Rogue House of Spirits

We had a really nice view of the bay. We opted for a flight to try a few beers on the menu. The halibut fish and chips was really yummy. I liked that you walked through the brewery up to the tap house. We bought a few t-​shirts. Great experience. Our service was really good.

Didn’t eat the food, but the beer was good as expected. The bar was small and personal. The walk getting in from the parking lot was weird but plenty of signs were posted to direct you around the brewery areas, which was kinda like a non guided tour of the brewery. The bartender was very personable and attentive despite how busy he was. He was helpful and knowledgeable about the products and menus. It was totally worth the stop and I would gladly return when and if the opportunity arises.

La Chipacabra — unique spicy delicious.
Also for $ 3 try a taste of the vintage reserve vodka!!! Made from two wines and blended to perfection.

If I could pin a 0.05 star on this joint I would. I say this as an avid fan of rogue brewing. We ordered the ceviche. Don’t order the ceviche. Don’t order anything, save beer. Don’t expect friendly service, either.
I hope Rogue revisits it’s headquarter’s standards of hospitality. I’ve had amazing experiences at it’s other pubs.

I’ve been here twice now and have had roughly the same experience each time. The layout of the building is total madness. Anyone that’s been here can attest to that. It’s a freakin’ labyrinth.
The food is impossibly unexciting, the waiting area for tables is by the merch and it gets extremely crowded, and the service is strangely detached. Polite, but… vacant. They’re a reflection of the confusing layout. No one knows what’s happening.
I dunno. I have mixed feelings. The beer is good and there’s a massive selection, but I’m not sure if visiting the taproom is worth the weird vibes.
Go in, buy bottles, leave. If you can find your way out.

Our stop in here was slightly underwhelming after enjoying beers in the brewery next door. For $ 1 each, you get about a quarter shot of their spirits: a classic spruce gin, a pink gin aged in pinot noir barrels (pretty interesting and smooth, and I’m not a gin lover), hazelnut spiced rum (also smooth and not too heavy on the spice part like some rums), Dead Guy whiskey, a single malt scotch and a chipotle spirit (disappointing to me — no heat). We took home bottles of the whiskey ($ 40) and spruce gin, and I enjoyed the hazelnut rum quite a bit too. It would make some delicious warm/​holiday drinks. You can also purchase cocktails from their creative menu, or at least peruse it and get ideas for mixology at home. We had a really great server at the pub and that made the empty distillery with less engaged bartender kind of a downer, so we were in and out pretty quickly. They also sell shirts and glassware here, including different shirts than you can find next door.

Service was horribly slow, they had one person working with a full bar of customers. She was really slow at mixing drinks and sounded inexperienced. Don’t waste your time.

I’ll give them an E for Effort. Their liquors are pretty good, especially the Chipotle Spirit, however the whole setup for tasting and the «tour» is somewhat disappointing! You can try all of their liquors in a tasting area for $ 1 per «mini shot» which is essentially a ¼ of a shot. The «tour» consisted of walking across the street to the barreling area and watching the distiller do a couple steps of the distilling process. He was really good at explaining the process and answered questions but it was like your traditional beer tour where you walk around to the different brewing areas. Maybe they should call it a «distillery viewing»…

After visiting the brewery recently, M & I stopped in to try some of the spirits. I don’t think they have ac for May on the coast it was sticky in there. The tastes are $ 1 each (served room temperature) I liked the pink Gin. M grabbed a bottle of Dead Guy whiskey, for $ 40 ¹⁄₅ it was just ok. I get that it is small batch and locally produced, but I doubt we will buy it again. Overall it was ok.

Oops what happened to rouge? When you go to a «distillery» and you order a sample of a craft whiskey… and they give it to you in a shot glass. You know you’re in trouble. They claim to have daily tours. Our tour consisted of «look behind you». That’s the still, we know nothing about it. The single malt whiskey cost $ 9 a shot and was a step below a bottom shelf blended scotch whisky. I enjoyed the brewery, and like the beer. Maybe in time the spirits will improve? They can’t get worse.

