Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Mar. 12th, 2023 08:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerI mentioned in a recent blog about bourbon tasting that my Beer Tasting 2022 project has continued into 2023. That's not past tense; it is continuing into 2023. I tried another beer this week! ...Well, okay, it wasn't my first time trying this beer, but it is my first time trying it within a somewhat organized process.
This latest beer is the grimly named Rogue Dead Guy Ale.
It's so grim it even features a skeleton on the bottle. ...A skeleton enjoying a beer, of course! 💀🍺
Style-wise Dead Guy Ale is a Maibock, sometimes also called Helles Bock ("light bock"). It's lighter in flavor than the closely related style of bock. It's by no means a lightweight, though, The beer is rich in flavor with toasted malt and a bit of hops; just not as strong on the rich, dark malts as a proper bock. It's also not light on alcohol. This particular beer clocks in at 6.8% ABV.
I don't have a beer in my cellar to go head-to-head with Dead Guy Ale right now. I do like the Maibock category but availability is very hit-or-miss even at big stores. The only other Maibock I've brought home over the past year+ is Estrella Galicia Reserva Especial 1906. It did awfully well, beating every beer I put it up against to be the reigning champ of my testing competition so far.
I mention all that because while I do like the taste of Dead Guy Ale, I don't remember the 1906 well enough offhand to say whether this one edges it out or is edged out. I'm going to have to save a bottle of Dead Guy Ale until I can grab another 6-pack of 1906. ...Which, given how loaded up my cellar is right now from a gonzo beer shopping trip two weeks ago, might be a while. Until then: 💀🍺😋
This latest beer is the grimly named Rogue Dead Guy Ale.
It's so grim it even features a skeleton on the bottle. ...A skeleton enjoying a beer, of course! 💀🍺Style-wise Dead Guy Ale is a Maibock, sometimes also called Helles Bock ("light bock"). It's lighter in flavor than the closely related style of bock. It's by no means a lightweight, though, The beer is rich in flavor with toasted malt and a bit of hops; just not as strong on the rich, dark malts as a proper bock. It's also not light on alcohol. This particular beer clocks in at 6.8% ABV.
I don't have a beer in my cellar to go head-to-head with Dead Guy Ale right now. I do like the Maibock category but availability is very hit-or-miss even at big stores. The only other Maibock I've brought home over the past year+ is Estrella Galicia Reserva Especial 1906. It did awfully well, beating every beer I put it up against to be the reigning champ of my testing competition so far.
I mention all that because while I do like the taste of Dead Guy Ale, I don't remember the 1906 well enough offhand to say whether this one edges it out or is edged out. I'm going to have to save a bottle of Dead Guy Ale until I can grab another 6-pack of 1906. ...Which, given how loaded up my cellar is right now from a gonzo beer shopping trip two weeks ago, might be a while. Until then: 💀🍺😋
