Dead Guy Imperial IPA
Rogue Ales & Spirits in Newport, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.75
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Dead Guy Imperial IPA is not for the faint of heart. This enormous and balanced West Coast Imperial IPA will bury your taste buds in hoppy revel from first sip right ‘til the bitter end.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
The very first beer rating I entered on Ratebeer when I joined back in 2005 was for Rogue Dead Guy Ale. I was sad to see them go under last year though we’d very seldom seen anything new around here from Rogue for the last ten or fifteen years.
Not that any of that made it a great idea to buy an imperial IPA that had to be at least a year old when I spotted it at a liquor store recently, but it’s very likely the last Rogue beer I’ll have.
Anyway, it pours copper colored with a one finger head. Smells of hop resin, citrus, and malt. It tastes of citrus and pine accented hops with solid caramel malt. It’s pretty good though a bit of a muddle and I think it likely the hops have dulled somewhat over the last year. Moderately bitter. Still good.
Not that any of that made it a great idea to buy an imperial IPA that had to be at least a year old when I spotted it at a liquor store recently, but it’s very likely the last Rogue beer I’ll have.
Anyway, it pours copper colored with a one finger head. Smells of hop resin, citrus, and malt. It tastes of citrus and pine accented hops with solid caramel malt. It’s pretty good though a bit of a muddle and I think it likely the hops have dulled somewhat over the last year. Moderately bitter. Still good.
Tried
from Can
from
Belmont Beverage - Lima Rd
on 04 Jul 2026
at 05:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Blik 35,5cl thuis. Tropisch fruit, maltig, piney, harsig, sinaasappel, grapefruit citrus, abrikoos, tangerine, toffee. (16-5-2026).
Tried
from Can
from Beer Republic
on 15 May 2026
at 22:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours faintly cloudy dark orange with a small foamy off-white head, very faint malty aroma, medium carbonation, bitter lightly piney taste with orange peel, smooth body, long medium bitter finish. Well balanced DIPA.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Mar 2026
at 01:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can. Caramel malt aroma with notes of tangerine, orange, pine resiny and grapefruit citrus. Pours clear copper colored with a finger of off white head that has excellent retention and some lacing. Starts with caramel malt, tangerine and orange flavors. Finishes dry, but still fairly smooth with grapefruit and pine resiny hop flavors. Pretty decent still.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2026
at 08:17
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can 56,8 cl. Pours a cloudy amber with a lacing, off-white head. Sweet caramel aroma paired with faint citrusy hops. Rich, sweet caramel and toffee flavors with a primitive bitterness. Extremely old school. 211225
Tried
from Can
on 21 Dec 2025
at 15:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
19.2 oz can. Pours a clear, golden color, with big, foamy, head. The nose is resin, cloves, lavender, orange zest, and caramel. Sweet and malty, with a light, bright bitterness. Medium body, zest and grainy. Pleasant and easy.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Nov 2025
at 04:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
First Rogue beer I’ve seen in a nearby store in a long time. Not a big loss to me necessarily, I had not been impressed previously. But this is an imperial IPA and that counts for something. My snifter acquired at Great Heights Brewing several years ago is ready to go. The 12 oz can pours nicely, I see a clear dark gold body followed by an appropriate head of absolutely white foam. And the smell is pleasant enough. Nectarines, hops and grain, a touch of sweetness perhaps. A drink ultimately and I am rather surprised. Apricots, crackers, pine, maybe some pineapple sweetness and cardboard. Bitter and sweet appear to be mostly balanced. And a nice sensation too. Good beer. But perhaps my last one from the brewery if what I'm hearing about bankruptcy and closings are accurate.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2025
at 23:20
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pineapple marmalade is main aroma here. Pours golden with ok head. Bittersweet finish, some sweet marmalade. Can from mixed case. 78777 7.2
Tried
from Draft
from
Outlet Liquors
on 18 Aug 2025
at 14:49