Appalachian Rockville Rye Ale

Pours amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of fruit and bread. The flavor is fruit, caramel, and bread. Not bad.

Draft at the Gettysburg location, July 2006. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with light notes of berries. The flavor is sweet with primary notes of berries, but also light notes of bread and fruit (primarily oranges), leading to a dry end. All in all it is just too light for my taste.

Sampled at the brewfest in Adamstown. Pours copper with a small white head. Aroma of fruit, slight pine, and rye. The flavor is fruit, caramel, mild hops, and rye. good beer.

On tap at Gettysburg location, July 2006. Attractive, gingery amber colour. Like several of the Appalachian brews, I found this one a bit on the sweet side for my taste. Smooth and a touch bready. The idea of a rye beer is interesting but I’m not entirely sure what flavour elements it introduces. But I kept getting tastes of a soft drink called Vimto that we have in the UK (don’t know whether it gets to the US). Somehow, whilst an interesting concept, I felt this beer lacked attack and the overall effect was a tad bland.

Draft. Deep coppery pour with aroma of fruit, heavy malt, red grapes. Tastes fruity, grapey, with caramel malt notes.