{"id":11173,"date":"2010-05-12T15:41:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T19:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=11173"},"modified":"2010-05-12T15:41:43","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T19:41:43","slug":"review-rogue-chipotle-ale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/05\/review-rogue-chipotle-ale\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Rogue Chipotle Ale"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Scott and I are lucky that our local Kroger carries a very well stocked line of Rogue beers.\u00a0 What we can’t find at Kroger we can usually get at another local joint, The Anderson’s (who has some great brews!).\u00a0 After being introduced to Rogue Ales<\/a> last year at the Foodbuzz Festival<\/a>, it’s been my goal to try as many as I can.<\/p>\n

One of the beers that recently caught our eye was the Chipotle Ale<\/a>.\u00a0 Neither Scott nor I have ever had a beer spiced with a smoked hot pepper.\u00a0 We’ve had spices and nuts and berries but never a pepper.\u00a0 As we were picking out beers for the next few months, we decided to add the Chipotle Ale to the list.<\/p>\n

As is custom now, it sat in the fridge for a long time before we had a chance to try it.\u00a0 Beers need to be consumed at the right moment around here and we try to ensure all conditions are perfect, especially when a new beer is involved!<\/p>\n

One Sushi Friday Night we decided it would be a good time to test the waters with the Chipotle Ale.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What surprised me most about this beer was it’s color! For some reason I fully expected this beer to have a bit of a darker color to it.\u00a0 I’ll admit that when I poured it and saw the light color, I was a bit nervous.\u00a0 I believe I said to Scott, “I dunno about this. I mean, I can see through it.”<\/p>\n

Ha!<\/p>\n

The head on this beer lasted for a long while which also surprised me, due to it’s lighter color I figured it would be short lived.\u00a0 I took a smell and the beer had a very nice spice smell to it.\u00a0 Also a slight smoke smell, it was way down there in the background, but it was there.\u00a0 If you have ever had an actual smoked beer, then you know smoky when you smell it!<\/p>\n

I took a sip and was pleasantly surprised by the taste.\u00a0 It had a nice crispness to it with a very mild spice on the finish.\u00a0 The chipotle doesn’t overpower you and you don’t feel like you’re drinking a heavy savory beer.\u00a0 It’s a great warm weather beer!<\/p>\n

If you pair the beer with something spicy or with something grilled, the chipotle flavor comes to life a great deal more!\u00a0 While it can accompany just about any kind of food from finger foods to a nice bowl of chili, it is definitely made for backyard BBQs or late night nachos.\u00a0 Scott and I have now had this beer on three different occasions and it hasn’t disappointed yet.\u00a0 It’s a light beer that still has some heft to it so that you know you are drinking a beer and not just some fizzy water.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t tried Rogue beer<\/a> yet, I encourage you to do so!\u00a0 They are becoming more readily available so start looking around.\u00a0 Definitely pick up some Chipotle Ale for your next cookout!<\/p>\n

Rogue Brewery Chipotle Ale<\/a> was purchased with my own<\/span> Scott’s money and reviewed on my own.\u00a0 Thank you FCC.<\/p>\n

Other Rogue Beers I’ve reviewed:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rogue Mocha Porter <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scott and I are lucky that our local Kroger carries a very well stocked line of Rogue beers.\u00a0 What we can’t find at Kroger we can usually get at another local joint, The Anderson’s (who has some great brews!).\u00a0 After being introduced to Rogue Ales last year at the Foodbuzz Festival, it’s been my goal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[32],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-2Ud","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}