We Need Help! Rogue Alert, May 2008 ~ We Are Hiring...

Newport, Portland, Issaquah, San Francisco, Eugene, and Astoria: Servers, Cooks, and Pub Managers.
Southern California: Sales Representative
Portland: Distiller

Got a burning dersire to work for Rogue--contact us!
Send your resume & cover letter to: Brett Joyce, Rogue Ales, 1339 NW Flanders St., Portland, OR, 97209. Or email: NewportOffice@Rogue.com

Beer Advocate Tips their Mug to John Maiers 10,000th batch of Rogue! in a Feature Article by the Alström Bros on 06-06-2007. First published in: Bostons Weekly Dig .

Results from the 4th Annual Longboard Gathering Sept 9-10, 2006: follow this link to an excel spreadsheet with the winners. The 4th Annual Rogue Gathering was a success! Not only did we have surfers from our own backyard in Oregon, but also from Canada, New Zealand, Argentina and Hawaii. And a couple of blokes from Melbourne Australia stopped by to check it out! And...one of the surfers, Ken Fetters, built the tiki bar in PDX! Special thanks to those of you who volunteered your time to help with this event. (signed Stacey Maier)

Rogue Astoria is open! The latest Rogue Nation outpost is located on Pier 39, a former cannery overlooking the Columbia River. In August, 2007 a former alum from Rogue in Newport, Eugene and SFO (Conrad), retured to Oregon to run the Rogue Public House in Astoria. Check out this reviw in the Daily Astorian For more information call (503) 325-5964 or email Rogue Astoria

Woof...Rogue has a special K-9 menu which includes hamburger, cheeseburger, vegi-hearts, peanut butter biscuits, rawhide bones, beef jerky bites, and is served with a bowl of H20. If you have questions or comments about the special K-9 menu, send them to Brewer, John Maiers Black Labrador Retriever.

Stop by and see the newly remodeled Rogue Ales Distillery and Public House in Portland with an expanded bar serving 25 award winning brews, conference room, spirits tasting room and a new sports room with a big screen TV! Located in Portlands Pearl District at the corner of Flanders and 14th NW.

PRESS

Follow this link to recent press releases and articles about Rogue Ales, Rogue Spirits and the Rogue Nation ~ available 24/7 on the Rogue Wire Service.

January 2008: Draft Magazine suggests Shakespeare Stout paired with Chocolate-Mint Ice Cream   in an review of pairing beer and chocolate...try it side-by-side, or as a float.

January 14, 2008: (Rogue Wire Service) Rogue opened its 10th meeting hall at the Portland International Airport. With the addition of the Rogue meeting hall, the Portland Airport now offers more craft beer than any airport in the world. Other craft beer purveyors at PDX include Laurelwood Public House (2 locations), Stanfords, Pizzicato, Gustavs, and Rose City Café. The Rogue PDX meeting hall is located in the international D concourse, home to Continental, KLM, Delta, Hawaiian, Lufthansa, Mexicana and Northwest Airlines.

December 2007: Miami Herald picks Rogue Chocolate Stout as The Best Beer for 2007!   "...as thick as Hersheys chocolate syrup, sweet-tart and creamy and, with a scoop of Reeses Peanut Butter Cup ice cream, makes a great adult float."

December 2007: Rogue Wire Service has photos of Oregon Governor Kulongoski assessing the recent Vernonia floods. Note that he is wearing the custom Rogue Nation hat made in summer 2007 for the Oregon National Guard ceremony.

Dec 18, 2007: Jack Joyce graces the pages of the NY Times Business Section as part of a discussion of grain pricing amongst various industries, including brewing. [ob] While there are short term yield/crop availability issues with hops and barley worldwide, John "more hops" Maier will not compromise his beers with less ingredients or inferior products.

October, 2007: Rogue Ales Brewery honors Newports 125th Birthday with special label and celebration: From 9 p.m. to midnight today (Friday 10/26) a birthday bash at Rogue Ales Public House on the Historic Bayfront will feature live music and dancing under the stars. Rogue Ales Brewery, one of Newports most well known businesses, has partnered with the city in creating a special commemorative label and bottle for the 125th Anniversary occasion. The seriographed label depicts Yaquina Brewery, Newports first Bayfront brewery, which was built east of Smugglers Cove in 1882. Rogue Ales is filling the commemorative bottle with Newports top-selling ale, Maibock, popularly known throughout the U.S. as Dead Guy Ale. Rogue Ales is located at 748 SW Bay Boulevard.

October 1, 2007: Morimoto and Me, By Burnt Lumpia-- In addition to pimping his cookbook, Morimoto was also pushing his signature beer with Rogue Brewery. This is actually a beer that Ive enjoyed before, so I was especially excited when I found out they were providing it as part of the ...

September 8,2006: Try Rogues Hazelnut Brown Nectar with Beechers Flagship Cheddar--a recommendation by Janet Fletcher in her San Francisco Gate column--in fact the pairing suggestion was made by Beechers Handmade Cheese owner Kurt Dammeier!

August 23,2006: Dont soliloquize -- just drink Shakespeare Stout . A great title for a review by William Brand who has written quite a few words about beer from his Bay Area perch, and reflects on how good this beer was, and still is! Kudos to William, who chose not to homebrew an oatmeal stout, and to brewer John Maier, for continuing to dial this one in!

