Rogue Farms Dirtoir Black Lager - Rogue Ales

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438 Ratings

rAvg: 4.03
pDev: 10.92%
Reviews: 275
Hads: 163

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Rogue Ales

Oregon, United States

Style | ABV
Schwarzbier | 6.00% ABV

Availability: Rotating. bottle (249), on-tap (25), growler (1).

Notes:
Malts: Melanoidin, Carafe Special II, Black, Chocolate and Rogue Micro-Barley Farm first growth Risk malts.
Hops: Rogue Micro-Hop Yard first growth Independent and Revolution.
Yeast & Water: Oktoberfest Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water.

15º PLATO
35 IBU
130 AA
75º Lovibond

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Reviews by hreb:

hreb

Washington

3.88/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Cold 22oz bomber pours jet black with a healthy dark brown head in pint glass. This is seriously dark stuff. Surprising rich malty aroma, even for a schwarzbier. Flavor is fairly hoppy. Hops seems a little muddled...I'm not really familar with Independent and Revelolution. Flavor through the middle is roasty, with more of a burnt aftertaste. Carbonation is relatively light, barely cutting through the (compartively) heavy grain bill. Seriously, I feel like I can taste little particles of nearly ashen roasted barley on my tongue. Of course the beer is too opaque to see if there's actual grain or any other sediment suspended in it. Compared to this, other schwarzbiers are lagers with food coloring added. This is an enjoyable expression of the style.

Serving type: bottle

01-26-2013 22:35:58 | More by hreb

More User Reviews:

Absolut

California

4/5 rDev -0.7%

05-23-2013 19:32:05 | More by Absolut

Kmat10

Alberta (Canada)

4/5 rDev -0.7%

05-20-2013 05:10:49 | More by Kmat10

CaptainHate

Ohio

4.25/5 rDev +5.5%

05-18-2013 20:11:50 | More by CaptainHate

memphischas

Tennessee

3.75/5 rDev -6.9%

05-13-2013 02:39:11 | More by memphischas

mikeradebaugh

Illinois

3.75/5 rDev -6.9%

05-11-2013 19:07:14 | More by mikeradebaugh

raffy313

Texas

4/5 rDev -0.7%

05-10-2013 01:38:17 | More by raffy313

jonathaniler

Florida

4.75/5 rDev +17.9%

05-09-2013 01:38:06 | More by jonathaniler

TwoForty

Florida

5/5 rDev +24.1%

05-09-2013 00:24:23 | More by TwoForty

2GOOFY

California

4/5 rDev -0.7%

05-05-2013 15:57:55 | More by 2GOOFY

Boone757

Maryland

4.5/5 rDev +11.7%

05-04-2013 23:11:38 | More by Boone757

FLima

Brazil

3.99/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Deep black color with a thick and abundant brown head with good retention.
Strong aroma of dark chocolate, waffles, mocha, and grainy malts.
Bold flavor, very malty, mostly roasted. Some notes of earth, dark chocolate, charcoal and espresso. A bit smoked or even with ash notes.
Dry and malty aftertaste, lingering roasted malts.
Full body with good carbonation with tiny bubbles.
Interesting that roasted malts won the battle against hops, well, otherwise it would be an imperial stout. This is much heavier than a Schwarzbier, still pleasant to drink. Nice that they could get all that flavor out of a lager. Recommendable.

Serving type: bottle

04-28-2013 16:01:40 | More by FLima

GaryMarkle84

Virginia

4.5/5 rDev +11.7%

04-27-2013 21:30:58 | More by GaryMarkle84

Kelp

New Hampshire

3.75/5 rDev -6.9%

04-27-2013 19:56:16 | More by Kelp

Molson2000

Ontario (Canada)

4.5/5 rDev +11.7%

04-26-2013 23:41:37 | More by Molson2000

pathman

Ohio

4.5/5 rDev +11.7%

04-26-2013 19:25:36 | More by pathman

mhaugo

California

4/5 rDev -0.7%

04-23-2013 02:31:30 | More by mhaugo

ebenicr

Minnesota

4.5/5 rDev +11.7%

04-20-2013 04:41:55 | More by ebenicr

thecheapies

Pennsylvania

4.06/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Black beer with a nice mount of mocha brown head. A ring lingers. Some of it lacing.

Black coffee and dark chocolate leads the way. Nice burnt grain aroma with a hint of smoke. A ridiculous nose for a black lager.

Super-roasty and robust. More of the coffee with bitter chocolate, chicory root, and earthy hops. You can barely tell it's a lager. Malts are rather dry, which is nice. Very good.

Beefed up with carbonation. Medium-to-light in body. Really, a great feel for the style. So approachable and so flavorful.

Kickass schwarzbier. Best I've had.

Serving type: on-tap

04-18-2013 01:23:03 | More by thecheapies