Beer - #433 - Rogue - New Crustacean Barleywineish Imperial IPA Sorta

Beer with the longest name - Rogue New Crustacean Barleywineish Imperial IPA Sorta -

"Dedicated to Crustaceans"

Brewed by Rogue Ales  and this one is in the style that is best described as Barley Wine, and they are still in Newport, Oregon USA

750ml bottle, or 1 Pint 9.4 Fl Oz, (wine bottle size) of a beer that is 11.6% ABV and 384 calories a serve, and that makes it  6.86 standard drinks, and this is 88 IBU, so bitterish.

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The name sort of says it all.

John Maier, our Brewmaster, wanted to create a beer that defied traditional style definitions. The result was a remarkably hoppy yet balanced and malty ale that quickly became a cult favorite in our Newport brewpub.

But what was it? It was not quite a barley wine and not quite a double or imperial IPA. Who really cares about putting beers into narrow categories? Great beer is great beer - just drink it and enjoy!

I think I shall give it a go..

Beer - #148 - Dogfish Head - 90 Minute Imperial IPA

And so to this  - a Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA - Brewed by Dogfish Head Breweryin the style of an Imperial/Double IPA in Milton, Delaware USA

Esquire Magazine calls our 90 Minute I.I.PA., "perhaps the best I.P.A. in America." An Imperial I.P.A. brewed to be savored from a snifter. A big beer with a great malt backbone that stands up to the extreme hopping rate. This beer is an excellent candidate for use with Randall The Enamel Animal! 90 ibu 
Tasting Notes: Brandied fruitcake, raisiney, citrusy.

330ml bottle, 9%ABV and 90IBU - 2.62 Standard drink units, Could be interesting.

A much different aroma, darker than the 60, same head, the aroma is deep candied sugars and sweets, a different thing altogether. This is a similar aroma to the Renaissance Barley wine (2012).

Wow this is a "thick" beer, with a big smack of malts, that sits up the hops and takes a bow. It's very nice is what it is.

The bitterness from the hops is still there, although bitter isn't what you'd ascribe to them, they're not the front and centre.  Enthusiastically I could write a lot on how nice this is. But... it is a 'sweet' beer and it is a high ABV rating, and as such you might need to be careful of your intentions.  Moving from the 60 to this would be a logical thing if it was getting to the end of the night, but this all night, madness.

the pdubyah-o-meter says 8.5 units of it's seemingly random scale, which makes it a top beer with a few faults. I'd suggest that this could be more hop-bitter to quiet the malt over-rush.

But it is an excellent beer, and I'd be getting this again.

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Beer - #144 - Rogue - Imperial India Pale Ale (I²PA)

omg omg omg - A Rogue - Imperial India Pale Ale (I²PA), which even without opening it looks like a work of art, ceramic covered glass with stopper. Brewed by Rogue Ales In the style: of a  Imperial/Double IPA Newport, Oregon USA.

And double up I've yet to be disappointed by a Rogue beer.

Above and beyond an India Pale Ale--I2PA is radically hopped with an intense aroma and hop bitterness. Unfiltered and aged for 9 months before it leaves the brewery--not for the faint of heart. I2PA is brewed with two-row Pipkin Pale malts, Saaz, Cascade and Northwest Golding hops.

a big 750ml bottle of a 9.5% ABV beer, which is 5.8 Standard drinks - in one bottle. 74 IBU's which is fair to middling.  BarleyWine and Standard IPA tops out at 70 on a good day. I should share it. I won't but I should.

A PDF of an IBU guide you can find here .

Magnificently hoppy on opening, pinegrassy, light orangey golden brown in colour, decent head, and carbonation. The aroma isn't carried though and it settles down to noticeable but not strong. It's full of body, has a citrus content, long mouth of hops and finishes nicely.  The pine/grass taste is pretty evident though and leads this charge.

The alcohol strength is well hidden, but that's not hard when the dominant taste is the bitter hops and not a lot else. Disappointing that there isn't a softer back-note or feel with this. Not that I want a sweet and sour beer, but it would add a dimension that could be nice.

I was hoping that as it warmed in the glass that it would change the impression, but the hops just get hoppier, but they're, in my opinion, just a tad on the harsh side. The malt warm does begin to get a hold, but they get a bit slammed, and the alcohol astringent gets a toe hold too.

Would I share it? Heck yes, there is enough in this to carry a conversation on it's merits. The pdubyah-o-meter says this would be 8 from 10, because I want to like it more than I do. I love the bottle and delivery, I hate the way that suddenly you've had nearly 6 drinks worth of beer: -), I love the hoppy aroma, it's just nice,  but I would have liked some lacing in the glass.

Party in a bottle? No. It's not as likeable as it could be, there could be a softer edge somewhere, this is pretty much a one dimension beer. Am I disappointed, yes, and no. It's a fine beer, I drank a lot of it too quickly, and I'm going to wish I had another, mostly to try and figure out if I was right or wrong about it.

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