Imperial Red Celebrates Democracy!
  

NEWPORT, OR., December 5, 2007 (Rogue Wire Service): On February 7, 1990, the Central Committee of the Soviet Union's Communist Party agreed to endorse President Mikhail Gorbachev's recommendation that the Party give up its 70-year long monopoly of political power.  In the following weeks 15 Soviet Republics held their first elections and the Warsaw Pact was dissolved.

Rogue is commemorating the historic event by launching Imperial Red on February 7th, 2008.  Imperial Red is the newest addition to Rogue's award winning Imperial Family of XS products that include Old Crustacean Barleywine, Imperial Stout, Imperial India Pale Ale, and Morimoto Imperial Pilsner.  The Imperial Family of XS products has been awarded 59 medals for taste and packaging, and are available in 750 ml ceramic swingtop bottles and on draft.

"Imperial Red is a deep copper chestnut color with toffee, brown sugar, nuts, and spice aromas. A rich supple entry leads to an off-dry medium-full body of tangy raisins and citrus marmalade, bittersweet chocolate, and mild spice flavors. It finishes with a long nutty, fruity fade."
    - 2007 World Beer Championships Tasting Notes

IMPERIAL RED AWARDS

U.S. Beer Tasting Championships: Grand Champion
World Beer Championships: Gold
Australian International Beer Awards: Silver
North American Beer Awards: Silver
New Zealand International Beer Awards: Silver
Australian International Beer Awards: Bronze
Great American Beer Festival: Bronze

Celebrating its second century, Rogue Ales is an Artisan Varietal Brewery founded in Oregon in 1988, as one of America's first 50 microbreweries.  Rogue has 550+ awards for taste and quality and is distributed nationally and in 9 other countries.  Rogue Ales also operates 9 embassies: Brewers on the Bay, Rogue Bayfront Pub, Rogue Wolf eel Cafe and the Rogue House of Spirits in Newport, OR; Rogue Distillery and Public House in Portland, OR; Eugene City Brewery in Eugene, OR; Rogue Astoria in Astoria, OR; Issaquah Brewhouse in Issaquah, WA, and Rogue Ales Public House in San Francisco, CA.