Founders Reds Rye P.A.

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

Wow. A lot stronger on the hops than I was expecting. Pours a brown color with a small white head. Smell is hoppy and full of citrus. Taste is also very hoppy. Not a lot of red character to this at all and the rye really only comes at the back end with a little dryness. It is a good beer, but I kinda feel like it is false advertising. This is more like an IPA.

Much hoppier smell than I expected. Appears a dull red-brown with a medium amount of white lacing. Flavor is bitter and oily hops, with a bit a of rye and malt at the end. Body is slightly on the thin side. Overall, a good beer as usual from Founder’s, but not something I’ll seek out regularly in the future.

Bottle. Reddish copper in color with a medium off white head that left a nice lacing on the glass. Malty caramel hoppy aroma. Grassy, earthy fruity hoppy notes. Malty, caramel rye floral hoppy flavor. Orange and grapefruit notes. Finish is spicy. Smooth tasting. Well balanced. Very drinkable.

12oz bottle. Pours a little hazy and deep amber/red with scarlet/ruby highlights and a medium-sized light tan head that leaves spiderweb-swaths of lace all over the glass. The aroma is beautiful, magical hops. Holy crap that smells good. There are malty notes, too - caramel and honey - but it is mostly about citrus, herbal, floral hops. The flavor follows the aroma - a very rich, floral hop flavor with some grainy, spicy rye and a lot of juicy fruit and caramel/toffee/bready/honey malts. At mid-palate, the bitterness is clean with a little bit of spicy/herbal character, and some citrus. The rye flavors are strong in the finish - which is somewhat dry and bittersweet with subtle chocolate notes accompanying caramel malts and citrus and floral hop bitterness. The mouthfeel has a medium-level of carbonation (somewhere between crisp and soft) with a surprisingly luxurious, creamy, smooth, full texture. Overall, a fantastic American Amber!

Very hoppy, well balanced, malts, yeast, citrus and caramel. little bitter alcohol finish. extremely drinkable.

This one is a red type color with a Fluffy white head. Aroma is mostly grapefruit with a touch of rye. The rye contributes a ton of bitterness but there’s plenty of tasty pineapple and grapefruit hops in there to balance it out. I really enjoy this one and love having it around.

[Bottle] shared by lawstudent09. Caramel colored pour with a soapy off white head. Aroma is rye, hops, and bread dough. Flavor is very hoppy with just a little malt. Medium mouthfeel with a bitter finish.

Wow. This is quite possibly the most bitter beer I’ve ever had thus far. The hops are just so overwhelming, and I think it’s due to the palate being so incredibly harsh as well--the carbonation in this is like a chugging a soda, you get water eye burps just from sipping on it. It sure is hoppy though, good god is it hoppy. This is a beer for those not afraid to get their tails whooped, I don’t know if I’m ready for it.