July 2006: Rogue Rocks: Dead Guy Ale is alive with flavor - an article celebrating Jerry Garcia (his birthday is August 1st) and Rogues Dead Guy Ale.

Summer 2006: Bringing Beer to the Table -- Pairing beer with food brings an untapped flavor partner from behind the bar, at a premium profit for operators. An article by Stephen Beaumont in Flavor & The Menu Magazine. Bravo!

April 2006: People are talking about: Morimoto and his new restaurant in New York City--including Jeffrey Steingarten of Vogue (and a judge on Food Networks Iron Chef America) who finished his review (and his expectations of Chefs chawan mushim) with these final words, "it was all I dreamed of, and more."

February 2006: Penthouse calls Rogue Shakespeare Stout "Liquid Gold!"

February 2006: Rogue Creamery featured in Martha Stewart Living From my home to yours -- A cheese tasting from Crocodile Tear to Rogue River Blue, page 25, which continues on page 26 including signatures from several of the cheese makers are on this scanned page. Note the pilsner glasses of beer in Marthas photo...beer and cheese can take on wine and cheese anytime, anywhere!

January 2006: Better Homes and Gardens ~ In good Taste headline reads, Teamwork: Beer, Blue Cheese, and Cheddar Kudos to our friend David Gremmels for making some of the best cheeses in the universe, and for using Rogue Ales in some of his recipes. Check out their blues, Rogue Chocolate Stout Cheddar and the new Soba Ale Cheddar (Morimoto Signature Series Soba!) Note the pilsner glass of BEER in the phto (we all know beer is a better match than wine with artisan cheese), could it be Rogue Imperial India Pale Ale, or perhaps Morimoto Imperial Pilsner? Either would pair beautifully with the Rogue Creamery Oregonzola pictured on page 74.

January/February 2006: Beer My Valentine -- candy may be sweet, but beer--like love--is intoxicating. Philadelphias Style Magazine included Rogues HazelNut Brown Nectar with five other beers to impress your sweetie, but mistakenly labeled it as part of the Morimoto Signature Series (which is was in 2003-2004, but reverted to its original label in 2005 with homebrewer Chris Studdach on the label.) Regardless of the name snufu, the bottom line is what makes the beer in this bottle so special! "The secret ingredient is Rogues "free range" coastal water. This drink is great all by itself instead of dessert, or pick up a baguette and some blue cheese, drizzle a biy of honey on top and call it lunch."

December 24, 2005: Leave Santa some seasonal suds is the advice from St Petersburg Times...everybody does cookies and milk; catch the big guys attention with one of these specialty beers. Santas Private Reserve: "Reddish ale with candied malts in the forefront balanced by strong piney hops in the end. Bracing as a Northwoods winter, warming as a campfire."

December 24, 2005: Beer from Santas private stash is good, if you can handle the hops , an article in Appletons Post Crescent... Beer Man Todd Haefer wrote: " two weeks ago at T.W. Martins Publick House in Waupaca. Lo and behold, when I asked if they had any holiday beers, the bartender pulled out a 22-ounce bottle of Santas Private Reserve Ale, from Rogue Ales. [snip] Beer Man sez: Santas Private Reserve will satisfy hopheads."

December 17, 2005: Santas on tap for the Solstice at Rich Os.

November, 2005: Rogue Chocolate Stout: Its one drunk milkshake, according to Jon Filson, a Canadian Food Writer/Journalist, who concludes: "If youve ever thought that the idea of chocolate and beer wont work, this is a good spot to start convincing yourself otherwise." Jon analyzes the experience, "The pour alone is worth the five bucks -- the tall, deep-brown frothy head is the first thing youll notice. Finish emptying the bottle into the glass and youll have what looks like a Pop Tart milkshake. Youll want to put a straw in it.
But dont. Sip instead, and youll see its still very much a beer -- there are enough hops in it that youd never call it anything else. And some people Ive served this to dont even notice the chocolate right away. Take your time. I find that with chocolate beers, the first sip is never the best indicator. Its about the fifth or six, when the flavours fully surround your mouth, that the beer takes off. "

November, 2005: Chef Morimoto Opens Pauli Motos -- a new Asian Bistro opens at Tysons Corner Center in VA. Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto has partnered with Restaurateurs Paul Ardaji Sr. and Paul Ardaji Jr in the first of several Pauli Motos Asian Bistros to open.

"Pauli Motos is a contemporary Asian Bistro, with professional and friendly American hospitality, serving moderately priced popular dishes representing Chinese and Japanese cuisines created by culinary director, the highly acclaimed Masaharu Morimoto. Chinese dishes are from the four culinary regions of China; Sichiuan, Hunan, Mongolian, and Canton. Japanese offerings include exciting sushi rolls, Chef Morimoto specialties, and authentic Japanese charcoal grill, called Robata Yaki. Pauli Motos will feature a vast array of specialty drinks and martinis and a large selection of cold and hot sake and offer Morimotos own line of beer and sake." www.paulimotos.com

November 9, 2005: Things You Never Learned in School: Pilgrims Connection to Beer ...an article by Grek Kitsock give a thumbs up for Rogue Smoke with gravy-drenched holiday fare... "Patterned after the Rauchbiers of Bamberg, Germany, is Rogue Smoke from Newport, Ore., brewed with malt smoked over beechwood and alderwood. Available in 22-ounce silk-screened bottles, Rogue Smoke has an almost bacon-like aroma, a rich, oily sweetness up front and a bitter, well-hopped finish that cuts through gravy-drenched, fatty foods."

