It was on the eve of one of my great brewery tours that I thought of researching on America's best breweries. With less boozehounds in the neighborhood and lesser bacchnalians in my friends club, I had only one option - go online. In forums and communities, I found a bazillion names, some remote and some very well known. But it took a lot of thoughtful moments to skim through the entire lot and pick the BEST.
I even read reviews by fellow travelers and after all the drudgery, the winner is none other than the brewers of Brutal Bitter, Rogue Brewing Company, Oregon. Rogue was founded in 1988 by the trio of Jack Joyce, Rob Strasser and Bob Woodell, with the first brewpub in Ashland - a 10bbl brewsystem. Currently, Rogue brags the following brews: Brutal Bitter, Chocolate Stout, Dead Guy Ale, Half-e-Weizen, Honey Cream Ale, HazelNut, Brown Nectar, Imperial India Pale Ale, Imperial Stout, Juniper Pale Ale, Kells Lager, Mocha Porter, Morimoto Black Obi Soba Ale, Morimoto Imperial Pilsner, Morimoto Soba Ale, Old Crustacean, Oregon Golden Ale, Saint Rogue Red, Santa's Private Reserve, Shakespeare Stout.
If you're curious about Rougue's latest offering, look for the bottles of Rogue Dry-hopped Red. This is going to replace Saint Rogue Red, both in retail stores and on tap.
You can join Rogue at:
20th Annual Oregon Brewers Festival, July 26-29.
13th Annual Bones and Brews, August 4-5.
3rd Annual Great American Distillers Festival, August 25-26
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