Great Divide Hoss Rye Lager

Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Denver, Colorado USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein

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Draught @ White Horse on Parsons Green, 1-3 Parsons Green, London, Greater London England SW6 4UL.

Clear medium to dark orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, rye, light moderate hoppy, fruity. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, overripped fruit - orange. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100806]

Bottled. An amber beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma has notes of grain, hay, and rye - like an oktoberfest. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and newly harvested hay, leading to a dry and bitter finish.

From tap. Pours cloudy dark amber with a small tan head. Aroma is fruity and rather malty. Roasted, caramelish and breadish malty flavoured. Mild fruity note coming through. Lingering fruity and lasting rye malty flavoured into the far finish. Ends dry.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Pours an almost clear warm amber with an off-white head. Very caramellish aroma with some American hops. Solid body, very malty and caramellish with a mild hoppy finish. Very American in style and very pleasant. 150311

Draught@SBWF2009. Amber colour, small head. Aroma is grassyness, caramel malts and also quite bready notes. Flavour is quite much the same in a good balance. Actually quite European to it’s tastes.

Draught at Stockholm Beer Festival. Clear pale amber, small head. Bready nose. Sweetish with fairly clean mouthfeel. Dough, light banana and some caramel. Low hop rate and bitterness. Too clean mouthfeel to attain full drinkability, but the rye components are interesting.

Bottle at Papsø. Clear orange coloured with a small white head. Malty aroma of hay, rye and caramel. Malty flavour of hay, rye, caramel and hops. Hoppy finish.

Draft @ The White Horse, Parsons Green SW6. Pours a clear copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty bready aroma with weak hoppy hints. Sweetish fruity bready flavor. Has a fruity malty slightly rye bready finish.

Tap @ Neighborhood, San Diego. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, malt, notes of fruit and hops.

Great Divide - Hoss Rye Lag.   Draught at Nippon Beer Festival 2010, Tokyo.  Clear amber - white head.  Nice hoppy. Ryebread. Toasted. Caramel.  Light bitterness. Fruity.