October 26, 2005: Whats the Drink of the Week in St Louis? ...why Dead Guy Ale, of course... at Dewerys Pizza no less...as selected by The Riverfront Times, St. Louiss alternative newsweekly!

October 10, 2005: Rogue Racing Team News ~ A Porsche sponsored by Rogue Ales is burning up the Sports Car Club of America tracks! Keith Jones celebrated his 1st place victory with a Dead Guy Ale in the winners circle at Sears Point Infineon Raceway. Keith took back to back wins in the National Auto Sport Association class B time trials during the October 8th-9th events in Sonoma, California. Keith returns to Infinion raceway for the Porsche Racing Club series finale on October 29th-30th.

Go Rogue Racing Team, Go... ~ check out this mpeg video clip from INSIDE the car which followed the Rogue Porsche (Black with a white stripe on the roof) during an actual race at the Thunderhill Raceway...ya gotta watch it to the bitter end (under 3 minutes) to see the "errant driver" crash into Team Rogues Porsche...

October 2, 2005: World-class Oregon a special report in the Sunday Oregonian Section "O!", includes a Food & Drink Column on page 13 (middle right of the center page spread--what great real estate) with a photo of Rogue Chocolate Stout bottle and this manifesto... "Rogue Ales: The world loves these great beers with great names: Yellow Snow, Brutal Bitter and Old Crustacean among them. The Newport brewery has won more than 200 medals, including four recent golds at an international competition in London. And with a spokesdog -- Brewer, the black lab -- and a Web site that includes the Rogue Manifesto and 25-packs of Rogue Nation Tattoos, the company has world-class attitude as well." Other World-class Oregon Food & Drink selections include: Rogue Creamerys Rogue River Blue Cheese, Clear Creek Distillery Peary Brandy, Domaine Drouhin "Laurene" Pinot Noir, Brooks Prunes, Columbia River Spring Chinook, Traeger Grills and Smokers, Berries, Wild Mushrooms, Comice Pears, the proximity of local food and wine producers to urban consumers, and Oregons wine distributors (for expanding distribution options in a world of consolidation.)

October 1, 2005: Shakespeare Stout wins GOLD & Eugene City Brewery takes home its first medal, a BRONZE, from the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. Shakespeare was entered in the American Style Stout category, and Eugene Citys Imperial Red won in the Imperial or Double Red category.

October 1, 2005: Ken Wells, Mike Reidel, Sandy Reisgraf, and Fred Eckhartd receive the 2005 Beer Journalism Awards announced during the Great American Beer Festival Awards Ceremony in Denver. "The Brewers Association recognized the work of three journalists who have done an outstanding job of covering the flavor and diversity of American beer. The awards, sponsored by Rogue Ales, were given to Ken Wells for work that appeared in the Wall Street Journal, to Mike Reidel and Sandy Riesgraf for a feature piece that appeared on Fox 13 News at 9 in Salt Lake City, Utah and to Fred Eckhardt for an article that appeared in All About Beer Magazine." For the press release, email ray@brewersassociation.org

September, 2005: Rogue Scores 4 awards at Beverage Industry International Awards Awards ~ the competition was held in conjunction with Drinktec in Germany
International Ale: Bronze, American Amber
Specialty Beers: Gold for Chocolate Stout, and Silver for Hazelnut
Strong Beer: Silver for Morimoto Imperial Pilsner

September, 2005: Beverage Dynamics Packaging Awards ~ Rogue takes 5 Medals: Best All Around Packaging: 2nd place for Imperial Pilsner
New Product Packaging: 2nd place XS Imperial Stout
Redesigned Label/Packaging: 2nd place Morimoto Soba
Poster: 2nd place for American Amber
Wearables: 2nd place for Dead Guy Ale Black tee

September 17, 2005: Dead Guy Ale ~ The Beer thats got it all... ~ John Foyston, beer writer from the Oregonian has this to report in : What the ale? Get seasonal with your beer. "Rogue Dead Guy Ale: The beer thats got it all -- deep reddish-amber color, lots of toasty malt aromas and flavors, spicy hops and glow-in-the-dark labels on the 22-ounce and 64-ounce bottles. Also available in six packs of 12-ounce bottles and on draft."

September 15, 2005: Here are the results from The Gathering: 2005 Longboard Competition in .pdf format. If you dont have Acrobat, the results can be viewed from this excel spreadsheet link.
and to get a feel for surfing on the Oregon Coast, check out these photos from the Gathering... along with Stephs web page (Stephanie Swan is the first female board shaper on the Oregon Coast and Pacific Northwest), including the Rogue Signature Series longboard she made for Iron Chef Morimoto.

September, 2005: Tim Mills Counterpint Column in Cleveland Magazine Features Rogue." Tim Mills, beer and wine consultant to Heinens Fine Foods in Ohio, takes a look at the Rogue in each of us and Rogues Dead Guy Ale and Morimoto Black Obi Soba Ale.

August, 2005: Top Honours to Rogue at Great British Beer Fest for American Cask Ale!" The annual judging of American Cask Ales at GBBF has just been completed and the results are: 1st Rogue Chocolate Stout. 2nd Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale. Joint 3rd Victory Hopdevil and Berkshire Brewing Company Lost Sailor Ale.

