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The problem
with some people is that when they aren’t drunk, they’re sober.
–William Butler Yeats
Rogue’s annual
holiday offering, Santa’s Private Reserve, is a variation of the
classic Saint Rogue Red, but with double the hops—including Chinook
and Centennial, and a mystery hop called Rudolph by head brewer John
“more hops” Maier!
This year Santa's Private Reserve gets a little bit of a packaging
upgrade with new, glistening snowflakes on the bottle. Not quite the
same as Rudolph's nose, a glistening snowflake can still help you to
locate the hoppiest Christmas beer south of the North Pole!
A double hopped
Red, reddish in color, with a roasty, malty flavor and a hoppy
spruce finish.
Great Western
Harrington, Klages, Munich & Hugh Baird Carastan 30-37 & 13-17,
Crystal 70-80. Chinook & Centennial Hops, Rogue's own Pacman Yeast
and Free Range Coastal Water.
The Technical Stuff
13º PLATO, 44
IBU, 73 AA, 26º Lovibond
The Brewery
 Rogue
Ales was founded in 1988 by Jack Joyce, Rob Strasser and Bob Woodell,
three corporate types who wanted to go into the food/beverage
industry. Rogue's first brewpub was located in Ashland, Oregon and
was a 10bbl brewsystem. Rogue opened a second brewpub, 15bbl
brewsystem, in May 1989 located in Newport, Oregon. Rogue closed its
Ashland operation in 1997, after the great flood destroyed the
place. In 1991, the 15bbl system, named Howard after John Maier's
former boss, from the Newport brewpub was transferred across the bay
to the current brewery and upgraded to a 30bbl system. In 1998 Rogue
bought a 50bbl brewsystem, named Kobe. Kobe is the only brewsystem
in use.
 The
Brewer: John Maier
Pictured here
with his black labrador, Brewer, John Maier was born in Riverside,
California, in 1955, John originally moved to Portland, Oregon, as a
child in 1962. Later, he moved to Vista, California (1972)
graduating from Vista High School in 1973. Afterwards, he attended
the Devry Institute of Technology (Phoenix, Arizona) graduating in
1975.
John was
employed by Hughes Aircraft Co. in El Segundo, California, from 1975
to 1986, as Senior Electronic Technician. While there, he worked on
the F-14 Tomcat Radar System. In the Fall of 1986, John attended the
Siebel Institute of Technology, graduating from their 50th course in
Brewing Technology three months later.
The Alaskan
Brewery in Juneau hired John Maier as Assistant Brewmaster in March
of 1987. He left there in May 1989. That same month, John walked in
at the very first brew at the Rogue Ales Brewery in Newport, Oregon.
He has brewed over 30,000,000 pints for Rogue since that day.
Read more about Rogue Ales at
www.rogue.com! And join the Rogue Revolution!
Questions, complaints or compliments? Email me at:
beergeek@worldclassbeverages.com |
