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Chatoe Rogue First Growth Creek Ale
Rogue Ales
- From:
- Rogue Ales
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Dubbel
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 77
- Avg:
- 3.34 | pDev: 18.86%
- Reviews:
- 109
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 13, 2020
- Added:
- Aug 21, 2010
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 9
Brewed using 8 ingredients: Wheat, Rogue Barley Farm Dare and Risk Malts, Rogue Hopyard Revolution Hops, Montmorency Cherries, Pacman and Belgian Yeast and Free Range Coastal Water.
15º PLATO
25 IBU
77 AA
75º Lovibond
15º PLATO
25 IBU
77 AA
75º Lovibond
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Ratings by Brenden:
Reviewed by Brenden from Ohio
3.17/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.17/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Still on shelves at Joseph's, it's not out of date according to the bottle.
It's a pretty orange-brown with some fire in it, translucent due solely to being fairly dark. The tan head starts off at half a finger and shows fair retention, though lacing actually ends up sticking very well.
A mix of sweet and tart on the nose, it offers caramel and brown sugar along with something like Michigan cherries. It's a bit earthy with something like kitchen spices, fairly nondescript. There seems to be an odd note to the grains or malts, difficult to describe.
Cherries are up front along with caramel. The malts are also a little bready, and some woody sort of something comes out with it. I'm not really getting much of the yeast, though a bit of something like clove peeks through. Overall, the flavor's a little subdued, and it seems almost to be all over the place and not meshing especially well.
The medium body leans toward full. It doesn't have much depth and seems to fade off at the end of every sip. It's got moderate crispness and is pretty smooth. It does lack the character that makes the great Belgians what they are. The end dries up a little with some acidic sort of character.
Dec 11, 2013It's a pretty orange-brown with some fire in it, translucent due solely to being fairly dark. The tan head starts off at half a finger and shows fair retention, though lacing actually ends up sticking very well.
A mix of sweet and tart on the nose, it offers caramel and brown sugar along with something like Michigan cherries. It's a bit earthy with something like kitchen spices, fairly nondescript. There seems to be an odd note to the grains or malts, difficult to describe.
Cherries are up front along with caramel. The malts are also a little bready, and some woody sort of something comes out with it. I'm not really getting much of the yeast, though a bit of something like clove peeks through. Overall, the flavor's a little subdued, and it seems almost to be all over the place and not meshing especially well.
The medium body leans toward full. It doesn't have much depth and seems to fade off at the end of every sip. It's got moderate crispness and is pretty smooth. It does lack the character that makes the great Belgians what they are. The end dries up a little with some acidic sort of character.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.25/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Looks like I had this one in the summer of 2018, actually sat on it unintentionally for a couple of years I think.
Pours a brown color. Ah, its a dubbel, despite the kriek/creek connotation, but it does have cherries. Ok. Thin off white, almost beige head 1/5". Aroma was brown malt, dark cherries (even though normally I would not describe montmorency this way, as a dark cherry, that really is how it smelled). Belgian yeast did not come through.
Taste was ok, to me this was like having a brown ale with cherries in it. Earthy brown malt, toffee, mild cherry interaction. Hard for me to see what the belgian or dubbel designation goes for here. Kind of has that duchesse going for lightly tart meets malty and sweetness balance vibe.
I didn't think there were any off flavors, and it was a neat bottle to try, not really my jam, but if you've ever wondered what a brown ale/dubbel with cherries tastes like, here it is. Decent, not bad, not great.
Nov 13, 2020Pours a brown color. Ah, its a dubbel, despite the kriek/creek connotation, but it does have cherries. Ok. Thin off white, almost beige head 1/5". Aroma was brown malt, dark cherries (even though normally I would not describe montmorency this way, as a dark cherry, that really is how it smelled). Belgian yeast did not come through.
Taste was ok, to me this was like having a brown ale with cherries in it. Earthy brown malt, toffee, mild cherry interaction. Hard for me to see what the belgian or dubbel designation goes for here. Kind of has that duchesse going for lightly tart meets malty and sweetness balance vibe.
I didn't think there were any off flavors, and it was a neat bottle to try, not really my jam, but if you've ever wondered what a brown ale/dubbel with cherries tastes like, here it is. Decent, not bad, not great.
Reviewed by palma from New York
3.99/5 rDev +19.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +19.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Not sure why the rip on this beer.
It's a very ripe black cherry flavor rather than sour. Excellent malt backbone. Bread, chocolate notes at the end. Significantly maltier than other fruit cherry beers I.e Sam smith, New glarus, etc.
Very drinkable if you like fruit beers. If you don't then why diss it?
Well made and the quality malt profile makes this beer.
Jan 22, 2014It's a very ripe black cherry flavor rather than sour. Excellent malt backbone. Bread, chocolate notes at the end. Significantly maltier than other fruit cherry beers I.e Sam smith, New glarus, etc.
Very drinkable if you like fruit beers. If you don't then why diss it?
Well made and the quality malt profile makes this beer.
Chatoe Rogue First Growth Creek Ale from Rogue Ales
Beer rating:
77 out of
100 with
168 ratings
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