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Rogue Ales: Shakespeare Stout

This New World stout is/was brewed by Rogue Ales in Newport, Oregon, USA. It's achieved an overall score of 57.26%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 5.60%.


Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

(Bottled, 0.65l@Hilpe Hauki) Very dark brown with a small, cocoa head and some lace. Intensely roasted-malty aroma with lots of salty licorice, and some espresso notes. Very roasted-malty, slightly ashy-burned, very licoricey flavor with at least reasonably bitter hops. No signs of alcohol here. Medium-bodied, neutral and softly carbonated palate.
Definitely malty, but not thick! I was shocked. This beer is only quasi-thick. Nothing like The Yeti. I know I compare a lot of my stouts to this, but it was my favorite stout so that will be the basis of the comparison(s). Nice coffee/chocolate aftertaste. I can say I was impressed with that part of the beer. Even when I poured the beer I noticed
Pours very dark with large tan head. Arma is malt, taste is chocolate. Very good, better than the regular rogue chocolate stout IMO.

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
22nd Oct 2003 at 12:55 am bottle (our room in the Holiday Inn hotel), Atlanta, Georgia, USA 5.60 black Taste: 82.35%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
57.258% dark 75

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Other Beers (etc.) by Rogue Ales

Apart from Shakespeare Stout, Hop Horizons lists 20 others by Rogue Ales. These are:
6 Hop IPA
American Amber Ale
Brutal Bitter
Brutal India Pale Ale
Dark Red Ale
Don Imperial YSB
Hazelnut Brown Ale
Hazelnut Brown Nectar
Honey Cream Ale
Juniper Pale Ale
Kolohe No Ka'oi IPA
Marionberry Sour
Mocha Porter
Old Crustacean Barleywine Style Ale (2013)
Rogue Farms 19 Original Colonies Mead
Rogue Farms 4 Hop IPA
Rogue Farms 7 Hop IPA
St. Rogue's Dry Hopped Red
Yellow Snow Ale
Yellow Snow IPA

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