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Dad's Little Helper Malt Liquor
Rogue Ales
- From:
- Rogue Ales
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Malt Liquor
- ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 77
- Avg:
- 3.37 | pDev: 16.32%
- Reviews:
- 270
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 21, 2022
- Added:
- May 12, 2006
- Wants:
- 30
- Gots:
- 3
6 Ingredients:
Malts: Harrington & Klages.
Hops: Crystal.
Specialty: Flaked Corn.
Yeast & Water: Czech Pils Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water.
17º PLATO
25 IBU
77 AA
10º Lovibond
Malts: Harrington & Klages.
Hops: Crystal.
Specialty: Flaked Corn.
Yeast & Water: Czech Pils Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water.
17º PLATO
25 IBU
77 AA
10º Lovibond
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Ratings by Shaw:
Reviewed by Shaw from Florida
3.76/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.76/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I saw a bottle of this at my local Whole Foods and couldn't resist! It's probably been 10 years since I had any malt liquor -- other than Pizza Port's Brown Bag Malt Liquor.
It pours a golden yellow that a lot deeper colored than a typical malt liquor. It has a lovely puffy white head that reduces to a thin ring in my glass.
It smells sweet, almost like diacetyl? I'm not noticing any hops, which is a little strange for Rogue.
Well, this sure doesn't taste like the malt liquors I remember: This beer tastes good. It's lightly sweet (I'd almost say it has grape-like flavors) and malty with a hint of bitterness -- miles away better from any major malt liquor I've ever had. This is one of the least hoppy beers Rogue makes.
The body is good. It's got more heft than I was expecting, which I always like.
For those who think Rogue only makes hop bombs, you should try this beer. It's very approachable. I'm sure the ABV puts it out of the session beer range, but otherwise this is a really easy-drinking brew.
May 19, 2006It pours a golden yellow that a lot deeper colored than a typical malt liquor. It has a lovely puffy white head that reduces to a thin ring in my glass.
It smells sweet, almost like diacetyl? I'm not noticing any hops, which is a little strange for Rogue.
Well, this sure doesn't taste like the malt liquors I remember: This beer tastes good. It's lightly sweet (I'd almost say it has grape-like flavors) and malty with a hint of bitterness -- miles away better from any major malt liquor I've ever had. This is one of the least hoppy beers Rogue makes.
The body is good. It's got more heft than I was expecting, which I always like.
For those who think Rogue only makes hop bombs, you should try this beer. It's very approachable. I'm sure the ABV puts it out of the session beer range, but otherwise this is a really easy-drinking brew.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.93/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Indicative of my backlog, apparently this beer has been retired for a while. I became inspired to run through my Rogues last night as I had a couple from them, one a recent CAN, the other an aged bomber. Hey, no shame in my game. Some of these have stayed good while others have actually improved with their unintended age.
From the Bottle: "6 Ingredients: Harrington and Klages Malts, Flaked Corn, Crystal Hops, Free Range Coastal Water, and Czech Pils Yeast."; "No Chemicals, Additives, or Preservatives"; "Dedicated to Dads"; "After the death of his wife, Henry Jackson Smart was left to raise his 6 young children alone. HIs courage, love, selflessness and dedication inspired his daughter, Sonora Smart Dodd, to organize the first Father's Day on June 19th, 1910. In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the third Sunday in June as Father's Day. President Nixon, in 1972, established it as a permanent day of national remembrance."; "Oregon Brewed*Established 1988*Oxygen Fixing Caps"; "17° Plato*10° L* 77 AA*25 IBU"; "100% Pure Rogue".
I Pop!ped off the oxygen-fixing cap & was left with no real choice but to begin a slow, gentle, C-Line pour. I was happy to see that the cap had done its job & it created a small cap of a finger of foamy, rocky, tawny head that hung around as long as it could before becoming wisps. Color was Amber to Deep-Amber/Light-Copper (SRM = > 9, < 13) with NE-quality clarity. Nose smelled like malt liquor with the usual corn silage, but it was a) not as sharp as in some & b) the malt seemed to be of a higher quality with a pleasant sweetness cutting the corn. Hmm. Mouthfeel was medium, solid for an AML. The taste was pleasant, not as sharp as I usually encounter in AMLs. Had my inadvertent ageing caused this or was it by intelligent brewing design? I liked the way that the malts balanced well with the corn, since the latter is my real bugaboo. Drinking enough AALs and AMLs has taught me exactly what corn in beer tastes like & it is not pleasant. It tastes like silage & I would prefer NOT to taste silage since it is meant for the hogs during the winter, having fermented in the silo all summer. 8=p
This was still a little rough & tough, but still head & shoulders above most examples in/of the style. Finish was rather dry, almost biscuity with a slight honey sweetness, perhaps thanks to the extended opportunity for the yeast to do its thing. Was this more mellow/less harsh than on its initial release? I don't know, but it was certainly smooth. I was cool with what I had & I am not really mourning its passing. YMMV.
