According the Beernews.org, Rogue Ales has decided to abandon the wonderful, armory-inspired look of their 750 ml ceramic bottles in favor of significantly smaller, 7 oz bottles for their XS series of beers. *Tear

Last week, the brewery got label for two such bottles: Imperial Younger’s Special Bitter and Imperial Red Ale. According to President, Brett Joyce, the brewery will also package Imperial IPA, Old Crustacean Barley Wine, and the new McRogue Scotch Ale in 7oz bottles.

This is kind of an interesting move since I thought the monstrous bottles were some of the cooler out there, and also encouraged a real group drinking session because of their abundance of beer, coupled with the usual high-alcohol beverages. These smaller bottles will obviously be cheaper and geared more toward one session of drinking. I’ll miss the 750 ml giants.