Rogue Dry Hopped St. Rogue Red Ale

Not too amber in the darkness but in the flesh it's definitively red - good to see.

It's an 'amber ale' this by most accounts, and that's a style with which we've struggled a bit in the past. There's a tendency for these to come through tasting a bit like sweet wort with not a lot else on the table. Dry hopping is a good plan to help counter the cloying nature of the style though - at least in theory?

Drinking this beer you feel comfortable for the express reason that you know what's coming. It's a red ale. And it's dry hopped. There's no surprises, and no disappointment. Your expectations have been managed. And on top of that, it turns out to be a lovely sessionable drop at a paltry 5.2%.

There's not a lot here that's complicated - sweet golden / amber start meanders toward a mid-bitter end - but it's refreshing and makes you wonder how much of it you could drink, in a gulp or over the course of an evening. Solid, reliable beer. 7.5