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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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
650ml bottle. Hazy amber colour with small to average, frothy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, off-white to beige head. Resinous, fruity, hoppy aroma, grapefruit notes, underlying toffee and caramel. Taste is dry, slightly grassy hoppy, some hay, lemon, a cautious nuttily touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2015
at 13:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Amber to brown in colour. Toasty malts in the aroma. Flavour is very malty and has an overall sweet taste. All the bitterness comes through in the aftertaste.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2015
at 10:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Red copper color. Aroma of bitter hops. Taste is quite bitter as well, bit grassy also. Has some sharp citrus and that slight metallic touch amber beers often have. Bitter dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2015
at 16:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Hop Hideout, Sheffield. Hazy, burnished copper colour. Messy, frothy, sticky, dense in parts, off white head. Looks good. Fusty, musky, caramelised orange hop. Toffee malts. Has some herbal, earthiness to it, a bit like rosemary stalks. Taste is very bitter from the off. There’s a sweetness, albeit fleeting, and doesn’t get further than the lips. Smooth, airy palate. Finishes punchy, fairly aggressive bitter. It’s not festive, but it’s a good, very hoppy amber ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2014
at 15:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 fl. oz. bottle. Pours a clear copper colour with a medium, tan head. Hoppy, grapefruit aroma with pine. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, grapefruit and pine with a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2014
at 01:56
2/10
Tried
on 21 Dec 2014
at 15:56
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
beautiful appearance of dark amber colour with reddish notes; huge creamy yellowish-beigeish head, which lasts for several minutes; aroma of citrusy-piney-tropical fruity hops, tangerine, caramel and some biscuit; taste is dominated by resiny hops with citrusy-tropical fruity notes, some raisin and caramel; perfect Christmas beer
Tried
on 21 Dec 2014
at 06:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Buckets, Jenkintown bottle: Pours amber with a white head. Aroma is nice lightly fruity hops. Taste is pretty nice. Not quite an IPA. Way less malty and caramel than your standard amber. Nice light body. tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2014
at 09:12
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Lots of stale hops in this, which certainly makes it better than your average amber. Stale hops is way too much of the focus though. Pours golden amber with good head and lacing. Tap at Black Squirrel.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Aug 2014
at 19:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Malty burnt toffee nose, sweet burnt toffee taste with dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2014
at 02:56