August 4, 2005: Have a draft with an ocean breeze ~ A special report by Stacey Cochran in Salem, Oregons Statesman Journal opens with: "Oregon is not only one of the nations top producers of hops and barley, which are used to produce beers far and wide but also is well known for the number of microbreweries and the quality craft beers produced here."

July 26, 2005: Rogue Ales Beer, Cheese and Chocolate Tasting July 26, 2005 ~ a report from Tami Parr, who authors the PNW Cheese Project & cheeseblog, filed her report and pairing notes after attending her first Rogue Ales tasting during Oregon Beer Week 2005!

July 13, 2005: RealBeer.com reports: ROGUE DAZZLES INTERNATIONAL JUDGES Oregons Rogue Ales won a history-making four out of 11 gold medals at the 2005 International Beer Competition in London, England. Rogue also won the title of "Supreme Champion" for its Mocha Porter. Rogue also won a silver medal, when Shakespeare Stout finished second to Mocha Porter in Stouts and Porters. http://www.newportnewstimes.com/articles/2005/07/13/business/business13.prt

July 2005: Mens Journal Magazine has an article on the 50 Best Beers in the World, and low and behold, Rogue Chocolate Stout was selected... but as one of the Freaks of Nature: Worlds Weirdest. "For dessert, reward yourself with Rogue Chocolate Stout, a pleasant marriage of roasted barley, hops, and cocoa." Sweet!

June 15, 2005: Assessing a beer: Sniff, swirl and sip ~ a piece by Sang Yoon begins, "The methods of professionally evaluating beer are like those used to evaluate wine. However, there are a few rules to consider." Check out this excellent piece in the LA Times on how to evaluate and experience craft beer!

June 10, 2005: Rogue Ales Public House -- Summer is prime time for beaches, burgers and beer ~ a review written by Anita Burke of Southern Oregons Mail Tribune, of the Rogue Ales Public House on the Bayfront in Newport which describes what they declare to be the best beer and burger in the country.

May 2005: NY Magazines review states Rogue Rogue is "a full-bodied rum with a bite to match, from Oregon of all places. The clear scent belies a chorcoal flavor and tingly aftertaste that serious drinkers will appreciate."

April, 2005: Forbes FYEye on Rogue-XS ~ Forbes FYI, the luxury living magazine, reported on the Rogue XS-series in the April 18th issue of Forbes Living...

March, 2005: In an article about adult beverages for Saint Patricks Day, the Wall Street Journal stated that Rogues Chocolate Stout is a domestic stout to rival Irish Imports.

February, 2005: Beer and Cheese, perfect together! Read Janet Fletchers column on February 17 in the San Francisco Chronicle: Forget wine and cheese parties -- the true soul mate for fromage isnt made from grape juice.

February, 2005: Three Rogue Stouts score 90 or higher in the 2004 World Beer Championships: Rogue Chocolate Stout = 95, Rogue Shakespeare Stout = 92, Rogue Russian Imperial Stout = 90!

February, 2005: Beer & Chocolate - Intoxicating duo Here are some snipets from John Foysons article on February 5, 2005 in the Oregonian. "It may sound like a weird combination, but the flavors are surprisingly simpatico...the flavors of chocolate and beer are more harmonious than you may realize... On Feb. 14, Fred Eckhardt will pair 10 beers with chocolates ranging from Dagoba organic chocolate to chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter cups at his traditional Valentines Beer and Chocolate Tasting, which happens this year at the Rogue Ales Public House. Each course is also accompanied by a Mozart selection, and Eckhardt may distribute chopsticks at some point so that tasters can be conductors, too. Seven of the 10 beers at Eckhardts tasting will be Rogue ales and he could have gone all Rogue had he wanted to. "Rogue is one of the few breweries on the planet whose beers could match that many flavors," he said."
http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/1107608827300721.xml

October, 2004: Rogue Ales sponsored the first annual Beer Journalism Awards in conjunction with The Association of Brewers. The winners were announced at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver on October 2nd: James P. DeWan whose work appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Lisa Morrison for her column on the Internet Broadcast Systems network, and Stan Hieronymus for an article that appeared All About Beer Magazine. The Association paid tribute to veteran beer journalist Michael Jackson with a Distinguished Service Award, aptly named the Michael Jackson Award. Kudos to all winners and entrants. Follow these links to the award winning articles and press release.
http://www.kirotv.com/food/2650106/detail.html
http://www.allaboutbeer.com
http://www.beertravelers.com/lists/hops.html
http://www.beertown.org/pr/pdf_Word/journalism_award_winners.doc
http://www.probrewer.com/news/news-002349.php
Entries for the 2005 Beer Journalism Awards are due by July 1, 2005. For more information, contact Ray Daniels at ray@aob.org.

October, 2004: Gourmet Magazines Restaurant Issue showcases Rogue Signature Series: Morimoto Soba Ale and Imperial Pilsner on page 100!

October, 2004: Sante Magazine has an article Pale Ales in which Marnie Old discusses and reviews 5 imports, 7 American Pale Ales, 4 American India Pale Ales, and 3 Imperial IPAs. She describes Rogue I2PA as: "Unfiltered topaz color with candied-grapefruit aromas. A malty powerhouse with flavors of mango, chutney and pineapple upside-down cake, ferocious hop finish lasts into the night. (food pairing suggestion) Red Creole jambalya." Bravo Marnie!

