beer_name: Santa's Private Reserve Ale
text: A - Copper Red with a good head. S - Smell might be my favorite part of this brew. Hoppy with deep malt undertones. T - Very hoppy up front with a malt taste coming later. Just ok for me. M - medium bodied, little dry D - Not my favorite winter brew. The balance of hops and malt was not meshing well with my tastebuds. I gave it a second try a couple weeks later as well. It's a shame because I really like other Rogue brews but just was not feeling this one. Oh well...there's always next year's batch :)