Rogue Santa's Private Reserve
Rogue’s annual holiday offering, Santa’s Private Reserve, is a variation of the classic Saint Rogue Red, but with double the hops--including Chinook, and Centennial, and a mystery hop called Rudolph by head brewer John "more hops" Maier! This holiday elixir is brewed with two-row Harrington, Klages and Munich malts, along with Hugh Baird 30-37, Carastan 13-17, and Crystal 70-80 malts, plus free range coastal water and proprietary top-fermenting Pacman yeast.
3.5
1754 reviews
Newport, United States
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Nastiest beer I've ever had, I'd rather have a double IPA that sat in the hot sun for a month.
4 finger beige head, red brown head. Nose: Oranges, malt, caramel, orange-marmalade, figs, dates, pine and resin. Taste: Caramel, resin, pine, cookie, malt, nuts, figs, dates, dark bread, starfruit, oranges and orange-marmalade.
Semi-long, semi-bitter ending.
On tap @Ølfred - Aarhus Streetfood.
Pours golden, with little head.
Scent: Caramel, oak, sugar.
Taste: Medium bitterness, caramel.
Texture: Oily, medium co2.
35,5cl Bottle @ Saveur-Biere, Lille, France.
Reddish brown colour with a thin white head.
Aroma is malt, sweet, dark fruits, hops, pine.
Taste is malt, caramel, prunes, hops, grass, bitter.
Medium body, average carbonation.
[as Rogue Santas Private Reserve ABV 5.0%] Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso resta attratto dal luppolo e dal caramello. L'olfatto viene sollecitato in maniera elevata e la costanza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma è destinato a vita breve. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana fine. Il liquido è di aspetto nebbioso. Bollicine fini costituiscono la forma del perlage. La carbonazione è allegra e persistente. Il colore è ambrato. Il corpo è strutturato. L'amaro è decisamente amaro. L'intensità gustativa è elevata. La continuità gustativa è buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano luppolate e di amaro. Il finale è amarognolo. Il retrogusto è intenso. Al gusto vengono donati toni di caramello, miele, liquirizia, frutta secca, luppolo, resina, agrumi, pompelmo e lampone.
Not too sure if this classifies as a "strong ale", but seems semi-heavy when drinking. A little bit on the dry side for Rogue, and has a decent hop bite. Reminded me of a hoppier/more bitter version of their dry-hopped Red Ale, without as much of the "red". Also some spice added into the flavor. A good winter-ale.
12oz from saveur, bb 07/2018. - Interesting coincidental co-capping on the same evening as Founders Redankulous RIPA, in many ways the Imperial MidCoast version of this hoppy Westcoast Xmas Amber. - Naively expected a slightly maltier offering for a December Reserve Ale - but as a 5ABV amber ale, this is one clean, hop-shiny offensively WestCoast pedigreed amber/Red Session IPA. - The resinous buildup and reduced grapefruit peel bitters do not ring my Xmas or latenightcap bell, nor do not pair particularly well with blue cheese,- but it's a lovely quencher. Overal -2 for being a bit of a seasonal misnomer for this EU-Continental palate.
Pours a dark red with an off white head. Aroma is hops and caramel malts. Flavour is roasty and toast with hops to back it. Finish is bitter and surprisingly mellow.
From Saveur Biere. In Teku glass. Playing Life is Strange Ep 4. 3 months after bbf date and still a pretty good american amber with strong bitterness. However, I dont find any christmasty character in it
I love real Christmas ale....so i tried this Rogue Santa's 33cl bottle.
Pours a dark chestnut color with a thin and fast disappearing tan head.
Aroma a pine herbal hops. Flavors also of mostly pine herbal hops and spice. light in body and taste, Rather disappointed with the lack of dimension and complexity on this one. Xmas brews should be more special.
22oz bottle picked up at Whole Foods, Picaddilly (London in 2016 and opened 26-Dec-2017. ABV 5%. Reddish brown colour with a medium sized beige coloured head. Aroma of pine, caramel, dark fruit and malt. Medium body and light/medium carbonation. Taste of sweet malt, toffee, plum, and hops. Light bitterness and heavily hopped - tasty and fruity. Bittersweet finish. Enjoyed this one.
Tap @Small Bar, Bristol.
Medium, creamy head, ruby/brown colour, hazy. Aroma: raisins, plums, berries, roasted malts, roasted bread. Lightly bitter with sweet aftertaste. Full body, long finish, soft carbonation. Quite nice and interesting.