October, 2004: William Brand of the Oakland Tribune posted his Beer Blog on October 1st about a beer and cheese pairing event for the press during the 2004 Great American Beer Festival. "Next came Rogue Chocolate Stout, Rogue Brewing, Newport OR, and Cabots Smoky Bacon Cheddar. This was a champ. The cheese was creamy and rich _ and the bacon gave it a dreamy, smoky note. Add the Chocolate Stout, whew." Now that is an idea for an unusual fondue or welsh rarebit! http://oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82%257E30230%257E,00.html

September, 2004: Rogue won three medals at the 2004 Great American Beer Festival:
Silver: Bullfrog Ale, Issaquah Brewhouse-Rogue Ales, in the American-Style Wheat Beer category. Silver:Morimoto Soba Ale, Rogue Ales,in the Specialty Beer cagtegory. Bronze: Old Crustacean, Rogue Ales, in the BarleyWine caterogry.

September, 2004: Relix Magazine selects Shakespeare Stout as the winner of the stout category. Check out page 41 in the Livin section, Relix claims "Its like a rainbow of flavors." One contributor/musician wrote: "If I cant eat before a show, two of these feel like a five-course meal with all the flavors for half the price." Beer is food...and great beer is like fine dining!

September, 2004: Results of The Gathering: Rogue Ales Second Annual LongBoard Classic are on-line -- follow this link for the 2004 winners list, in Acrobat format.

August, 2004: The Rogue Nation of Ales is a featured article on Star Chefs, a web site devoted to all things culinary! Here is a soundbyte: "Rogue lives up to its name in its attitude and marketing while remaining serious about the quality of their beers and quality of life."

Another recent interview by Ralph Woodall of Hopunion with John "more hops" Maier appeared in Craft Beer Quarterly Winter/Spring 2004 issue, in the section: The Hop Pages: "Maier goes from homebrewer of the year to master craft brewer." And Johns favorite hop is? Read all about it!

July 30, 2004: On Tap is a special craft beer publication from the Herald Sun (Durham, NC) and the Southeastern Microbrewers Association, founded by Tyrone Irby. http://www.southeasternmicroassociation.com/smawebsitejulypage.html The July 30th premier edition of On Tap, included with the 60,000 copies of the Herald Sun newspaper, anbd features interviews with Julie Bradford of All About Beer Magazine, Sean Wilson of Pop the Cap, and a feature on Women in Beer which includes a Rogue original, Sebbie Buhler. The 12 page premier issue is also on-line and includes recipes and is a must read for anyone in the Research Triangle Park/Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area. http://www.southeasternmicroassociation.com

July 28, 2004: Omaha World-Herald asks what beer to serve with lobster? But leave room for dessert, because their recommendation is Rogue Shakespeare Stout.

June 24, 2004: Palm Beach Post reviews Dead Guy Ale and Dan, PBPs Beer Guy, loves to review beer. He wrote that Rogue Dead Guy Ale pushes the envelope 6 feet under and a post-mortem may be required. The sound-bytes: full-bodied, flavor with great character, and very well-balanced.

July 18, 2004: : Cheese Market News talks to Rogue and features an article with David Gremmels of Rogue Creamery in Central Point, Oregon. The article reveals a new cheese introduced at the Fancy Food Show in New York in June, Rogue Chocolate Stout Cheddar. The curds are made from whole milk from a single herd of Holsteins raised at Bonanza View Dairy in Oregon. The curds are hand-rolled with Rogue Ales Chocolate Stout and organic chocolate syrup from Dagoba, both for color and to help bind the beer and curds, giving it a marbled appearance. The link to this article is: http://www.cheesemarketnews.com/articlearch/retailwatch.html

June 2004: Gourmet Magazine reviewed three Smoke Beers in the DRINKS column and had this to say about Rogue Smoke: "as hoppy as a Pacific Northwest beer should be...great with grilled or smoked meats..." We recommend pairing Rogue Smoke with a selction of sharp cheddar or provolone cheeses, or authentic Mexican foods with lots of cilantro, cumin and tomato...or even a thin crust classic Italian tomato pie, all of these flavors are a beautiful match for the smoked malts in this Bamberg influenced RauchBier!

May 26, 2004: Ales of the Times, a review of 21 India Pale Ales in the Dining In/Out Section of The New York Times described Rogue Imperial India Pale Ale as "Potent, powerful and intense, very hoppy and bitter; a lot going on..."

May 2004: The Association of Brewers Beer Journalism Awards are sponsored by Rogue Ales to recognize outstanding media coverage that increases consumer understanding of the diversity and flavor of American beer. There are three awards: one in the area of consumer print media, one for consumer broadcast media and one for trade and specialized beer and brewing media. "America has the most diverse beer culture found anywhere in the world," said Ray Daniels, Director of Craft Beer Marketing for the Association of Brewers. "Brewers and beer lovers in other countries envy the incredible range of flavorful beers being produced here and yet many Americans have no idea what is available," he said. The program offers a $500 cash stipend plus travel to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. This years award will recognize work published or broadcast between January 1, 2003 and June 15, 2004. The entry deadline is July 1, 2004. For details on submitting entries, contact Ray Daniels at ray@aob.org - include in the subject line: AOB Journalism Awards.

May 2004: The 2004 Brewing Industry International Awards were announced on May 25th and Rogue Shakespeare Stout was selected as a Grand Champion in the International Dark Milds, Stouts and Porters category! In the same BIAA competition, Rogue American Amber Ale was a category winner as well!

