Founders Reds Rye P.A.

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

12oz shorty bottle. Unfiltered orange-brown color. Sweet, thick bitter aroma. Malty and rich, with a serious earthy hop profile. Some amber malt notes collide with the hops, almost peppery. Bitter finish. Quite a well done beer, rich, but balanced. Great.

Lathery head that sits atop the beer like a painted cloud. Smells distinctly of spicy hops, a classic compliment to rye, but the rye malt itself comes through well. Some bready yeastiness is present and there’s a verdant, fragrant character to the aroma as well. The flavor is wild. Rich with rye, backed up with hop spices, sweet yet uncompromisingly bitter. Some deep roasted malts come through alongisde a sublte nuttiness. Would be excellent did this beer not have an explosive amount of carbontion. Every sip bombards the mouth with foam. One fears they might gag on the swelling mass.

Sampled at Barley’s 7th Annual Mini Real Ale Fest. Clear amber color with a medium off-white head. Bready aroma with citrus and grassy hops. Citrus hop flavor up front with a bready back. Very good.

too bad i go strait to comparing this to Alpine Beer Company, local brewer, they make an i or iipa with a touch of rye in it. it is bigger and more of everything. super rare and keg only. the founders red rye, cool lable by the way, was a scaled back version. more of an everyday beer. and again if this was in CA it would not have much competition. best regular rye I’ve had.

Red orange with small white head. Aroma of grapefruit and lots of hops. I really noted a lot of bitterness in the taste which was similar to a pale ale but more IPA like. Decent, but underwhelming for the Founder’s brand.

12 oz. bottle from Sam’s Quik Shop. Pours reddish-orange with an off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit, light piney hops, and caramel sweetness. Bitter grapefruit flavor wtih a piney finish. Great balance of sweetness. More or less a pale ale but the rye gives for an interesting dimension not typically found in pale ales or IPAs. A wonderful beer.

Bottle purchased from BeerGeek.biz. Shipping was damn expensive so I’m glad it was good! Really nice reddish color with a tan head and great retention/lacing. Aroma is sweet malt, caramel, rye, and some hops. Flavor is like a RyePA, sweet bready, ryey (not a word, I know) malt, honey, spices, and citrusy hops. Really tasty. Medium body with a creamy palate.

Bottle courtesy of RblWthACoz.Pours a reddish caramel color with thin white head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of honey, caramel, grain, rye, floral hops. Flavor is sweet and floral with notes of citrus, grapefruit, spice, grain, rye, some hints of honey sweetness. Generally light to medium body with a floral hop finish.