First off —
This is a little hard to find and the directions from our bar tender in the Ale house where vague.
Second–
This was the biggest waste of time ever. There two so called «bartenders» didn’t have a clue about their liquor nor how it was made. Per there website they have guided tours every day. That was a complete joke. The two bartenders just pointed behind us saying, it’s all back there its explanatory.
They were unable to figure out there drink menu and made me the worst drink I have had in a while. It tasked of just soda water with a sugar rim.
We did a few tasters of the liquor strait. There Dark rum had no flavor (wich explained why my drink was so horrible.) there hazelnut rum smelled nice but tasted like burnt hazelnut and hair.
The prices they are selling this for is amazingly ridicules. Who ever actually is willing to pay around $ 50 for a bottle is crazy!
This is just a PR stunt to try and get more people in the door.
On the good side there view was gorgeous. Overlooking a bay filled with boats right under the bridge.

Rogue makes spirits!!! I learned from the tour at the Rogue brewing company that Rogue also makes spirits! Also, they have the only international award winning American Gin, and I LOVE gin, so i had to come check it out… It is an unassuming little building on the bay that is full of GOOD stuff! The staff was very informative, and seriously funny/​entertaining. I think there are only four or five people that run the place. Matt was our bartender/​guide and I happened to be there while one of the distillers was having a cocktail, so it was quite the educational tour from a barstool! Literally you sit at the bar and look at the spirits being made behind a cyclone fence with razor wire at the top. I have been on many tours of distilleries and this one is extraordinarily unique for many reasons… you will just have to go and witness for your self why! I highly recommend trying the whiskey and the gin!

The ‘tour’ isn’t much — the distillery is tiny, so everyone is crowded ’round the bar as the bartender explains the ins and outs of making the various liquors — but it’s still interesting and at the great price of FREE, worth a listen. Samples of all the liquors are available at a buck a pop, and the bartenders will make you a mixed drink or serve you a beer if you’re done sipping straight shots. The pink spruce gin and the hazelnut rum are both delicious, top-​notch and the flavor is well-​worth the price tag. After the tour, take a stroll down to the marina and enjoy the view. Love you, Rogue.

We have always been fans of the Rogue brews, and we weren’t disappointed when we visited their House of Spirits. The food was very good, and the brews were exceptional. Try the beer sampler! You’ll only get some of their concoctions here, and they have a long list of tempting beers. The service was great and the other diners there with us seemed to be enjoying themselves as much as we were. You can get a great view of the Newport bay front if you get the right tables.

The guys here are funny. Seriously, do the distillery «tour,» which is just the distillers talking and drinking. It’s free and funny. The spirits cost $ 1 per taste, which is about ¾ — 1 shot depending on the heavy-​handedness of the pourer.
Rogue Dead Guy Whiskey for life.

Just down the road, a hop, a skip and about 10 jumps away from the Rogue Brewery is this tiny little «house» on the bay where the Spirit Gods make Rogue dreams come true.
After a huge brewery fail and by huge I mean… annoying teenage or barely 21 host at the «Brewers on the Bay» Rogue Brewery annoyed the living crap out of me, i took my name off the list and headed over here. Surely they must have one beer on tap over there. Well I was wrong, not beer on tap, but some Rogue bottles in a pepsi cooler… Works for me.
We arrived around 3:30 and it turned out there was a 4pm tour. «sure, i’ll take the tour». Bartender said well, just sit here and turn around when I start, the distillery is right behind you. Sweet. Yep, you heard me… they make their gins and whiskey right there and we got a bar side tour. It was another accidental find that I recommend.
After you go to the brewery to see and smell where Rogue Beer is made, skip the Restaurant if you just want a beer and head over here. You will only get a small selection of Rogue Beers, but it’s all you will hope for and more.
Oh and be sure to have a tasting for only a $ 1. Heck, get a glass of gin while you are at it.

I remember attending their 3pm tour. Then I remember various tiny cups of gins, whiskies and drinks being passed around… then I remember my throbbing headache a couple hours later…
TIP: Eat at the brewery before you attend the tour.

The Rogue House of Spirits is not nearly as well known or visible as «Brewers on the Bay» which is part of/​connected to the Brewery itself, but it’s just down the street. It’s a super clean joint right on the water with a number of gins (e.g. spruce) & whisky Rogue makes right there, and you can of course get some other mixed drinks with their stuff in it too. Ask for a sip/​taste of different kinds of gin they have, and enjoy the subtle difference in the flavor. I found them to be all smooth & refreshing. The people that work in this joint are super cool too — my girlfriend & I talked to Allen & John, and they were incredibly friendly, welcoming & funny. Also, we were just surpised how much quieter, less crowded, more intimate & cleaner this place was in comparison with the brewery/​pub. One drink I would recommend is this pineapple gin drink with infused pineapple slice — unbelievable!