Reunion - A Beer For Hope 2008

Formerly brewed at Bison Brewing Company
Style: Specialty Grain
Berkeley, California USA

This poured a reddish orange body with a short-lived beige head. Has a juicy, malty aroma along with some apples, black pepper, and a light earthy bitterness. Thick and oily in the mouth. The flavor seemed earthy in both malt and hops. There’s a slight presence of orchard fruit, the lively spiciness of rye, and an herbal bitterness. Not bad.
There seems to be an aweful lot of rye beers out there for them to be concerted "Specialty Grain" brews much longer.

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Dark amber (almost red) with beige to off-white head. A small amount of spotty lacing present. Fresh toast aroma with a twist of hops. Malts, rye and hops dominate the flavor, however I agree with Jrob_21 "overall I think the rye malt holds this one back from being a little more exciting."

Pours a dark amber with a small head. Aroma is mildly malty. Flavor is dominated by a smooth hoppiness with some background rye character. Drinkable but not special.

Pours deep red color with almost no head. Faint aroma of rye malt. Some toasted grain and bread like aromas in there as well. Tastes of sweet caramel. Very smooth and easy to drink but lacking an incredible amount of complexity. Faint english style hops on the finish to give a bit of a bitterness. Overall I think the rye malt holds this one back from being a little more exciting.

22oz bottle. Pours a deep red/brown color w/ almost no head. Smells malty, a touch sweet, and a little nutty smelling, peanuts of course. Tastes sweet and malty with some red fruits up front with the spice and hops coming in on the finish. Medium body, nice carbonation.

Appearance: Pours a crystal clear, mahogany body. No real head, though. This is a beer for hope, not for head! Smell: Aroma full of rye and smelling a bit like mentho-lyptus. Notes of dark toasted caramel and grains. Taste: Dark caramel maltiness, then toasted breadcrusts, then burnt breadcrusts. Big hit of spicy rye. Very mild sweetness throughout. Hint of citrus. Medium hop bitterness. Growing graininess goes from merely being spicy and starts to get a bit astringent. Overall spicy finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: A fine enough beer when nothing but the spicy taste of rye will suffice.

4oz Taster - Hop Scotch Spring Festival - Seattle, WA
Aroma – Nice rye aroma with a hint of spices in the nose.
Appearance – Reddish brown in color, clear with a nice head.
Flavor – A nice use of rye malts with a hint of spices added for good measure . Liked the build of this beer.
Palate – Great Mouthfeel, good beer texture with a dry finish.
Overall – This was a wonderful beer one of the better beers for the night. I liked the flavors got a hint of spices and the added fruitiness was great.

From atlanta tasting. Pours amber brown with thin ivory head. Mildly roasted aroma with underlying caramel sweetness. Flavor reflects the aroma, with citrus notes and caramel sweetness.