Rogue Sriracha Hot Stout Beer

Beer # 245 Rogue Sriracha Hot Stout Beer

Rogue Ales

Newport, Oregon, USA
Independent
Flavoured Stout 5.7 % ABV Brown Glass Bottle with Vinyl Shrink-wrap label 750 ml.
$6.60 (Canadian) At the LCBO

Twitter: @RogueAles

This is a beer I have been wanting to try since I heard it was going to be made. I love hot sauces and chiles and Sriracha is one that always has a place in my fridge (try it on Macaroni!)

For those who don't know, Sriracha is a hot chile sauce made with select hot peppers ground into a paste and mixed with vinegar, garlic, salt and sugar (representing the four cornerstones of Asian cuisine: spicy, sour, salty, and sweet). The sauce is thought to be first produced in a small village in Thailand called Si Racha, where it was used as a dipping sauce for seafood. However, the version we are familiar with is actually produced in California, USA.  "Rooster sauce," or as it is more saucily known as "Cock Sauce" is a stateside iteration of the Thai sauce produced by Huy Fong foods. In 1978 David Tran fled his country of Viet Nam during the war and escaped to the United States on a Taiwanese freighter called Huey Fong which Mr. Tran would eventually name his company. (So Sriracha is a Thai style sauce made in the USA by a Vietnamese man who runs a company named after a Taiwanese ship... Confused? Me too). Oh and the rooster on the label? Mr. Tran was born in the year of the rooster in the Chinese Zodiac.

Meanwhile... Back in Canada...

The beer is produced by Rogue Ales and Spirits... The lovely people who brought us Voodoo Donut beers. Tonight's offering is a very lovely stout that has had sriracha infused into it. 

Look out taste buds... here it comes...

Pours a slightly muddy black-brown that is so opaque light will not shine through. The head is deep tan in colour with red highlights, made up of small to tiny bubbles. Aroma is intensely dark chocolate and cocoa powder with hints of fresh chiles. Some wood and caramel. First sip gives us Sweet chocolate stout malty caramel, some woodiness, then the heat kicks in. Capsaicin heat trips across the tongue, and warms the throat. Heat builds. Aeration gives us a creaminess and an explosion of heat that almost singes the tongue. Flavours meld well together like Mexican Chocolate.


Impressions: Fail, So-so, Pass, Exceptional 


Cost: 5/6 PASS
Colour: 6/6 EXCEPTIONAL
Beer Style: 6/6 EXCEPTIONAL
Re-Order:  5/6  PASS
Experience:  6/6 EXCEPTIONAL

Final Thoughts:

Wow, this beer rocks. You can't drink it fast though you have to sip at it or else the heat becomes too intense. It is a beer I would enjoy cooking with... BBQ sauce springs to mind.
CJT


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