Rogue Ales & Spirits Imperial Red

Imperial Red

 

Rogue Ales & Spirits in Newport, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Special Out of Production
Score
7.04
ABV: 9.0% IBU: 58 Ticks: 58
Imperial Red was originally brewed in 2008. It is deep copper chestnut in color with toffee, brown sugar, nuts and spice aromas. A rich supple entry leads to an off-dry medium-full body of tangy raisins and citrus marmalade, bittersweet chocolate, and mild spice flavors. It finishes with a long nutty, fruity fade.

Malts: Great Western Harrington, Klages, Hugh Baird Crystal, Black, Munich, Chocolate and rolled oats.
Hops: Willamette, Cascade and Chinook.
Yeast & Water: Rogue’s Pacman Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water.
 

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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draught - a really interesting dark red color. Almost a bit of chocolate flavors. Alcohol camou’d pretty well.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 00:58


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Converting ticks to ratings. Had this in Januari '12, at Beer Temple. Amber beer, quite sweet, toffee, resin, oranges, hint of chocolate, raisins. Medium bodied. OK stuff.

Tried on 01 Nov 2017 at 07:35


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bo del @Cabanon. 02/09/2016. BBD: 20/08/17 Color ámbar, sabor caramelo malta, cuerpo medio.

Tried on 04 Sep 2016 at 13:40


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass and a snifter.
There was barely any difference between the two glasses other than a longer lasting filmier looking head in the snifter.
The rest of the appearance was a hazy dark ruby red color with about a finger’s worth of white foaminess in the head. The lacing was filmy and clingy all around.
The smell had a decent caramel maltiness with a light raisin and raspberry. It kind of comes across somewhat tart but not in a bad way.
The taste was basically the same - slightly sweet, dark fruitiness and then tart again.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was there but nothing overbearing. Light tart to sweet rolls over my tongue.
Overall, this was an interesting American Strong Ale with the raisins and raspberries. I think I could do this again.

Tried from Can on 25 Aug 2014 at 15:38


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Botella de 20.7 cl en el lúpulo en mayo de 2013. Lote csnw13 hasta 20-08-2019. Esto si ya es algo contundente dentro de la marca. Aromas y sabores intensos con un cuerpo medio a casi alto de 8.2 vol que da para un buen rato. Color rojizo muy oscuro con espuma ligeramente oscura. Bastante buena

Tried on 08 May 2014 at 08:37


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

7oz Bottle: Poured a coppery orange with a jello off white head. Sweet malts and yeast come forward in the aroma. Taste is malts, with fruit blend of raisin and citrus, very dry but sweet finish.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2014 at 18:22


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy amber-red body. Intense malty aroma with alcoholic touches. Heavily bitter, moderately sweet flavour. Complex flavour. Very lovely.

Tried on 27 Feb 2013 at 13:37


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Clear deep amber/brown with small beige head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop, dark fruits and caramel. Flavour is malt, caramel, medium sweet, hop, oak, little chocolate, dark fruits and medium bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2012 at 11:36


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy reddish brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dark fruit and alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 300912

Tried on 30 Sep 2012 at 11:36


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich caramel, malt, hops, fruits, nuts and notes of chocolate.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2012 at 11:34