Beers in Review: Rogue Ales, the video review
I have always wanted to do video for this blog. I had a couple ideas but nothing came of them. Part of this is because, outside of animated stills, I don’t have much experience with video. It doesn’t help that I don’t have a video camera as well. The video feature on my point-and-shoot digital camera is serviceable but not ideal.
In comes Jeff. Jeff is one of Sammy’s friends from way back in the day. Jeff likes beer. More importantly, he majored in video while in college.
In case you wanted a quick rundown of what we thought in all it’s bullet pointed glory:
- Morimoto Soba Ale - Lighter than we expected, noticeable but balanced grain flavor.
- Hazelnut Brown Nectar - Brown ales are kinda boring styles but this is a really good tasting beer. Lots of hazelnut character without being overpowering. Sweeter than expected as well.
- Dry Hopped St. Rogue Red - Three for three. We liked this beer as well. Very, very nice, citrus/piney hop aroma and balanced flavor for the style.
- Brutal Bitter - Very well balanced beer. There’s an aromatic hop character and assertive hop bitterness that is supported by an equal intensity malt sweetness.
- Chocolate Stout - This was the dessert beer, you’ll see what we mean in the video. Hearty, rich, roasty, chocolaty beer that would be great by a campfire in a cool California winter night.
Basically, we were all surprised by Rogue Ales. We thought that we would like most of the beers but were pleasantly surprised that we like them all.
This is the first attempt at a Better Beer Blog Show. We apologize for the blurry video at times, but we were using a cheap camcorder and this will be resolved in episode 2. Let us know what you think. For maximum enjoyment, we recommend sipping on some of Rogue’s fine beers while you watch. Just to let you know, we actually filmed this a few weeks ago and I finally had the opportunity to post this after Jeff worked his post-production magic on it.
