Voodoo Doughnut Chocolate, Banana & Peanut Butter Ale! - Rogue Ales

SkeeterBoganski

Colorado

1.54/5  rDev -45.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

I'm not proud of this, but I thought I'd give this a try. Bacon Maple wasn't awful!

A - this one pours a deep brown/off black with a decent looking mocha head; this is the only plus to this beer

S - there are some chocolate and sweet notes here, but no banana and no peanut butter; some medicinal bitters too

T - my lord, I had better tastes on my mouth after coming off of anesthesia; this beer straight up tastes like rubber, vinyl, and melting plastic; worst flavor beer I've ever had

M - I mean, I can't get past the flavors...the carbonation is ok I guess

O - this is the kind of shit that will make me never buy another Rogue beer again. I mean, cool for the experimentation, but who in the f at QC let this one be bottled? I feel completely ripped off for spending $13 on this bottle of waste. Instant drain pour.

Serving type: bottle

02-28-2013 03:04:44 | More by SkeeterBoganski

gotbeer

Massachusetts

1.59/5  rDev -43.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.5

This beer is awful. I'm sad I pissed away $15 to try this, and I'm going to pour most of it out.

Nice enough appearance- black with thin off white head that doesn't lace the glass.

Saccharine sweet smell and taste. Something chemical like is present. Sickly sweet taste with nothing working together. The flavors don't stand out and feel like they are fighting with some industrial strength artificial sweetener.

I'll steer far clear of this pink bottle of sadness and regret in the future.

Serving type: bottle

03-06-2013 22:20:29 | More by gotbeer

EMFC

1.7/5  rDev -39.7%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Like others have said this was a major disappointment. I was really looking forward to this one and couldn't get down a glass of this stuff. Looks amazing and had my hopes up immediately, the smell was different, but then the taste was... awful. The taste was very artificial and for $13 a bottle I was expecting so much more.

Serving type: bottle

12-31-2012 03:39:30 | More by EMFC

RickS95

Indiana

1.84/5  rDev -34.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.5

Poured from a bright pink, 22 ounce bomber

For what it's worth, the appearance doesn't suck. It's dark black, almost pitch, with only some dark brown showing when held to a light. The head is not impressive and leaves only a slight film up top when it dissipates. Spotty lacing.

Most of the flavors don't come through in the nose. I get a chalky, milk chocolate smell, and that's about it. The peanut butter is nowhere to be found and I pick up something that resembles banana, but only barely. A quick peek at the bottle tells the story...chocolate, peanut butter and banana EXTRACT. Enough said.

The taste is pretty bad. There's a fake chocolate taste, no peanut butter or banana, and a plastic, carbonated taste of something that simply ruins anything else that might have been pleasant.

It feels awful in the mouth. Very chalky, fake feel. There's a bite from something that I've never experienced in a beer and whatever it is, it coats the tongue and taste buds. Very carbonated feel. It's just not good.

Complete waste of money. With real ingredients, it's a possibility. With extracts, it's a waste of water. It's hard to drink, it tastes like crap, and the ABV is so low you feel everything. Sadly, I've got a whole bomber to finish.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2013 00:50:48 | More by RickS95

ifnkovhg

California

1.98/5  rDev -29.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

Boy, did I not like this beer. The appearance was promising -- dark brow ale with a nice, rocky head. Then I smelled it. Ugh. It smelled of artificial butter and what some scientist in a lab thinks ripe bananas smell like. There was also this underlying perfume-like quality. Not pleasant.

The taste was less objectionable, but still not good. There was some chocolate in there fighting with the hops. Some banana syrup. Not a trace of peanut butter as far as I could tell. The whole thing was just a muddy, garbled mess. The beer's carbonation was quite prickly, which made sorting out the beer's flavors difficult.

I expected that, if this beer were to miss, it would be on the cloyingly sweet side, but that wasn't it. This beer was just a potpourri of mismatched ingredients, in my opinion. And the $13 price tag? I'm kicking myself. I drank about 1/2 a pint before pouring the rest.

Serving type: bottle

12-17-2012 06:58:52 | More by ifnkovhg

mechamifune

North Carolina

2.11/5  rDev -25.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2

Not going to give a blow by blow review, as this beer does not deserve one. It says quite plainly on the label that all the stated flavors come from extract, and this shows very clearly in the taste. Extremely chalky and artificial on the palate. While it might still be bad, I could have at least appreciated a beer that used chocolate malt, hefe yeast, and then some PB in secondary fermentation. This is just... well lazy. On the plus side I now have a pink bottle to add to my collection. Glad I was at least able to split this among several others.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2013 14:29:25 | More by mechamifune

blatherbeard

Texas

2.15/5  rDev -23.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 2.5

Ok, never having the maple bacon one, ill admit i was interested. With this being a bannanna, chocolate, pnut butter, i HAD to give it a shot.

