Founders Reds Rye P.A.

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

This is one sexy looking beer. Deep ruby pour, fragrant citrus and floral aroma with a finish that is like a bitter lick of a ruby red grapefruit rind.

Hoppy nose. This was not a balanced beer. Low carbonation reminded me of an English bitter. Extremely well hopped, very bitter tail end. Not my favorite. On tap at La Cav.

Short 12oz twist-off bottle. Reddish-copper color. Aroma of PNW citrus hops. Flavor is a highly bitter hop. Crisp, clean, pleasant. Nice rye malt flavors.

This is a great IPA with a rye foundation. Floral, citrus hops all over the mouth. Dry rye comes in at the back and matches the hops. I almost want to complain that the rye covers up some of the hop flavor, but that’s what a true IPA would be for. This isn’t that beer, and it’s not supposed to be. Probably one of the best uses of rye I’ve found. I want some more bitterness in there, but am somewhat curious if it’s not there, but covered up by the rye. The nice caramel malt of a red ale is there, but gets forgotten amongst everything else. Nice flavors, nice range of flavors, nice craftsmanship. Nice beer.

wow, a beautifully hopped red ale. piney and floral with moderate citrus enumerations this beer is a hop lovers whore. sweet, beautiful and there whenever you need it. dry and refreshing as it helps you see the light. fruit and clean of finish (when it goddamm feels like finshing). just a touch sweet and malty. gotta try it , cause it has a great malt ecoutrament.

This reminds me a lot of Surlyfest, because of the rye aspect. Very flowery hop aroma, with a decent hop burn. The rye really adds character to the brew, gives it some good body. I didnt realize this was going to be like a Rye IPA, works well for sure.

Pours firey orange with generous beige-white foam clinging. Aroma of salty, spicy rye and citrusy hops; pungent, earthy breadiness stricken with burnt garlic and fumes of florals and wild rice. A weird melting pot of rustic outdoorsy elements. Flavor is a pleasant, easy balance of citric bitterness and soft malty sweetness; oranges, wheatgrass, pear, pineapple, and pine. Caramel malts burst through with a delicate sweetness in the mid palate. Steadfast balance and soft touch. Palate is medium to full, rounded, chewy, smooth, leaning towards cloying richness but not overstepping. Finishes dusty with bitter pine and grapefruit and tropical fruits trumping a distant red spiciness. Disjointed hoppiness might have made this more complicated than it needed to be, but even in that context it’s a finely tuned and well presented effort.

Right from the first second I smelled a strong sharp hoppy aroma. Cloudy brown color with a moderate head. Quite strong rye flavor with a hoppy bite to it. Spicy, sour and a little sweet. This is a nice beer.