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Reunion - A Beer For Hope 2008

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Reunion - A Beer For Hope 2008 - Specialty Grain

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 Percentile 
78
overall
Formerly brewed at Bison Brewing Company
Style: Specialty Grain

Berkeley, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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1603.38/5.03.35/5.0Special6.5%83.9Lager glass, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
This year’s beer is an Organic Red Rye Ale, once again brewed in cooperation with Bison Brewing in Chico, CA. It is a reddish-amber colored beer, with a pronounced malt forward profile balanced by the delicate spices of the hops and rye. It is 6.5% alcohol by volume.
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 Barrios (852), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/512/20
May 3, 2009  
Bottle at Butters Big Cellar Blowout! Pours an amber body and an off-white head. Brown sugar, spicy hops, and some rye. Taste caramelized malts and some rye...like honey-butter on rye bread. I like the hops on the finish.


 Indra (2023), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 2, 2009  
22oz. bottle. Spicy, fruity aroma, lightly sweet, fresh and bready, with notes of caramel apple, citrus, red grape, toasty malts, dusty grains and the distinctive touch of rye in the foreground. Cloudy medium-dark red color, with a lasting, light tan head. Flavor is sweet and spicy, the rye and caraway seemingly apparent throughout, with plenty of toffeeish malt sweetness, pepper, dark bread, and a touch of earthy, herbal hop character and very mild bitterness. Smoothly effervescent mouthfeel, body is medium. Really not bad, I found that I consumed the bomber rather quickly.


 Bier brauen (210), Bremerton, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Mar 29, 2009  
I thought this was a nice quality brew. Nice nose of malt. Dark, copper color. Very nice mouthfeel. Definitely not thin, but not too thick of body. Just right. Sweet malt and balanced. $3.00 for 22 oz. bottle at Tacoma Boys, you can’t beat the price.


 BOLTZ7555 (1053), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 8, 2009  
Crimson brew with a nice 1/4 inch khaki head. Smooth and refreshing. Caramel malt, toffee, and brown sugar; both in the nose and flavor. Can really only detect the rye in the finish. Nice carbonation. Sweet but not cloying.


 bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 2, 2009  
Bottle. Copper beer with a slight tan head. Light malt aroma with some earthiness and light darker malts. Malt and caramel flavor with earthiness and light spice. Medium bodied - very smooth mouthfeel. Caramel and spice lingers with some light earth.


 mwelsh13 (483), Maryland, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/104/513/20
Feb 27, 2009  
22oz bottle pours a garnet red color with a creamy off white head. Very grassy aroma with some bread and yeast in there. Dryness in the beginning with some sweetness to back it up. Slight caramel in addition to some smoke. Middle of the road and easily drinkable. Almost session material.


 mrhoppy (209), Santa Clara, California, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/519/20
Feb 22, 2009  
Deep garnet color with a very thin head. Hearty rye grain in the nose. Very appealing. Thin body. Flavor is classic double red with the rye bent. Hint of a soy sauce barrel. Dry, English, bitter Delicious beer.


 nathan30533 (138), Dahlonega, Georgia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/59/104/517/20
Feb 12, 2009  
Pours a dark mahogany/ lite brown with a white forming head. Smell of malts and a bit of rye. Great taste of hops. Great specialy grain brew. Glad to contribute to hope in 09.



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