Comments on: Rogue Ales moving XS line, including new McRogue Scotch Ale, to 7 oz. bottles

By: beersage

beersage — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:08:25 +0000

7 oz only

By: vkv822

vkv822 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:04:50 +0000

so does this mean there will be no more 750ml bottles of there will be 7oz AND 750ml available??

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:27:01 +0000

Another thing to note: smaller bottles make for worse aging vessels.

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Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:57:55 +0000

[...] to let you know — thanks to our friends over at BeerNews.org — that Rogue Ales will debut a line of 7 oz. bottles on February 1, starting with Russian Imperial Stout. The brewery will soon [...]

By: Rogue to Downsize XS Series Bottles

Rogue to Downsize XS Series Bottles — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:51:32 +0000

[...] Per Beernews.org, Rogue will soon downsize their XS Series of beers (Imperial Stout, Imperial IPA, Old Crusty, etc…) to 7-ounce bottles. While they used to distribute these beers in small bottles, in recent years they had moved to ceramic 750ml bottles for their XS beers, which helped to drive their price out of many consumers’ range. While the new volume price may not be much different in the new format (no idea), Rogue is betting that more people will likely be willing to shell out less $ overall for a small bottle. [...]

By: davet

davet — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:52:30 +0000

oh look, did we finally figure out that the sexy but brutally overpriced black ceramic 750ml was a terrible solution as the lone way to buy this otherwise great beer?

By: Beer Drinker

Beer Drinker — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:51:48 +0000

So XS stands for Xtra Small now?

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:37:30 +0000

Interesting. I had heard that they were moving from the ceramic 750′s to 22 oz glass bottles for the XS series. I find it a little hard to believe they’re going to bottle them in 7 oz bottles. That’s just tiny!

By: JF

JF — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:34:57 +0000

Nice to see Rogue move this series BACK to the smaller bottles, hopefully this is a trend that we will see more of with bigger beers.