Rogue's new Beard Beer (yeast cultured from brewmasters John Maier's beard)

[mullenium]

http://rogue.com/rogue-wire-service/blog/2012/06/20/beard-beer/

Kind of interesting, I am curious to try this!

 

[Tupperwolf]

I thought this was an April Fools' joke until I saw the date the article was posted.

 

[hopdoc]

Its probably just pacman yeast...

 

[user 108580]

Its probably just pacman yeast...

White labs said it wasn't there yeast and was a different strain all together. Last I checked there making pilot batches to see what style it will suit.

 

[mullenium]

White labs said it wasn't there yeast and was a different strain all together. Last I checked there making pilot batches to see what style it will suit.

beers already ready, released yesterday

 

[user 108580]

beers already ready, released yesterday

Really? Can u link to it?

 

[mullenium]

Really? Can u link to it?

http://www.kgw.com/news/Rogue-releases-beer-made-from-beard-yeast-200946321.html

http://www.oregonlive.com/beer/index.ssf/2013/04/the_beard_rogue_is_not_kidding.html

 

[user 108580]

http://www.kgw.com/news/Rogue-releases-beer-made-from-beard-yeast-200946321.html

http://www.oregonlive.com/beer/index.ssf/2013/04/the_beard_rogue_is_not_kidding.html

Thanks. Looks like I'm headed to San Francisco thus weekend.

 

[mullenium]

Thanks. Looks like I'm headed to San Francisco thus weekend.

u gonna try it out?

 

[user 108580]

u gonna try it out?

If I can get it. A co worker lives in SF and I've put him on a mission to see if they have 22's there. If it's only on tap I probably won't make the trek there unless I find free time. But I'm pretty busy with my hop garden and brew sculpture adjustments this weekend.

 

[user 108580]

From the check ins on Untappd its a Belgian Golden Ale and has about a 3.5-4 star rating.

 

[user 108580]

Managed to pick a bottle up this weekend. Won't be able to try it till this weekend though.

 

[Andrikos]

Is this what Rogue has been reduced to?
Marketing stunts on questionable beer choices...
Bacon maple and now this.
What's up Rogue, what happened?

 

[TahoeRy]

Andrikos, I couldn't agree more. Rogue is one if my favorite breweries who always made big complex beers. This new stuff they are putting out is throwing me off. I understand they want to be unique and creative but save most if that stuff for the brewpubs. Just seems like they keep using gimmick's.

 

[user 108580]

I agree with some of what you two said. While there donut collaboration beers are awful in my opinion, this beard beer has a fairly decent rating on Untappd for how few tastings there have been so far.

I for one would totally use a yeast I found if it promised to make good beer. I think this is less gimmicky, more "whoa, whod'a thought."

 

[day_trippr]

If the shark hasn't been jumped yet, just wait for the batch they cook up using yeast from <fill in your favorite female celebrity>'s patootie...

Cheers!

 

[mullenium]

I agree with some of what you two said. While there donut collaboration beers are awful in my opinion, this beard beer has a fairly decent rating on Untappd for how few tastings there have been so far.

I for one would totally use a yeast I found if it promised to make good beer. I think this is less gimmicky, more "whoa, whod'a thought."

Got a bottle at the Rogue tent at the portland saturday market.. the beer is ehh IMO, I am by no means a beer expert but it seems like a good sessionable light beer.. it reminded me of a really good Coors, Miller, Bud style beer and there was very small head retention

I probably wouldnt buy one again since those style light beers are not my thing

 

[BeastMaster]

Is this what Rogue has been reduced to?
Marketing stunts on questionable beer choices...
Bacon maple and now this.
What's up Rogue, what happened?

Dont even get me started on their terrible mead...

 

[tgmartin000]

Sorry but that is disgusting.

 

[hopdoc]

Sorry but that is disgusting.

What is?

 

[Tupperwolf]

I like Rogue but I am firmly in the "not interested" camp. I also think it's gross. Come on, guys. Craft beer is getting big, and it seems harder every month to stand out, but you don't have to do things that are this wild. Just make good beer. I don't want to think about some other dude's nappy beard while sipping a pint.

 

[user 108580]

I like Rogue but I am firmly in the "not interested" camp. I also think it's gross. Come on, guys. Craft beer is getting big, and it seems harder every month to stand out, but you don't have to do things that are this wild. Just make good beer. I don't want to think about some other dude's nappy beard while sipping a pint.

You realize he didn't dip his beard into the wort, right? A few hairs were sent to white labs, a yeast was isolated and grown. Just like every yeast that ever got a start at a yeast lab (minus the beard part). All yeasts used in brewing were wild at some point.

 

[AlCophile]

day trippr:
Would you call that brew "My Candida?"

 

[day_trippr]

day trippr:
Would you call that brew "My Candida?"

That would fit my impressions of the whole exercise

Cheers!

 

[bierhaus15]

Here's some truly "wild" yeasts for the adventurous brewers.

http://www.ncyc.co.uk/yeast-ncyc-2964.html

http://www.ncyc.co.uk/yeast-ncyc-2776.html

:cross:

 

[TahoeRy]

Thats AWESOME! The second link is for a yeast that was cultured from: "Vaginal isolate from patient recently treated with Clotrimazole, Antwerp, Belgium." - Now that sounds like an interesting yeast to try, huh? If I had to choose between those two you posted I would have to go with this one over the one taken from the stool sample.

 

[TahoeRy]

I can see the beer now:

"This Belgium style ale is brewed with a delicate balance of German malts and noble hops. The addition of the vaginal yeast adds the complex taste that you just cannot find in other beers."

 

[weirdboy]

I have no problem with yeast from whatever part of the body. It's not like the beer is going to end up tasting like hair or something.

I remember reading a zymurgy article by Charlie Papazian some years ago where he brewed beer with yeast taken from his hair and skin samples. I don't see the big deal. It's just yeast. Maybe if he took a bath in the wort-filled fermenter which then spontaneously fermented I would think twice about drinking it.

 

[tgmartin000]

You realize he didn't dip his beard into the wort, right? A few hairs were sent to white labs, a yeast was isolated and grown. Just like every yeast that ever got a start at a yeast lab (minus the beard part). All yeasts used in brewing were wild at some point.

Obviously. That doesn't make it any less disgusting in my opinion.

 

[GarageDweller]

Rogue kinda sucks nowdays...I'm sure some people will disagree, probably a lot of people actually, but their stuff is overpriced and trying to be too off the wall. They don't have a decent beer in any standard style. even dead guy ale has been surpassed by a ton of local breweries with far cheaper price-tags. I don't care if anyone considers me wrong; I see these guys as fakin the funk these days. Your product should speak for itself, not the stupid one-off idea. farking beard beer...stupid marketing ploy IMO.