May 2004: Tne 2004 World Beer Championship results are in and Rogue Ales was named
World Champion Strong Ale: Imperial India Pale Ale: Gold Medal - Stong Ales, 94 points
World Champion Amber Ale: Rogue American Amber Ale: Gold Medal - Amber Ale, 92 points
World Champion American Style Pale Ale: Rogue Yellow Snow: Gold Medal - American Style Pale Ale, 91 points
World Champion English Style Brown Ale: Rogue HazelNut Brown Nectar: Gold Medal - English Style Brown Ales 91 points

May 2004: Morimoto Soba Ale wins Silver at the 2004 International Beer Competition in the UK, sponsored by Safeway. Morimoto Soba is part of the Rogue Ales Signature Series and features Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto on the label.

May 2004: Rogue Ales scores eight medals at the 2004 Australian International Beer Awards!
Gold: Chocolate Stout; Silver: American Amber, Saint Rogue Red, Half-e-Weizen and Mocha Porter; Bronze: Brutal Bitter, Dead Guy Ale, and Old Crustacean Barleywine.

May 2004 - All About Beer Magazine, Vol 25, No 2 has the Best of 2003 report from the Beverage Tasting Institute. Rogue Ales had five beers score a 90 or higher (out of 100), including: Dead Guy Ale and Chocolate Stout....the description ended with "Destinctive, well done, but not for everyone". Which means more for those of us who love this elixir! Details are on-line at http://www.tastings.com

April 2004 - Americas Best Discoveries on the Readers Digest web site included Rogues Dead Guy Ale as a favorite beer for a tailgate bash. Check it out on-line at RD - Americas Best Discoveries web page.

April 15, 2004: Jack Joyce, President of Rogue Ales received the prestigious Association of Brewers Recognition Award during the Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego on April 15th, Each year the Association of Brewers pays tribute to an individual or company whose inspiration, enthusiasm and support to the brewpub and microbrew industry. For details, visit www.beertown.org

April 2004: Cheers Magazine - Burger and Brew...
For operators looking to differentiate their restaurants, an unusual beef and beer pairing is at hand. Rogue Ale, based in Newport, Oregon and Snake River Farms, Boise, Idaho developed the idea of telling the Kobe story on the side of a bottle of Saint Rogue Red. Rogue Ale dedicated the bottle to Fukutsuru the original bull credited with starting the line of American Kobe beef from Snake River Farms. Current operators participating in this program include Turn Table and Loquid Lounge at Experience Music Project in Seattle, WA, and Seastar Seafood and Raw Bar, Bellevue, WA. Snake River Farms saw significant growth in their American Kobe beef burger last year. "This partnership allows us to spread th eword u sing more unique methods of merchandising." said Snake River Farms markeing director, Jay Theiler. [Ob: You can also try a SRF Kobe burger paired with a Saint Rogue Red Ale at the five Rogue Public Houses!] http://www.snakeriverfarms.com

March 2004: Rogue trader For Rogue Ales personality goes a long way. The title & subtitle of an article on Rogue Ales in the industry magazine, Beverage World.

March 27, 2004: Chocolate Stout named Best of Show at the Capital Food & Wine Show in Olympia, WA... note, this PacNW wine event selected a beer as the best! Check it out: Chocolate Stout award for Best of Show

March 18, 2004: Rogue Shakespeare Stout was served after the premier of Global Exchange: a performance by the Charles Linehan Company (London) Grand Junction and New Quartet - a Danspace Project and British Council premier in New York City. For more information, visit www.danspaceproject.org

March 14-17, 2004: Saint Rogue Red was served with the Snake River Farms American Kobe Beef Burger during the International Restaurant and Food Service show in New York City. If a picture tells a thousand words, check out the The Ultimate Burger and Brew photo taken at SeaStar Restaurant in Bellevue, WA. The Ultimate Burger and Brew (tm) is served at all five Rogue Public Houses ~ with or without Rogue Creamery Cheese!

February 2004: Newport Rotary Club held its annual awards banquet at Yaquina Head Natural Scenic Area, and Rogue Ales was awarded Rotarys 2004 Enterprise Award. The Enterprise Award is given "For Outstanding Achievement in Business, Customer Service and Community Service." http://www.newportnewstimes.com/nt_news/business/nt_business-08.html#Top OfPage

February 4, 2004: India Pale Ales: Impressive, impudent and imposing...an article in the Gazette by DC-area beer writers, Brews Brothers, Stephen Franks and Arnold Maltzer included this soundbyte about Rogue: "The refreshing, medium-bodied brew has an earthy hop nose with a touch of tart lemon. It has a light sweet front and a puckering, moderately bitter hop character in the middle that lasts long into the aftertaste. The aftertaste also displays dryness and evident alcohol." For the full article, visit Gazette/Brews Brothers

February 2004: Rogue Shakespeare Stout served to the cast of King Lear at Lincoln Center Theater during a Young Patrons Night. The New York Times review praised Christopher Plummer as Lear, calling it "a performance of a lifetime". Twelve cast members signed the LCT Review magazine including Barry MacGregor - The Fool, Domini Blythe - Goneril, Lucy Peacock - Regan, Guy Paul - The Duke of Burgundy, Brian Tree - Oswald, Stephgen Russel - Cornwall, and numerous other in the ensemble.

January 2004: Stuff Magazine has an review on six Porters which includes Rogue Mocha Porter... the article sums it up with this sound byte "and at 5.3% ABV it makes a great drinkable dessert", and you can view the Stuff article on Porter Masters... from this link.

