3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours red amber. You can sense the rye spiciness in the aroma. Nice malt taste with rye spicy in the background and some nice hop bitterness. Tasty.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, bought in G.R. During RBSG 2010. Nice hop aroma, grass and citrus, with light caramel malts and some spiciness, probably from the rye. Deep, cloudy amber with a nice, low, tight head. Rich malts, caramel, rye I think! Creamy, smooth, very flavorful, with tons of hops. Hop flavor is earthy and a bit citrus, bitterness is huge! Delicious. Nice grainy character and spice from the rye.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Darker Amber with a good offwhite head, Aroma of hops, sweet malt, flowers, citrus. Taste of heavy hops, grapefruit, some malt very nice balance perfect mouth feel, nice rye taste through till the end. Finishes rye and citrus hops. Very well done, expect nothing less from a brewery like founders.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
A nice shade of red. Balanced. Hoppy. Oily. Smooth. Both sweet and bitter.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Medium high fluffy off-white head. Hazy brown body. Fruity hoppy aroma. Lovely hoppy flave with a dry bitterness, low carbonation and a long bitter aftertaste.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Beermerchants.com. Reddish-brown pour with a fluffy beige head. Nose of berries, caramel, orchard fruits and a little citrus. Malty, citrus flavours, quite fruity, some herbs. Quite a bitter tang. Good hoppy, bitter finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle pours a hazy amber with frothy off-white head. Strong hoppy aroma with spruce. Predominant flavors of raisins, wood notes, and tobacco. Another winner from Founders.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
I allowed this 12 oz bottle to warm on the counter for about 20 minutes before pouring it into a snifter, and was rewarded with a powerful blast of grain aroma straight out of a bakery. True to the brewer’s advertising, this poured a deep, handsome reddish-orange that was opaque and heady (though that quickly dissipated and left little lacing on the glass). This forwardness of the hops couples with the rye to make for a long bitter finish that is almost too much. In other words, just what you would expect from Founders.
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