Love & Hoppiness
Rogue Ales & Spirits in Newport, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pilsener Special Out of Production|
Score
6.74
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A German-style Pilsner brewed by the Bride and Groom to celebrate their heritage. Prost! "A toast to love and laughter and happily ever after." Brewed on Valentine’s Day 2005 for their wedding on April 9, by Stacey Wacker and John Maier (with Brewer in the wings). Download the Love & Hoppiness style-sheet in .pdf format
Brewed with 4 ingredients: German Malts, Oregon Sterling Hops, Czech Pils Yeast, & Free Range Coastal Water. No Chemicals, preservative, or additives. Noble hop bitterness dominates the aroma and taste, continuing through the finish and lingering through the aftertaste. Measurements: 14.5 Plato, 74.3 IBU, 5.83 ABV, 8.8 Lovibond ~ Unfiltered ~
Part of John’s Locker Stock
Brewed with 4 ingredients: German Malts, Oregon Sterling Hops, Czech Pils Yeast, & Free Range Coastal Water. No Chemicals, preservative, or additives. Noble hop bitterness dominates the aroma and taste, continuing through the finish and lingering through the aftertaste. Measurements: 14.5 Plato, 74.3 IBU, 5.83 ABV, 8.8 Lovibond ~ Unfiltered ~
Part of John’s Locker Stock
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5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Served on draft at Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA, on 5/29/11. Pours a clear lemon yellow color with a thin creamy tan head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of grainy malts, grass hops and a bit of corn. The taste is grassy hops, apples, caramel and lightly toasted malts. Medium bodied. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 23:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at flying saucer Houston. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has a nice light pine and grass note backed by crisp lager yeast and hay. Flavor starts floral hop note with a bit of backing bread and a bitter finish driven by pine notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 12:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled on tap at SIB, pours somewhat hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma of light pilsner-hops, wheat, hay and cereal. Flavour of refreshing hops, with a nice bitter pilsner-like bite on the finish. Decent pilsner.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2011
at 09:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at Rich O’s. Golden body with a white frothy head, rapidly diminishing. Grainy nose with notes of hay, cracker, lemon with a touch of pine. The flavor is light to moderately sweet and light to moderately bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and moderately bitter. Medium body, smooth texture, moderate carbonation. Plenty of hop in the taste, but the hops and malts seem at odds leaving an off flavor in the finish. A thick pils that is unnecessarily overly bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jun 2011
at 18:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Location: Draft at Rogue Public House in San Fran, 5/12/11
Aroma: It has a nice crisp, clean hop nose with some bread, grass, and some lemon
Appearance: It pours a cloudy golden color with a decent sized white head
Flavor: Clean and crisp hops, some sweetness balances the hop bitterness
Palate: The drinkability was high, with a light and somewhat creamy body
Overall Impression: This was a pretty decent german style pils, this is fairly bitter for the style. It was quite drinkable. I liked this one well-enough, but it certainly didn't blow me away by any means.
Aroma: It has a nice crisp, clean hop nose with some bread, grass, and some lemon
Appearance: It pours a cloudy golden color with a decent sized white head
Flavor: Clean and crisp hops, some sweetness balances the hop bitterness
Palate: The drinkability was high, with a light and somewhat creamy body
Overall Impression: This was a pretty decent german style pils, this is fairly bitter for the style. It was quite drinkable. I liked this one well-enough, but it certainly didn't blow me away by any means.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2011
at 19:40
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Rogue Public House in San Francisco (Listed as "Rogue Love & Hoppiness Wedding Pils"). Pours with a slightly hazy light golden body with a long lasting white head. Very faint aroma overall. Some bready notes, grassy and grainy. Clean fermentation. Light notes of honey, spicy and herbal hops. Flavors are bitter, grassy, grainy and a bit messy. Very bitter (lingers as well). Biscuit, grassy. Malt character is sweet. Extremely (read: too) lively carbonation, kind of astringent, medium dry. Score might be generous.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 May 2011
at 17:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Slightly hazy golden coloured body with orange highlights and a nice tan head. Aroma of pure hops - some grapefruit and mostly piney hops are noticeable. Medium-bodied; Full of great hop flavour - all with a nice malt backbone - I can’t believe I’m actually liking this Rogue beer! Aftertaste is all bittering, more hop flavour than anything else, but it comes across very nicely. Overall, a damn good Rogue beer, probably the first I’ve had - after 20 or so...at least one has to be good! I sampled this beer on draught at RFD in Washington D.C. on 15 December 2006.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jan 2009
at 23:17
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Capital Ale House - Downtown. Very slightly hazy pale golden color with a small creamy white head. Sweet and floral hop aroma with caramel hints. Big citrus and floral flavor, light caramel and a firm bitter finish. Medium body with moderate carbonation and a sticky bitter ending.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jun 2008
at 22:39