VooDoo Dounut Chocolate,Peanut Butter, And Banana Ale (2013)

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Voodoo 2013

• Brewery: Rogue Brewing Company (Oregon)

• Style: Fruit/Nutbrown

• ABV: 5.3

• IBU: 25

• Pour Color: A brown that lets a little light thru. 

     The pour came out good. People say the head has no retention and no lacing. That wasn't the case for me. It held it's own and was still round half the glass! The scent off the top is mostly that chocolate banana mix that you would expect. I found more of a peanut not a peanut butter aroma too. The color was a dark brown and makes me think of a nut brown instead of a fruit beer. The taste though was strong. You get the mix of peanut and banana when it's in your mouth. You swallow and get that nice chocolate echo that mixes well with the peanut flavor. I think this beer has what's advertised and delivers it pretty cleanly. NOT BAD AT ALL!
      People seem to be complaining about this ones extract flavors. I don't find the flavors to be that low of quality. Yeah they could of mellowed the banana flavor like a dream weaver but is that the profile of a doughnut? NO! I think as a dedication to a doughnut, and a novelty beer, they knocked it out of the park! It's over the top, it's wild and crazy, and it comes in single large bottles to enjoy with friends! This isn't a session beer, it's a special experience and I enjoyed dipping every follicle in it! My one complaint is that I think it could have been creamier. Still an amazing beer with an amazing flavor profile!

Rating: *****

Yellow Snow IPA

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Yellow Snow IPA

• Brewery: Rogue Brewing Company (Oregon)

• Style: American IPA

• ABV: 6.2%

• IBU: 70

• Pour Color: Golden and hazy color to this one.

      It poured with a slight tinge of yellow in the head. A golden color on the pour. Very murky compared to a lot of IPAs. I imagine that it's the hop haze causing that cloudy murkiness. The head was big and fluffy for most of the beer. Spicy and grassy scents come off the top of the glass. The taste is a nice balance. The hops is a nice mix of flavors. It's spicy and citrus mix is really good. The bitter of the orange peel and grapefruit flavors lingers. The malts give it a nice mix of sweet and buttery flavor. A really savory IPA that some might not like. I found it to be delicious.
      This is a nicely done IPA. Not only bitter but long lasting taste.  You swallow and a few minutes later you're still tasting bitter peels. I could defiantly see me picking this up again and again cause you really can't get board of these flavors. Also you get the fun of telling your friends your going to drink yellow snow. All and all a great beer that this mustache loves!

Rating: *****

Chocolate Stout

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Chocolate Stout

• Brewery: Rogue Brewery (Oregon)
  

• Style: Stout

• ABV: 6.0%

• IBU: 69

• Pour Color: Black through and through.

      Reading chocolate I'm scared this one might be sticky and sweet. On the pour it almost is black as melted chocolate. Even the head takes on that brown color of this beer. Smelling it doesn't give you a strong chocolate scent. A sweet scent comes off the glass but mostly you get coffee and roasted barley off the top. Tasting this you realize that this is a real stout. Thick and bitter it's a real dark beer. The taste you get of chocolate comes through  but it's a dark dark chocolate taste. This is a great beer, not just a novelty. 
      I'm a big fan of what Rogue does with dark ales. One of my favorite dark beers is the Mocha Porter. This one is a new favorite now. Dark, thick, and really bitter this beer gives you all the tastes a stout should and only comes in the 22oz. What more could a mustache wish for?

Rating: *****

Mocha Porter

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Mocha Porter

• Brewery: Rogue (Oregon)

• Style: Porter

• ABV: 5.1%

• IBU: 54

• Pour Color: A Dark brown, hardly any light gets through

     I knew as the mustache I was the first defense from Rogue hitting the face. The smell was a nice chocolate. The head was originally thick and creamy. After a few duels with me it was done in. The beer itself is also on the thicker side. A strong smokey taste is complemented by chocolate and coffee. Although gone this one is not forgotten stuck in my thick follicles.
      The Face loves his coffee shoving that down me all the time at work. Now that jerk tries to splash coffee flavored beer at me. Rogue porter though is different. With the mix of tastes on top of the coffee makes it unique. Few beers dance in the hairs like this one. Even a mustache can love the full body of this dark beer and deal with the left overs. I mean it is for the Face's protection.

Rating: *****