Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye Ale

Brewed by Bear Republic Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Healdsburg, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle 1pt.6fl.oz. @ home.
[ Trade by acrdz ]. Brown red color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grapefruit, orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily and smooth, carbonation is soft. [20081222]

A hazy red beer with a fine light brown head. The aroma is a great hop aroma with notes of caramel and alcohol. The flavor is also a great powerful hop flavor, very acidic, leading up to a dry end. It is just a bit too acidic hoppy for my taste, but still a very nice beer.

(Bottle 65 cl) Clear, amber golden with a dense, off-white head. Fantastic and fresh, citrusy hop aroma. Rather full-bodied with lots of caramel and nuts and a high degree of fruitiness. Distinctly hoppy finish. Nice one. Thanks to sk8viking for sharing. 150207

From 75 cL bottle. Pours filtered orange with creamy white head. Strong aroma hops with a base of malts. Taste is strongly hoppy and rounded off with malts. Good balance. Ends very bitter long into the finish.

Bottled. Clear mahogany appearance, creamy head. Grapefruity aroma. Dominated by hops, but there’s plenty of soft, rich maltiness there as well. Lingering salty, very bitter finish. When it comes to malt character Bear Republic is one of my favourite American breweries!

Bottle. Clear orange coloured with an off wihte head. Aroma of malts, caramel, fruits, hops, pin needle and grape fruits. Fruity flavour of hops, pine needles and grape fruits. Dry hoppy finish.

Bottle, 8%. Good caramelly and teaish hop aroma. Clear brown colour. Small off-white head. The flavour is powerful, quite sweet, there is a good caramelly and grassy hop note, and a distinct, but not rough bitterness in the finish. Quite well-balanced even though it is very flavourful. 838318

UPDATED: JAN 17, 2009
Date: April 07, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
Appearance: hazy amber
Aroma: big fresh citrus hop aroma
Flavor: huge hop flavor on a great sweet carmel malt base, nice long bitter finish

Date: June 23, 2005
Mode: bottle
Source: freakin frog
Appearance: dark amber, thin beige head, nice lace
Aroma: big sweet carmel malt aroma filled with lots of earthy citrus hops
Body: velvet smooth body
Flavor: rich dry malt flavor, lots of balancing hops, bitter finish appears as it warms

Date: May 19, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Appearance: lasting beige head, lots of drippy lace
Aroma: picking up some nice chocolate aroma to blend with the dark caramel malts
Flavor: the citrus character is gone but still lots of earthy hop flavor and long bitter finish

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

UPDATED: MAR 26, 2005 Chestnut-accented amber colour. Citrusy, woody hop aroma with toasty malts...maybe a hint of crystal in there. Crisply bitter, moderately-sized body. Toasty and woody with dashes of lemon juice and light grainy notes (presumably rye, but it’s indistinctive to me). Dry, woody finish.

Original notes: Fiery amber; aroma is great - lots of hops, kicking back with well-extracted, quality malts. Caramel, rye notes add accent to a delicious, different brew.

(Bottle) Pours a deep cooper color with an incredibly thick, long lasting, frothy beige head. The head on this one resembled a root beer float head. Has a good hoppy flavor with a creamy finish.