A--brown almost black, good head, great lacing.

S--Smell was overpowering chocolate to me, a bit of nana, little or no pnut butter. something in the backround smell was just...off. Not super off putting and the smell of the nana n choc were enough to give it a decent nose.

T--while its not awful and i definitely get chocolate, and super light almost no nana and pnut, theres another lingering taste that just makes me want to lick a towel. And the chocolate up front is ok but the aftertaste of chocolate is like its been melted and refrozen a few times.

M--almost none. carb makes the mouth weird.

O--not a drainpour but definitely not a re buy. Glad to have tried it though, since, as like po k mon, you gotta have em all!

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2013 03:31:46 | More by blatherbeard

slm100

2.18/5  rDev -22.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

What can I say. I was so excited to try this one after the Voodoo Doughnut Maple Bacon was such a disappointment. My excitement was short lived after the initial smell.

Smells like boozy bananas - which was actually quite nice. If only it tasted like the delicious smell.

It was heavy and with a bitter aftertaste. No notes of peanut butter or banana and only a slight taste of chocolate.

Suffice to say this is the 2nd 'Doughnut' I have tried and will not be trying another Rogue product.

Definitely a 'Doughnut'!

On a good note...I loved the bottle!

Serving type: bottle

12-11-2012 23:03:42 | More by slm100

mwgroove23

Georgia

2.28/5  rDev -19.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.25

I felt like this was a bit too over-carbonated. Lots of fake Artificial flavors, can't really taste the peanut butter either
Just a little banana but mostly overpowered by the chocolate taste. I'd rather drink a southern tier blackwater series than this. Not a very good beer. Waste of $9 if you ask me.

Serving type: bottle

05-23-2013 20:48:27 | More by mwgroove23

olfolxholme

California

2.3/5  rDev -18.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.25

22 oz bottle into a 10 Barrel tulip pint

A - Looks great. Totally opaque dark dark brown with a dark ruby glow. Good head retention, good lacing. This is the best part of the beer.

S - Unnatural mix of chemical aromas mask some roasted malt character.

T - Nearly unpalatable. Extreme bitterness. More chemical flavors.

M - A little watery, but overall even mouthfeel.

O - I can't see this beer appealing to anyone. The previous Voodoo Doughnut beer was too smoky for me, but I could see how it would be delicious to the right person and/or with the right meal. This one... I don't get it. If you are really curious about this beer... hey, I spent $15 on it, so I won't judge you for doing the same... but have a backup beer ready to go...

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Serving type: bottle

02-23-2013 20:15:33 | More by olfolxholme

Pexkool

Mexico

2.38/5  rDev -15.6%
look: 3 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25

A - pours a big rocky beige head and a deep dark brown color.

S - sweet chocolate and a faint smell of bananas. Smells like samuel smith's organic chocolate stout, but less candy-like. I'm a little disappointed the peanut butter and bananas weren't as noticeable on the nose as the chocolate.

T - roasted malts and sweet chocolate with cocoa is the first thing I notice, followed by an aftertaste of bananas, but so very faint. The peanut butter is totally absent in what I could taste, totally hidden behind chocolate and coffee notes.

M - bitter and watery. The carbonation and bitterness are a little overwhelming for me, and the aftertaste on the back of the tongue is that of drinking a burnt cheap coffee.

Overall, disappointed the flavours were so synthetic and hidden. It feels like I'm tasting a cheap brown ale with a strong hoppy bitterness. I was expecting an "Elvis' favourite sandwich" beer and got a weak watery brew instead, so no, I would not have it again nor recommend it; I just hope Rogue makes better novelty beers in the future.

Serving type: bottle

03-19-2013 02:57:02 | More by Pexkool

tmichael

New Jersey

2.38/5  rDev -15.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25

Poured from the bottle into a pint glass.

Appearance: Pours a medium-to-dark brown. Ridiculous frothy head which doesn't ever seem to completely dissipate.

Smell: Sour, almost spoiled banana smell. Hints of chocolate.

Taste: Most prominent flavor is the banana. Overall bland and at the same time sickeningly sweet. I'm getting no peanut butter and only a little of the chocolaty flavor in the aftertaste. Overall, a bit sour and thoroughly disappointing. The concept was there, but this beer doesn't deliver.

