Good People Mumbai Rye IPA

Brewed by Good People Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Birmingham, Alabama USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Sampled at the 8th Annual Music City Brewer’s Festival. Dark caramel orange, white head. Aroma is spicy rye, spicy hops, caramel. Taste is the same, caramel backbone, spicy pine hops and a hint of rye pepper.

Draft at the Nook. Amber in the glass with a frothy white head that left a thin layer lasting. Floral aroma. The flavor found floral, light caramel and hints of rye. Medium body and a mild hoppiness.

Hazy copper pour with a dirty frothy head. Aroma was very lite but nutty came to kind. Pleasant flavor with a nutty presence followed by a light caramel malt grain then a spicy hop presence. The hops linger and dry it out in the end. Medium body, dry mouthfeel. Ok.

On tap at the Hopspitality Brewfest. Pours a slightly hazy orange. The aroma is grassy and pine hops, with some caramel and rye malts. The flavor is very bitter, with only a little balance. The palate is medium to heavy and sticky. Overall, a pretty good IPA, but the rye doesn’t come through very strong.

Growler, big thanks to Stacey & Michael from Huntsville for sharing! Pours clear amber with a two finger off white head that leaves a bunch of spotty and drippy lacing and holds a good cap. Hoppy aroma of pine, citrus, grassy & floral with a shot of rye to go along with it, very good strength. Flavor is more pine, citrus fruit and rind, very nice spicy rye kick, a dash of caramel malt sweetness, followed by moderate bitterness, dry, lingering finish. Mouthfeel is medium, almost creamy, low to medium carbonation. One of the better Rye Beers I’ve had and a great hop kick to play along with it. My first Good People brew and I’m quite impressed!

UPDATED: OCT 25, 2010 Growler from Highland Package in Birmingham. Poured a hazy copper with a medium size off-white head. Aroma: blast of pine hops with some citrus, mild caramel malt, just a hint of rye... aroma of a DIPA. Taste: pine hops, mild citrus, fruity, caramel malt backbone, just a hint of rye - all very fresh. Taste was just shy of a DIPA, but still big. Medium to full body. Nice bitterness in the finish. Mild sticky mouthfeel. Overall a really good brew. NOTE: when I bought this abv was listed as 7.5% (unlike the abv above). Re-rate: I have had this a few times now - I keep picking up some nice vanilla in the taste, and maybe some wood too. This is a really good beer.

Draft. Pours amber with a large whitish head and lots of lacing. Aroma and taste are of earthy, spicy rye and good citrusy hop kick. Medium mouthfeel. Tasty, drinkable IPA.

Draught at j Clyde. Amber with a very thick and frothy cream colored head that rises like a soufle. Aromas of piney hops. Flavor is woodsy and almost rye whiskyesque with nice evergreen hops on the finish.

Draft at JClydes, Birmingham. Darkish copper with a small, lasting head. Aroma of caramel and resin. Tastes of resin, caramel, citrus and peppery rye. Light-medium body is smooth and dry.

Mostly clear amber pour with a frothy white head. Aroma is grapefruit and lemon. Taste is mild and well balanced with malt and hop and the rye gives it a good edge. Medium thin body with medium carbonation. Dry finish with some bitterness.