January 2004: The 19th Annual Beverage Dynamics Advertising & Promotion Awards were announced and Rogue was selected for six awards! Rogue has always used world class packaging for its world class beers ~ but you knew that! Rogues awards were in the following categories:
New Product Packaging: 2. Rogue Morimoto Imperial Pilsner ceramic bottle, and 3. Rogue Rum bottle
Chef Morimoto with his Rogue Award...
All Around Packaging: 1. Dead Guy 64oz glow-in-the-dark Growler
Banners/Steamers: 1. Rogue Nation Flag
Branded Wearables: 3. Bullfrog Ale T-shirt (a brand from Rogues Issaquah Brew House)
Direct Mail: 3. 100% Pure Rogue - Issue # 17: Rogue Head Brewer, John Maier with Iron Chef Morimoto
Details are on-line at the: Beverage Dynamics web site

November 20 - January 18: Rogue Shakespeare debuts at Lincoln Center at the Sweet Concessions stand...enjoy a glass of the Bard during the production of Henry IV at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. The cast includes Kevin Kline and Ethan Hawke, and is directed by Jack OBrien (of The Full Monty and Hairspray fame) through Dakin Matthews slimming adaptation of Shakespeares twin history plays, Henry IV, Parts I and II. For ticket information and details about this production, visit the LCT Henry IV web page.

September 27, 2003 - Rogue wins GOLD at the Great American Beer Festival for Chamomellow Ale in the Herb & Spice cateogry. A brew conceived by Caleb McLaughlin in 1991 during his stint at Rogues Issaquah BrewHaus, this mellow, herbal ale is everything the name implies! Available on tap in Issaquah and at the other Rogue Ales Public Houses, and while supplies last in a special 22-ounce bottle: Batch #1 in the Rogue Test Series of Ales...

September 17, 2003 - Loving Stouts for All the Right Reasons - a review of stouts in the New York Times, Dining In/Out section rated Rogue Shakespeare Stout as #1 in a tie with Sam Smith Imperial Stout! NY Times food reviewers Frank Prial, Eric Asimov and Amanda Hesser were joined by Richard Scholz, proprietor of BierKraft, a gourmet beer and food shop in Brooklyn. Shakespeare was Sholzs favorite of the 17 stouts sampled. He liked the contrast of bitter and sweet. Asimov called it dark, creamy and classic. Prial liked its complexity and Hesser called it straightforward with flavors of molasses, bread and tobacco! If you have a NYTimes.com online account, the Loving Stouts article link is here.

September 10, 2003 - The results from the California Brewers Fest are in and Rogue Scored: a first place for Imperial Stout, two second place awards for both the Morimoto Soba and HazelNut beers, and three third place awards for Yellow Snow, Youngers Special Bitter, and I2pA/Imperial India Pale... The full list of winners and categories is on-line Calif Brewers fest web page

September 5, 2003 - Partick Orrs Dining Reviews in the Idaho Statesman has an article on Rogue and a side-bar: Coming soon...to a store near you, about the new 64-oz glow in the dark jug of Dead Guy Ale. The review focuses on the Signature Series Ales, with Chef Morimoto! He writes, "For my money (and Ive spent a lot of it on beer over the years), no other brewers make as many consistently excellent and interesting beers in as many different styles as the beer freaks at Rogue." Check it out, on-line at: Dining Reviews: Its the Rogue way, or no way

September 3, 2003 - The results from the LA Country Fair, Commercial Beer Competition are in! Rogue scored four medals: Chocolate Stout won a GOLD, Kells Irish Lager, Imperial India Pale Ale, and Youngers Special Bitter each won BRONZE! A list of the winners, by style category is on-line at: Calif Fermentation Societys web page

August 27, 2003 - A story appeared in the Oakland Tribune by staff writer William Brand about the SFO Pub opening...check it out on-line: Rogue...Union Street Pub

August 20, 2003 - The SF Chronicle got wind of Rogue coming to town...follow this link: Rogues are coming...

August 7, 2003 - Philadelphia Inquirer Restaurant Critic Craig LaBan reviews the two Morimoto Signature Series Ales. "True to Rogues reputation, they show off their advertised flavors - hazelnut and sina[buckwheat] - with none-too-subtle power." Click here for the full Phila Inquirer review.

July 30, 2003 - NY Times, Dining In section (B) page 2 has an article with a photo of Chef Morimoto sabering a bottle of Rogue Morimoto Ale...John Maier is mentioned...and if you have a NYT on-line account this link will load to the article, NYTimes Link otherwise, view the .pdf copy of article and follow this link to learn more about Chef Morimotos web page

June through Sept 6, 2003 - The American Museum of Natural History in NYC has an exhibit on the history of chocolate, and in the museum chocolate store you can buy Rogue Chocolate Stout! AMNH Chocolate Exhibit

June 2003 - Barbeque and Beverage Magazine included Rogue Chocolate Stout in the current issue. Details are on-line at: http://www.bbqmag.com

May 23, 2003 - Rogue Chocolate Stout is featured in The Week Magazine on page 36. To learn more about this weekly news digest, visit www.theweekmagazine.com

May 2003 - Rogue Ales serves American Amber, Shakespeare Stout, Dead Guy Ale, and Saint Rogue Red at the James Beard 2003 Journalism Awards in New York City. The awards banquet dinner featured several outstanding chefs from Oregon. A copy of the banquet dinner menu and cover of the program with James Beard walking along a beach on the Oregon coast can be viewed from these links: Awards Banquet Menu - Journalism Awards
Cover of Banquet Menu Program - Journalism Awards

American Kobe Beef was the entree at the awards banquet dinner and Snake River Farms and Rogue Ales have teamed up to pair the American Kobe Beef Burgers with Saint Rogue Red. Jay from Snake River Farms described this as the ultimate burger & brew ... For details visit Snake River Farms web page.