Mouthfeel: Light carbonation; thin and oily.

Overall: I couldn't recommend it. I wanted to like this beer, but it wasn't well-executed at all. Needed to be darker, maltier, and more chocolaty. And where was the peanut butter?

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2013 02:50:49 | More by tmichael

vfgccp

New York

2.5/5  rDev -11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25

A - Dark cola body. Light khaki, mixed bubble head. Nice retention and lace.

S - Banana runts and bazooka bubble gum. Delicious, but artificial. Not much chocolate or peanut butter in the nose for me.

T - Overloaded with bubble gum, and it wreaks havoc on the profile. Almost has an acrylic / plastic center. Edge of chocolate and peanut butter on the backend, but you really have to dig for it.

M - Light body.

O - I loved the first Voodoo doughnut brew, and I thought the concept for this one was interesting, but it just fell flat on its face. I'm not sure if they used an extract or tried to add something artificial for the banana flavor, but whatever it was it went completely haywire.

Serving type: bottle

01-27-2013 02:41:15 | More by vfgccp

TMoney2591

Illinois

2.51/5  rDev -11%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2

Served in a moustachioed shaker pint glass.

How the hell could I resist? This stuff pours a brackish black-brown topped by a finger of sandstone foam. The nose comprises chocolate-covered bananas. Straight up. Good times. The taste, though, leads with a strong sense of rubbery vinyl, tempered only by a wave of bitter chocolate-ish-ness. Wow. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a drying finish. Overall, just like the first Voodoo Doughnut brew, things smell pretty tasty, but they end up tasting sub-par. In this case, though, things went further downhill than before. Still worth the shot, though.

Serving type: bottle

02-04-2013 20:23:38 | More by TMoney2591

Maxwell

Massachusetts

2.73/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

The beer pours like dark chocolate milk, or dark roast coffee. The beer pours with a massive sandy head on top. The bubbles are creamy on the surface, but quite rocky beneath, leaving a sticky thick ring of lacing and lots of webs running down from that. The beer’s body is too dark to penetrate with the eye. On the nose, this beer smells like plastic banana chocolate. There are touches of chemical green apple in the nose as well. Really, this beer smells fake and chemically. The chocolate does lay a nice layer beneath the rest of the smells, and is thick and rich, but the other smells are really quite gross. On the tongue, this beer tastes watery with definite plastic notes. Sweet and bitter. The flavor begins as sweet chemicals, moving into a thick chocolate flavor briefly before washing into a watery taste that mixes bananas and chemical flavors in a slurry. A slight cocoa chocolate flavor brushes through the finish, but is not very long lasting. For part of this taste, the beer is pleasant, and then it gets really gross, and then it’s okay and then its gross again. This is certainly a weird beer, but overall I think it’s gross. It’s worth a try, but you should split this thing among a large group. In the mouth, this beer feels thin to medium in body with a light touch of dry roast. The beer leaves the mouth with a lot of astringent chemicals on the sides and back of the throat. Overall, this beer is weird, just like it promised to be. I really am not a fan of it, especially the chemical flavors that I get from it, but there are some strangely redeeming flavors present in this beer, and they make me keep sipping. This beer tastes horrible, but it isn’t a drain pour.

Serving type: bottle

03-15-2013 02:27:11 | More by Maxwell

cmak316

Florida

2.73/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

For beer lovers in the southeast: skip this release.

While appearance is good with an appropriate head, the peanut butter notes didn't carry through as expected. Synthetic banana dominates aroma and chocolate, albeit real chocolate, lingers on the after taste with a split second of peanut.

At $14 per bottle this one might be worth a pass in my book, Rouge has much better selection available year-round.

Serving type: bottle

03-22-2013 04:10:14 | More by cmak316

scottfrie

California

2.79/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75

A: Pours near black beneath a finger of dense, frothy, dark tan head. Dense and soft looking.
S: Reeks of dayquil or nightquil, big synthetic banana and ripe fruit, and maybe a bit of peanut oil. Light cocoa powder.
T: Tastes pretty gross. Sickly sweet, medicinal, faint chocolate, faint nut, bitter hop finish, licorice, bitter aftertaste.
M: Medium-full body, frothy soft carbonation, sweet, slick mouth.
O: Overall a strange one, would have been better without the banana but I know that's not the point. Prob love it or hate it, but I definitely didn't like it.

