1, 2009
  • Mark
    Mark Different people smell different things for sure. Could be mine was old too.
    February 1, 2009