4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
No, I didn’t get a case of Westvleteren XII, but I did snag this limited-issue, better-than-expected Rye IPA from Akron.
STYLE: American IPA
ABV: 7%
LOOK: The kind of beer you want to drink. The kind of beer you need to drink. Orange and mellow maroon with a deceptively medium body that from some angles boasts a jelloy consistency. I wish there was more to the head that fizzles quickly as the carbonation, what there is of it, races to the top.
NOSE: Stinky cheese, heavy rye, dog park, and pent-up pine. A more sophisticated Rogue Dead Guy Ale.
MOUTH: It might be the mood I’m in. I don’t miss the hops, even though I was promised – indeed, induced by – an aggressive dose. It’s smooth, earthy, smooth. And I think I’m starting to fall for All Things Rye. There’s more here of course: grass, chives, and balance. The texture, among other things, will bring me back, somewhere in the fine line between wholesome and chewy. Excellent.
Beeradvocate Rating: 85
ratebeer Rating: 98
Hayward Abbey Rating: 91
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Une large tête est solidement plantée sur un liquide orangé. Une belle dentelle s’enroule autour du verre. Au nez, je note une présence indéniable de notes vertes et florales. Des fruits poussent à travers cette fraîcheur mais je ne peux les identifier formellement. La base maltée me semble être assez riche. Je sens du sucre caramélisé mais aussi le parfum habituellement épicé du seigle. Dans la deuxième moitié de la dégustation, je note dans mon calepin cette série de mots : nez de la Nouvelle-Zélande. Sur les papilles, la base maltée est frappante mais aussi frappée par une certaine fraîcheur mentholée. Serait-ce le résultat d’un effet floral combiné avec cette sensation épicée? M’enfin, à travers cette unique représentation, quelques fruits tropicaux qui finissent par me rouler sur la langue. En bouche, le liquide respecte la pesée imposée par le style. Dans cette texture rendue huileuse, des bulles qui bougent très bien. La finale est très amère et très intense. Je soupçonne une bouteille fraîche et j’en suis fort heureux. Tout compte fait, une bonne bière mordante. Ceci dit, une juxtaposition houblonnée et maltée qui manque, pour moi, de conviction.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap @CBC13. Pours cloudy orange with small head. Aroma and taste is sweet and spicy, citrus and pine. Decent enough
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle; Pour is slightly murky medium gold, with an initial two finger white head in this glass. This one pours quite nicely, with above average retention, and sticky lacing in this glass. The nose is spicy, sweet, with some tropicals and piney hops present here. The flavor profile is bitter initial, but just so, with sweet caramel, a spicing from the malt profile, more tropical sweetness, with a crisp finish. It’s another nice IPA from hoppin frog, but perhaps the rye note was an after thought here
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
[5/4/13] Draught at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2013. Cloudy orange. Hoppy aroma, very "green", with quality marijuana and some tropical fruits. Dry-ish and rather bitter flavor , hoppy, "green", piney and a bit fruity. Medium-bodied.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draught at CBC.
Pours almost solid amber.
Very clean hoppyness, lots of passion fruit and citrus.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sample @ CBC. Pors red to orange. Hazy. Notes of toasted pineapple and citrus in aroma. The rye makes the hops taste less agressive and adds a smoothening feel.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cloudy orange. obvious rye, loads of hops but also a bit malty. Very good rye ipa
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at CBC 2013. Pours hazy orange with a small off white head. Aroma of grapefruit, citrus, tropical fruit and light caramel malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and over moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours cloudy orange amber with low off-white head. Aroma of pine, citrus, mango, passion fruit. Taste is resinous bitter with light caramel malt balancing sweetness. Light hoppy finish. Body is light with soft carbonation.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Nose is peach, apricot, mango, resin. Taste is bread, peach, orange, resin, pine cones.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
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