Serving type: bottle

04-04-2013 23:05:35 | More by scottfrie

kojevergas

California

2.8/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

"Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Banane Ale." Acquired at an L.A. beer store for $12.99. 1 pint 9.4 fl oz pink painted brown glass bottle with standard pressure cap served into a New Belgium stem-goblet in me gaff in low altitude Los Feliz, Los Angeles California. Reveiwed live. Expectations are average.

Served straight from the fridge. Side poured with standard vigor as no carbonation issues are anticipated.

Paired intermittently with salted pretzels.

A: Pours a two finger dark khaki colour head of nice cream and thickness, and good retention. Lacing is thin and somewhat pathetic. No yeast particles are visible. No bubble show. A typical appearance for a porter, but I'm unsure what to make of it given its current style designation. Nontransparent; opaque.

Sm: Sweet malts, banana, peanut butter, caramel, and some cream. A moderate strength aroma.

T: Chocolate, peanut butter, hints of artificial banana. Caramel, fairly dark malts. Cream. No yeast or alcohol comes through. A bit imbalanced, but generally enjoyable. Messy and sugary, to be sure. Malts are strange. Minimal hop character.

Mf: Smooth and wet. Slightly overcarbonated. Good thickness. Decent palate presence. Suits the flavour profile in a general sense, but doesn't feel tailored to it.

Dr: Drinkable but mediocre. A poor offering from rogue; it just doesn't deliver on its premise. It's maybe better than the maple bacon, but it's still artificial and obnoxiously built. I wouldn't get it again. Quite pricey. I like it generally, but its flaws are hard to get past. Not recommended.

C

Serving type: bottle

01-07-2013 04:43:09 | More by kojevergas

GarthDanielson

New Hampshire

2.8/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

Poured from a bottle into a shaker pint, the beer is a dark, ruby highlighted brown coloring with a dense, frothy, light tan head that starts around an inch, but settles in to a thin quarter inch layering. Aromas of chocolate syrup, both rich and sugary, with subtle banana notes and a hint of peanut butter. The chocolate really takes over the nose. Banana flavors are almost candy-like, with a weak chocolate syrup character and only hints of peanut butter here and there. Very awkward on the palate, and the flavors overpower the watery thin body. The aftertaste is candy-sweet once again, and the cloying sweetness lingers through past the quick, watery finish. This beer was a neat idea, but it really is all over the place.

Serving type: bottle

05-07-2013 00:37:34 | More by GarthDanielson

dbrauneis

New Jersey

2.85/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

A: Pours a clear yet opaque very dark amber in color (approaching jet black) with some light amounts of visible carbonation and some cola brown highlights. The beer has a half finger tall beige head that reduces to an extremely thin film covering about 70% of the surface of the beer with a thin ring at the edges of the glass that is made up of some larger bubbles. Light amounts of lacing are observed.

S: The strongest element in the smell of this beer is that of artificial banana - it totally reminds me of the banana Now & Later candies of my childhood which I never enjoyed. As the beer warms there is a very light hint of chocolate in the smell.

T: Upfront there is a light to moderate flavor of chemicals with some moderarte amounts of artificial banana and bittersweet chocolate. It finishes with a flavor that is not dissimilar to that of bazooka bubble gum. Overall the flavors of this beer are just too artificial. I do not get any notes of peanut butter at all which I found disappointing. It is not sweet though.

M: On the lighter side of medium bodied with slightly less than moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly thin/watery.

O: I probably would not recommend this beer to anyone (and I did not hate the Voodoo Maple Bacon beer) because the smell and flavors are just too artificial. Not easy to drink and not very enjoyable - I would recommend avoiding it.

Serving type: bottle

04-29-2013 01:09:30 | More by dbrauneis

metter98

New York

2.85/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75

A: The beer is very dark brownish red in color (black when viewed from afar). It poured with a thin beige head that died down, leaving a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface and a collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of artificial banana flavors are present in the nose. Hints of chocolate extract also become noticeable as the beer warms up.
T: The taste is similar to the smell but has a little more chocolately flavors. It's kind of like if you put banana and chocolate hard candies in you mouth without the associated sweetness. Faint hints of bitterness are present. I couldn't pick up any of the peanut butter.
M: It feels a bit shy of medium-bodied and somewhat thin on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer seems like it could use a heavier body because the banana and chocolate flavors don't seem integrated with the rest of the beer and just tastes like a light beer with some syrup flavorings added in at the end.

