Lancaster Rare Rooster Summer Rye Ale

Tap at the brewpub. Aroma is very light, pale malt, some very faint rye spiciness, but it’s pretty subtle. Similar combination of floral/spicy hops as appears in all of their pale beer. Bland and watery and fairly uninteresting.

Draft @ Frisco Grille. Pours crystal clear light amber. Faint sweetness to the nose, but overall it smells very plain and empty, with a light dusting of toast, some light rye, and some light, clean yeast, whatever is left. Flavor is moderately thick, a little “chunky” on the palate, with a really, really faint and subtle flavor of rye grain, cracked barley and toast. There’s not a lot of flavor showing up overall, and after a pint I was tired of the subtle coarseness that seemed to creep up. Nothing special.

On tap, pours a light amber with a thin white head. Has a mild caramel and mild roasted taste to it, and a definite rye aftertaste. Not bad... definitelyy different.

Bottle. Copper color, clear. Somewhat off smell. Very strong diacetyl. Not too good. Obviously something isn’t right getting the unpleasant butterscotch-like flavor.

In general I like Lancaster beers, but this was just not one of my favorites. I had a draught in the brewery. I found that it had a slight skunkiness to it. Maybe this is just something I’m not used to as I’m not a big rye beer drinker. Nice color, head and good presentation, but not my thing.