Santa's Private Reserve (2001 - 2016)
Rogue Ales & Spirits in Newport, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Winter Out of Production|
Score
6.79
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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.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Nose is bread, malt, floral hops. Taste is very malty, bread, leading to grapefruit, bitter marmalade and floral notes.. Mouthfeel is slick. It’s OK, but didn’t really get a sense of why it’s a Christmas beer.,
Tried
on 09 Dec 2016
at 14:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.65l bottle. Slightly hazy amber body, thin beige head. Aroma and taste of caramel, toast, orange zest, grapefruit, pine, a tiny bit of roasted malts and floral hops. Decent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2015
at 04:24
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
355ml bottle @ Chez Sophie, Shrewsbury. Pours clear copper, off-white head. aroma is mild caramel and pine. Taste is very light caramel, limey chinook, light pine, some spice with a moderate bitterness. Not as hoppy or full flavoured as expected but it’s pleasant enough, just a bit lacklustre.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2015
at 15:32
6/10
Tried
on 09 Jul 2015
at 08:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
650 ml. bottle sampled @ “Brazilian Tasting”. Thank you tderoeck! Contains Rebel & Freedom hops. Lol! Plus half of the ingredients have trademarks. Dark amber, little head. Nose is orange, older pine resin & orange peel hops, old grapefruit peel, sweet malty, watery,… Taste is dull, sweetish & watery with old hops, watery, herbal, old orange peel, grapefruit peel,… Watery, dull & lightly sweet beer. Possibly due to age but if you call something reserve & release it as a Christmass beer it should keep, this one was obv. a hoppy beer and didn’t give (under the assumption that it was much better in the past), label should have stated that this needs to be drunk fresh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2015
at 17:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Rogue Santa's Private Reserve (by Rogue Ales):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
22/V/15 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ Brazilian Tasting (home) - BB: IX/2015 (2015-677)
Clear deep amber beer, irregular beige head, little stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: malty, milk chocolate, caramel, fudge, bit fruity, very nice, smells like a barley wine to me. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter, bit watery, some caramel, malty, hay, grains. Aftertaste: bitter, hay, dry, pretty grassy, hoppy, bitter ending.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
22/V/15 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ Brazilian Tasting (home) - BB: IX/2015 (2015-677)
Clear deep amber beer, irregular beige head, little stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: malty, milk chocolate, caramel, fudge, bit fruity, very nice, smells like a barley wine to me. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter, bit watery, some caramel, malty, hay, grains. Aftertaste: bitter, hay, dry, pretty grassy, hoppy, bitter ending.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2015
at 14:04
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle - thanks Brian! Pours crystal clear burnt umber, small tan head, dissipates quickly, decent lacing. Aroma is caramel and pine. Flavor is medium sweet, medium bitter, caramel, pine, perhaps windex. Medium body. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2015
at 19:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared. Pours clear amber with a small off white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, toffee, butterscotch. Flavor is over moderate sweet and bitter. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2015
at 15:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle from Mitsuya’s Liquor, Tokyo. Poured into a snifter. Hazy amber color with a modest pinkish head. Pine and bread aroma with malt coming through on the nose as well. Flavor starts off sweet from the malt and finishes a tad bitter. Nice carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2015
at 08:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle bel ambrato carico buona schiuma discreta persistenza buona maltatura caramello nota agrumara luppolatura intensa piuttosto amara finale quasi speziato
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2015
at 17:05