Serving type: bottle

04-29-2013 01:12:14 | More by metter98

TheSixthRing

California

2.91/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Appearance - Pours a deep, dark black with cola brown edging. The head is a coca powder in color, 3 fingers thick and with good retention. Good lacing with nice stick.

Smell - The aroma is fairly odd - the predominant smell is more butter-like than peanut butter, while the banana and chocolate characters are only subtle.

Taste - Follows the nose. Dominant butter flavor to start, while everything this beer promotes gets lost a bit in the shuffle. The chocolate comes through blackened with strong, unsweetened bitterness. The banana is subtle and comes across as bland and somewhat artificial. Hints of peanut butter peak through in the finish, but it's so faint it gets lost behind the bitterness. Sweetens slightly as it approaches room temperature.

Mouthfeel - Light in body, with carbonation that's fizzy and underwhelming. Almost flat.

Overall - I've gotta say, I've had dozens and dozens of Rogue brews over the 9 years I've been drinking craft beer, and in that time there's only been 2 I've genuinely disliked. This one makes a third. While not as bad as the other two, this is a beer I'd care to never have again. I really liked the Rogue Voodoo Maple Bacon; the flavors were cohesive and felt genuine. This one comes across as too bitter and the flavors too muddled. I fear they bit off more than they could chew with this one.

On a plus note, the empty bottle smelled fantastic the next day.

Serving type: bottle

12-12-2012 07:23:02 | More by TheSixthRing

Dope

Massachusetts

2.91/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Here we go again. Last voodoo beer was an instant drainpour so here I am spending like $14 on another one. Mama never said I was smart.

A: Pours a very deep dark brown with an enormous and dense light light brown head. Head takes a century to fade away. Tiny splotches of lacing left behind. Great head retention.

S: Lots of banana, almost overpowers everything. There is decent chocolate. Not really getting any peanut butter, maybe the slightest hint of nuttiness. Could be the power of suggestion. Not bad, it smells like it's supposed to anyway.

T: Lots of banana up front. Chocolate is prominent but not a very good chocolate if I'm honest. Kind of like the cheapest walmart chocolate you could imagine. Oddly bitter chocolate, but not like a rich dark chocolate or baker's chocolate. Just bitter. Randomly bitter. Banana and that odd bitterness lingers in the aftertaste. It's some kind of hop bitterness that I can't quite place. Quite dry in the finish too. with a long lasting odd bitterness between sips. Again, no sign of peanut butter but I feel like there's the slightest hint in the middle. I still feel like it could be the power of suggestion but there's something there. It's like someone dusted this some peanut dust or something. Not a hearty peanut butter flavor, just a dusty dash.

M: Thin, watery.

O: Well, this is leaps and bounds better than the first voodoo ale - I drain poured that one instantly. It was undrinkable campfire ashes. This one just has some marginal and slightly unpleasant adjunct flavors in it. It generally resembles what they were going for so I have to give them points there. Having said that, is it good? No. Is it $15 good? Not only no, but hell no. It would be worth trying as an experiment for about a dollar. At this price point only loonies will buy it (present and accounted for).

Serving type: bottle

03-02-2013 04:17:10 | More by Dope

SHODriver

California

3/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A: pourd into a pint glass to a deep brown with minimal light transmission and a two finger bone colored head. slow to fade and decent lacing
S: I get a lot of nuttyness in the aroma with a bit of chocolate and a hint of banana
T: taste is chocolate, peanut butter, a bit of banana plus a little bit of bready malt. slightly smoky too. swallow brings more nuttyness, and chocolate with a bit more smoke.
M: medium in the mouth with soft carbonation. slightly creamy texture and a refreshing finish
O: better than the maple bacon doughnut version but not an outstanding beer. I'd say it's pretty average. I applaud them for daring to be different but they need to make a better product.

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2013 02:24:30 | More by SHODriver

joemcgrath27

Alberta (Canada)

3.03/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A - nearly impenetrable dark brown, tall mocha head retained fairly well, few random spots of lacing
S - fairly strong milky chocolate aroma, some roastiness and bread, not getting much else but it seems to be on track
T - chaulky dark chocolate, a bit of a burnt flavour, bit of leafy hops, but there is definitely a strange articificial type of flavour that just makes the whole thing strange, too bad
M - starts medium to light, a touch musty, but there is this artificial/chemical thing coming in again that slowly dominates here as well
O - always respect to Rogue for pushing boundaries, and every once in a while it just doesn't come together, the chocolate flavour is there but banana and PB are nowhere to be found

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2013 23:44:18 | More by joemcgrath27