3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Not bad. Pours a dark brown color with a nice tan head. Aroma was fairly hoppy and grainy. Flavor was too with a bit of nuttiness to it. I liked this one. Great job.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
5oz glass at Charlotte Oktoberfest. Pours lt brown thin head, copper body. very hoppy flavor.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
well, Chris’ first tap, and it is a darn good one, definitly doing good stuff at French Broad with Drew, always happy to see the new stuff. Keep it up, this one was a hit.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: FEB 23, 2009 Tap at Brewgrass festival. Coppery brown pour with small off-white head. Slightly toasty, malty caramel nose and some rye and hop spice. Notes of ash and s surprisingly fruity character and nice bitter finish. I really enjoy a good rye beer, and this wasn’t so hoppy that it hid the rye. Tasty.
RETASTE: Had on tap at the Federal this weekend, and really loved it. Had side by side with Founder’s Red Rye and the freshness of the Hopper won, hands down. Great beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Brown, thin beige head. Rye toast with caramel aroma. Lots of rye in the flavor, too, plus caramel. Some woodsy, earthy notes, too. Rye and hops. Pretty much what you’ve got here. Sampled at Brewgrass 2008.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
pint @ Barley’s. Good aroma, sweet. Malty. Rye is subtle, a nutty fruity aroma. I got a cherry scent. Clean orangy brown color. little to no head or lace. Sweet bitter flavor, big initial sweet malty taste then the rye kicks in. Medium body, creamy mouth feel, bitter finish. Nice, but I didn’t get the rye bite I was expecting, aroma was the best part.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the brewery. Chestnut pour with minimal head. Spicy aroma with very apparent rye and a touch of malty sweetness. The flavor is every bit as spicy as the aroma lets on. A nice bit to this one. Plenty of rye (and as it turned out, this is almost 100% rye), spicy well matched hops and roasty note as well. Just a touch of sweetness to balance out the spice. Interesting does not quite cover it. Semi-dry light-medium body. A very interesting and enjoyable concept. I’d make on of these myself. But I guess you really need to like your rye.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(draft) Beige head atop clear copper body. Aroma is medium sweet, rye, caramel, orange/earthy, light peach. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, earthy, some rye, light grapefruit, peach. Medium body, low carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled at the brewery. Pours a light brownish amber with a thin white head. Spicy rye and roasty grain aroma. Smooth slightly malty taste, nice body. Still retains some of the roasted grain elements and the rye, though not as hoppy as I thought it would be. The grains seem to be highlighted more, which is nice. Very refreshing.
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