April 2003 - Stephen Beaumonts website, www.worldofbeer.com, featured Spontaneous Sebbie ~ a beer cocktail that blends Rogue Chocolate Stout with Hanssens Kriek as the Taste of the Month for April

April 2003 - Rogue scores again at the 2003 World Beer Championships with four gold and five silver medals! To see the reviews and results, follow these three links:
HazelNut Brown Nectar. GOLD MEDAL - 93 points - Exceptional
Dead Guy Ale. GOLD MEDAL
American Amber Ale. GOLD MEDAL
I2PA: Imperial Indial Pale Ale. GOLD MEDAL

February 2003 - Rogue wins Gold & Silver at the 2003 World Beer Championships! To see the reviews and results, follow these three links:
Chocolate Stout. GOLD MEDAL
Shakespeare Stout. SILVER MEDAL
Mocha Porter. SILVER MEDAL

And...the results from the 2003 United States Beer Tasting Championships have been announced: Hazelnut Brown Nectar is Grand Champion, 3 years in a row! Rogues Imperial Stout was selected best Imperial Stout from the Pacific Northwest!

The folks at Alcohol Reviews have posted their review of Rogue American Amber Ale on-line. The review reads: This brew is a beauty. Looks like a nutbrown when poured into a glass. It is malty, sweet, full-flavored, and full bodied. Its an under 75 degrees Farenheit weather sort of brew that closes softly with delicious Cascade and Kent Golding hops. Yum. (Rating ****)

January 2003 - Food and Wine, the official magazine of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (Canada) scored a hat-trick for Rogue in their Winter 2003 issue; 1) page 24 in the column Beer Bits, and what better suggestion for Valentines Day than Rogues Chocolate Stout, 2) Page 48 has a recipe suggestion for a porter Cheesecake, but goes on to recommend Rogue Chocolate Stout (yummmm!), and 3) Page 43, in the opening page of Food Flavors article, displays Rogue Chocolate Stout yet again... All three pages can be viewed in jpeg format. Page 24 Beer Bits jpeg, and then Page 48 Cheesecake jpeg , and Page 43 Food Flavors jpeg.

November 2002 - Rogue has a two page spread in STUN magazine on pages 64-65, featuring Rogue Smoke, Mexicali, Chocolate Stout and Mocha Porter! Stun page 64 - jpeg, and Stun page 65 - jpeg.

September 2002 ~ Rogue Ales wins the Restaurant Neighbor Award from Oregon Restaurant Association and was a finalist in the national awards in Washington, D.C. on September 24th. Rogues slogan, "A Brand a Town Built" reflects the philisophy of the organization, supporting local charaties at each of its locations. See ORAs web page for details. Kudos to Rock Bottom on their award!

May 2002 ~ Oregonians bring Chowder and Oysters to Engine 55 in New York City
It began as a Rotary Club project last winter, sending a holiday wreath to every fire station in New York City. Six months later it became a mission with volunteer fire fighters, restauranteurs, and Rotary Club members from Lincoln City, Oregon embarking on a trip to cook Mos Clam Chowder for the fire fighters and their families at Engine #55 in Little Italy. New York is known for tomato-based Manhattan Chowder. Oregon is famous for Mos Chowder (of Mos Restaurant, with six locations on the Oregon coast) which uses Yaquina Bay oysters from Newport in the thick milky stew, complete with a dollop of butter for extra sweetness... Mos Chowder was the inspiration for this journey and it will be the center piece on the table at Engine 55 on May 11th. Mos namesake beverage is being donated by Rogue Ales (Half-a-Weizen, aka Mo Ale.) Follow this link for the article about the Mos Chowder Mission in the Lincoln City News Guard
Engine 55 lost five fire fighters when the World Trade Towers collapsed. Six months to the day later their battered fire engine was unearthed at Ground Zero. Follow these links for this remarkable story and the history of Engine 55 .

May 2002 _ Rogues Russian Imperial Stout takes top Stout honors DownUnder... A full list of winners is on-line at: The Beer Awards site

April 2002 ~ Shakespeare Stout medals at the 2002 Brewing Industry International Awards in London. Terry Urwin from the Princess of Wales Pub received the award on behalf of Rogue Ales. For the list of medal winners, visit the BIIA Award Winners site.

February 2002 ~ The US Beer Tasting Championship results are in and Rogue is a winner! For the results in Acrobat format, click here

Rogue wins 2 medals the the 20th Annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver Mocha Porter won bronze in the robust porter category and Chocolate Stout won silver in the chocolate/cocoa flavored beer category ~ a bittersweet moment for everyone at Rogue Ales! No pun intended...

Rogue Russian Imperial Stout received a glowing review in January 17, 2002 issue of the ctnow.com, the on-line edition of The Hartford Courant. Kerry Callahans article begins, "Rogue Imperial Stout may be the most intensely flavoured beer Ive ever tasted." To read Kerrys review of Rogue, click here.

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