Founders Black Rye

Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: Specialty Grain
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Hoppy aroma with a certain something that makes my nose itch. Smells burnt, almost. Very bitter and hoppy flavored, some black licorice. Definitely a very interesting beer. Nice job, Founders!

Nice!!! Wish I would have had this sooner, but a good time to have it. Pours black with a tan head that hold. rye, chocolate, roasted malt on the nose. Taste are awsome and balanced with chocolate malt, roasted malt, rye, grain, and a great hoppy finish that last mildly.

Founder’s Black Rye, in a 12 oz brown stubby bottle with a twist off cap. Smell is slightly strong, like you know you are going to get an impact on your taste buds. Pour is very black with barely an orange tinge on the edges. The taste is extremely rude, like and impy stout or Baltic porter. The only other specialty grain I have to compare this to was also made by founder’s. However, the red rye was much more palatable than this. If you like those impy stouts or Baltic porters you better put this on your list to try. Medicinal back of the throat bitterness that just don’t quit. Think of beer filtered thru an old wet campfire or the taste of lye on the palate. Very difficult to enjoy for a lager lover. Will not buy again, but OK to try once. Somebody please get an Old Heathen to wash this down with. Rude and acrid, like an imp stout. If you are trying dark beer for the first time better stay away from this. Almost as bad as Lion Stout, Bells Expedition or Old Rasputen. No manners and very offensive.

Lots of rye and hops on the aroma. Flavor follows though with plenty of spicy rye. Not bad, but I prefer my rye in stouts.

This beer is interesting: flavors of mocha, dark rye bread, and bitter roasted malt. The finish is quite bitter, much like coffee.

Bottle; poured a dark brown/black; small to medium light brown head. Aroma of chocolate and caramel malt. Strong flavor of chocolate and coffee; Flavor was alot like a porter. Flavor of rye as well. Ok, expected better

Rated 9/14/06: Great brew here, poured much darker than I expected. Enormous medium tan head with lots of good lacing. Mild aroma slightly sharp and bitter, scents of chocolate malt and sweet caramel. Creamy and thick to the mouth good feel to this. Flavor resembles a light porter or sweet stout. Nice bitter hop flavor with a sharp graininess, which could be the rye. This is my first rye brew, and what a great one indeed.

Pours a dark brown almost black with a thin tan head. First thing you smell is Fresh Hops ! also scents of malt, toffee and fruit. The flavor is incredibly well balanced with a creamy palate, with notes of chocolate, caramel, coffee, malts, and ginger.

Bottle. The cap literally popped off the bottle and foam erupted from the bottle when I cracked this one. This has happened on several occasions with Founder’s Rye beers (Red’s and Black). Appearance is black - very stout-looking. Huge fluffly off white head. Very much a well balanced IPA or possible a strong ale, in my opinion, with a dark color and rye highlights. The rye is not overpowering at all very subtley balanced. A terrific beer - I would expect nothing less from Founder’s.

well hopped and roasty, though not a ton of rye character. A bit of anise, but mostly hops. okay, not great.....