Odin DBRD Tasting: Rogue Sriracha HOT Stout

2015-03-11

Logs for this tasting

Rogue! You magnificent bastards. Somehow this was surprisingly good, and yet accurately-flavored at the same time. A creamy roast stout opening moves smoothly into a roast chili flavor with just a hint of garlic and other savory flavors coloring the spice. There's a definite heat to this, but nothing that builds up overpoweringly like the recent habanero beers I've had. I'd wanted this to be terrible, but it decidedly wasn't. As a bonus, the bottle is adorable.
Surprisingly better then what I was expecting. It's very well balanced on the first few sips. The roastiness of the stout comes first and fades into mild srirara sauce flavors and spiciness. The sriracha flavors keeps building up though, by the end its pretty much the only thing you can taste making the beer less enjoyable.
Plain stout body with spicy fringe and finish. Heat is a peppery variety versus a oily hot sheen. Okay as a sample but would not want to drink an entire bottle of this.