Scent of a lot of honey. Malt taste with honey. Okay bitterness that fills the upper part of the mouth forever. An okay beer to drink. Follow me @ Kung av öl @ Facebook for more pictures and ratings.
Flaska från SB. Kastaanjebrun klar vätska med en liten skumpuck. Bra kropp för sin abv och mycket smak. Nötter, bröd, torkad frukt, kryddor och söta smaker av kolaremmar och karamell. Rejäl beska så inte är rå men som ligger kvar länge i munnen. Smakar som en uppgraderad bitter och passar perfekt till julmaten. Gott
Caramel, syrup. The bitterness balance the sweetness well. Lot of taste for the abv
Pours amber with a medium foamy off white head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, nutty notes, pumpernickel, orange zest. Taste is caramel woth bready and spice notes. Mouthfeel is light bodied with medium carbonation.
Brun/röd klar med smutsvit skum. Doftar och smakar maltigt med lite humle och beska på slutet
cereal, roasty, nuts, caramel, grass, red, orange, hazy, minimal head, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, medium sourness, salty, light body, oily feel, soft carbonation, bitter,
Draft at Thunderbird Lounge 12-16-16
Brown-red, hazy beer with a one finger, beige, head that leaves lacing on the glass.
Nose: Hops, caramel, ripe fruit, raisin, prune and toffee. A lot of sweetness in the nose.
Taste: Pine resin, caramel malt, plum, nuts and grapefruit. The taste is a lot less sweet than the nose.
Mouth: Medium body. Light carbonation. A lot of bitterness at the end.
Flaska från SB. Tack Samuel214. Kastanjebrun/tjusigt kopparröd med krämigt smutsvitt skum. Stor maffig doft med massor av maltsötma, korn, torkad frukt och mörkt socker. Mellanstor, len kropp. I smaken karamell och rostade toner, kolaremmar, lite brända toner. Ganska stor beska vilket är välkommet, men kanske hänger i lite väl. Sötma i princip borta i smaken.
Zapach średnio intensywny, słód, karmel, cytrusy, sosna, ziemia. Kolor miedziany, klarowne. Piana niska, drobno i średniopęcherzykowa, szybko znika, lekki lacing. W smaku umiarkowana słodycz, średnia pełnia, słód, zioła, sosna, karmel, drewno, chleb. Goryczka średnia, wysycenie średnie.
Flaska från SB. Kastanjebrun/tjusigt kopparröd med krämigt smutsvitt skum. Stor maffig doft med massor av maltsötma, korn, torkad frukt och mörkt socker. Mellanstor, len kropp. I smaken karamell och rostade toner, kolaremmar, lite brända toner. Ganska stor beska vilket är välkommet, men kanske hänger i lite väl. Sötma i princip borta i smaken.
Flaska systembolaget. Mahognyfärgad vätska. Knäckig och maltig doft. Bitter smak med kåda och knäck. Lätt bitter
Bottle.
Hazy amber, small off white head.
Aroma is caramel sweet with pine and orange/citrus fruit flesh.
Taste is sweet, piney bitter, has caramel and fudge drops.
Medium body, medium, quite prickly carbonation, dry mouth feel.
Dry, slightly bitter astringent after taste.
Decent, perhaps a tad to bitter but way better than other, more bland, amber ales.
355ml bottle from Systembolaget. Clear rusty copper color. Mid-size frothy tobacco stained head, rich lacing all around the glass. Caramel and earthy aroma with pine and resin. Smooth and dry mouthfeel, soft carbonation, medium bodied. Taste is bitter sweet, earthy and grassy/floral hops, sweet ripe orange, malts, pine some notes of caramel. Bone dry finish with lingering pine bitterness. Very drinkable!
2017 release. aromas of malt, cherry and raspberry. deep red in color with massive long lasting head. taste has strong cherry and raspberry notes, faint malty raisin and plum notes.
@ fillepolo 20171102. Bottle from Systembolaget. Malty, spicy and light fruity, caramely, sweet, medium body with an oily texture. The finish is dry, bitter and malty.
Beer tasting @ fillepolo 2/11-17. Bottle from Systembolaget. Fruity with malt, caramel and hops. Body is medium, the finish is dry and malty.
Bottle from systembolaget. Pours a amber colour beer with a medium head. Fruity and hoppy with notes of malt. Dry finish.