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i do love me some rogue and the brutal bitter is no exception do i have tasting notes? nope, can't find them quite possibly didn't make any so why am i posting about the brutal bitter without notes? because i happened to do a tasting of it the other night and took a photo don't want to waste a perfectly good photo...  that would be tragic so i'm gonna just say that it was yummy and i'll for sure have it again maybe you'll get notes then maybe not from the website: Style:   Bitter          Food Pairing:   Beef, Seafood Tasting Notes: An Imperial bitter with exotic traditional floor malts, citrusy, hoppy flavor, stupendous hop aroma. 6 Ingredients: Malts:  100% Floor-malted Maris Otter, Cara Vienna, Cara Wheat. Hops:  Crystal. Yeast & Water:  Rogue's Pacman Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water. HISTORY Dedicated to Justin Fisch, the Shade Man, and the official beer of the Rogue Nation. Brutal combin...

from rogue brewery: "One Ton of Hops INDEPENDENCE, OR, September 1, 2010 -- Rogue Ales has begun our annual harvest of GYO Certified hops from the Rogue Farms Micro Hopyard in Oregon's Wigrich Appellation. We honor our cultivation, growth, and harvest by using 5 different varieties and 2,200lbs of fresh hops from our 42-acre farm to create this year's Chatoe Rogue Wet Hop Ale. Like any farmer sowing seed in soil, the success of our hops lies a great deal in the hands of Mother Nature. Master Brewer John Maier had planned to add a sixth variety to the brew, but our Alluvial Hops did not produce this year. After being cut from the trellises, the hop cones are separated and loaded into 250lb burlap sacks, driven 77 miles to the Brewery in Newport, OR, and immediately pitched into the brew kettle. Total elapse time: approximately 2 hours, 17 minutes. Due to the massive quantity of wet hops used in the brewing process we create three small batches, and then blend the...