Hill Country Beer Club
Rogue Ales
Brutal IPA
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Member Notes:
Opaque orange in color with a bright white head... It has a very distinctive aroma that's earth and spicy. Nice. It's light and soft in the mouth, but well hopped. The malts are sweet, but not overpowering. Easy, light finish that's potently hopped hut still gentle. Soft. Nice. Well hopped. 7 4 7 4 15 B - noss
Club & Brewer Notes:
Brutal combines Oregon hops with English Malts. The Oregon grown Crystal hop is a triploid variety developed from the German Hallertau aroma hop variety with contributions from Cascade, Brewers Gold, and Early Green. Crystal is the only hop used in brewing Brutal and it provides a massive amount of aroma without dry-hopping. The English malts used are floor malted Pipkin (a mellow cross of Maris Otter and Warboys, from an English company called Beeston), Cara Vienna and Cara Wheat.