Rogue Ales & Spirits John John Juniper Ale

John John Juniper Ale

 

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

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production
Score
6.62
ABV: 5.2% IBU: 34 Ticks: 41
Pale ale brewed with juniper berries and aged in spruce gin barrels. John John is a pale ale of saffron color with a smooth malt balance; a floral aroma with a dry spicy finish from whole juniper berries
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Druaght from Rogue - North Beach. Golden Pour, strong herbal/berries aroma. Pretty good.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:00


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

16oz pour at Bardo DC. Pours a lightly hazy saffron gold with some thin white head. Nose has a lot of spice and herb, citrus, yeast, mild malt. Flavor had plenty of orange, mild malt, herbal, a little root veg, some rusty metal. Clean finish.

Tried on 02 May 2014 at 15:20


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

Pour is a hazy orange with a large white head. Aroma is a decent sweet malt with pungent fruitiness. Flavor is typical pale ale malts and hops but the aftertaste has a herbal spicyness. I’m guessing this is the juniper although I have never ate a juniper berry to compare this too. It’s a ok pale ale with a little twist.

Tried on 22 Sep 2013 at 14:10


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

&7.99 bomber bottle. Wine Warehouse. Charlottesville. Pours an amber-peach with a soft, frothy white head. Smells of sweet fruits. There’s some apricot in there.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2013 at 05:27


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

I tells ya, of all the beers the Yellowknife liquor store coulda imported they find the wackiest Rogues to bring up - chipotle and juniper? Selliouslee? Likez, I guess they gots all the IPAs and lagers covered with the boring stuff so here we go, get the crazy stuff from the Oregon people - why not? So, it poors with a nice lager-IPA body and good creamy head à la an English cream ale that’s in a hurry. Aroma is plenty of hops, but I’m struggling to smell the juniper. I’m a big gin kinda guy, so I’d be all over a Juniper scent if I’d found one. The flavour is some heavy malty notes with a bit of hops and, dare I say, a juniper finish. But the juniper is honeslt buried amongst the other stuff whereas I firmly believe it should be fluttering along the top. Drinkable but this is not the "exotic" brew I was expecting - it’s more of a tempered IPA that might lead to surprises for people with highly sensitive tastebuds.

Tried on 14 Jun 2013 at 19:26


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle @ Papsø. Pours a slightly hazy orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel aroma with hints of juniper. Fruity malty spicy juniper flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy juniper finish.

Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2013 at 09:44


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle @ Papsoe tasting. Hazy dark yellow with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop, caramel and a little citrus. Flavour is malt, fruit, hop, caramel, little citrus, medium sweet, spices and medium bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2013 at 08:45


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

22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, juniper berry and light citric. Bitter, dry herbal and toasted malty. Cardboardish, bitter and dry. Toasted malty and bitter to herbal finish.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2013 at 13:03


5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottled. An unclear golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of juniper berries and amlt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and juniper berries, leadint to a dry finsih.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2013 at 12:53


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

Bottle @ Papsoe tasting. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate spicy. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 150313

Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2013 at 12:23