Oct 03, 2019From the Bottle: "6 Ingredients: Harrington and Klages Malts, Flaked Corn, Crystal Hops, Free Range Coastal Water, and Czech Pils Yeast."; "No Chemicals, Additives, or Preservatives"; "Dedicated to Dads"; "After the death of his wife, Henry Jackson Smart was left to raise his 6 young children alone. HIs courage, love, selflessness and dedication inspired his daughter, Sonora Smart Dodd, to organize the first Father's Day on June 19th, 1910. In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the third Sunday in June as Father's Day. President Nixon, in 1972, established it as a permanent day of national remembrance."; "Oregon Brewed*Established 1988*Oxygen Fixing Caps"; "17° Plato*10° L* 77 AA*25 IBU"; "100% Pure Rogue".
I Pop!ped off the oxygen-fixing cap & was left with no real choice but to begin a slow, gentle, C-Line pour. I was happy to see that the cap had done its job & it created a small cap of a finger of foamy, rocky, tawny head that hung around as long as it could before becoming wisps. Color was Amber to Deep-Amber/Light-Copper (SRM = > 9, < 13) with NE-quality clarity. Nose smelled like malt liquor with the usual corn silage, but it was a) not as sharp as in some & b) the malt seemed to be of a higher quality with a pleasant sweetness cutting the corn. Hmm. Mouthfeel was medium, solid for an AML. The taste was pleasant, not as sharp as I usually encounter in AMLs. Had my inadvertent ageing caused this or was it by intelligent brewing design? I liked the way that the malts balanced well with the corn, since the latter is my real bugaboo. Drinking enough AALs and AMLs has taught me exactly what corn in beer tastes like & it is not pleasant. It tastes like silage & I would prefer NOT to taste silage since it is meant for the hogs during the winter, having fermented in the silo all summer. 8=p
This was still a little rough & tough, but still head & shoulders above most examples in/of the style. Finish was rather dry, almost biscuity with a slight honey sweetness, perhaps thanks to the extended opportunity for the yeast to do its thing. Was this more mellow/less harsh than on its initial release? I don't know, but it was certainly smooth. I was cool with what I had & I am not really mourning its passing. YMMV.
Reviewed by Brenden from Ohio
3.78/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This beer is gone? When did that happen. Oh well, here's to what may be the only reasonably well-made Malt Liquor ever brewed.
This take on the beer that's made homeless drunks and their brown paper bags famous looks like the others, a clear sort of pale-medium yellow color. There's actually a nice little foam on top, just barely off-white, that settles in time and leaves pretty good spotting on the glass.
It's to style with the exception that it lacks the gasoline notes in the aroma. Doesn't smell like gas...interesting. What it does have is some corn, but not the vomit-inducing creamed corn, lightly sulfuric notes, a little leaf, and some husk on a crackery malts backbone. It could be stronger, but not if strength meant what the other guys mean.
The taste is clean, and there's actually some hoppiness to this one, a little floral and herbal to balance the dry malt. There's a mingling of citrus as well, some zesty lemon and maybe orange peel. A little sweetness and some corn is there too with some fusel notes leaning toward the fruity side (think red apple, sweet but a little tart), it actually is surprisingly less than disgusting. Who knew it was possible?
The feel is clean in about a medium body, a little thick just at the end so that it leans toward syrupy but stops just short. It has a nice, soft crispness that stays through the whole way and actually adds to the smoother aspects.
Dec 11, 2013This take on the beer that's made homeless drunks and their brown paper bags famous looks like the others, a clear sort of pale-medium yellow color. There's actually a nice little foam on top, just barely off-white, that settles in time and leaves pretty good spotting on the glass.
It's to style with the exception that it lacks the gasoline notes in the aroma. Doesn't smell like gas...interesting. What it does have is some corn, but not the vomit-inducing creamed corn, lightly sulfuric notes, a little leaf, and some husk on a crackery malts backbone. It could be stronger, but not if strength meant what the other guys mean.
The taste is clean, and there's actually some hoppiness to this one, a little floral and herbal to balance the dry malt. There's a mingling of citrus as well, some zesty lemon and maybe orange peel. A little sweetness and some corn is there too with some fusel notes leaning toward the fruity side (think red apple, sweet but a little tart), it actually is surprisingly less than disgusting. Who knew it was possible?
The feel is clean in about a medium body, a little thick just at the end so that it leans toward syrupy but stops just short. It has a nice, soft crispness that stays through the whole way and actually adds to the smoother aspects.
Dad's Little Helper Malt Liquor from Rogue Ales
Beer rating:
77 out of
100 with
339 ratings
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