 beerbill (1243), Laurel, New York, USA
Jul 28, 2008 Bottle shared by goldtwins. Pours a clear golden orange with a thin linen white head. Pleasant aroma of rye, caramel, citrus, and a bit of brown sugar. The flavor is lightly sweet with rye and caramel up front followed by some strong hops bitterness. The bitterness very much overshadows the malt, and lingers briefly after the swallow.
notalush (2008), Rawn-kawn-kohma, New York, USA
Jul 27, 2008 Thanks to goldtwins for sharing - hazy copper beer, with the faint wisp of a head - the rye is a lot more apparent in the aroma than I expected, but a strong hop presence keeps it from being overpowering - a little bit of buttery, bready character in the aroma as well - some floral notes up front, but mostly strong bitter hops throughout, with rye poking through at the start and finish - malt sweetness doesn’t quite balance it out, as it stays strongly bitter, but it’s a mighty tasty bitterness - one-dimensional, but good.
fredandboboflo (440), East Setauket, New York, USA
Jul 26, 2008 Bottle. Aroma of rye bread, light citrus, rye seed, light cracker, more and more citrus as warms. Flavor somewhat dominated by the citrus hops with the rye becoming more generalized malt backbone, but still tasty. Sharp carbonation and a nice bitter finish. Good stuff.
LilBeerDoctor (440), East Setauket, New York, USA
Jul 26, 2008 Bottle shared by goldtwins. Pours orange with a small tan head that leaves nice lacing. Aroma of pine and citrus hops and some rye. Initially this beer is a bit harsh with an odd alcohol/rye combo, but it gets better as it warms and the hops come out a little. Bitter finish with some wheat cracker. Smells better than it tastes. I’d like more rye though. Ok-ish beer, but it just doesn’t seem well-constructed.
Glouglouburp (1915), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
May 15, 2008 In short: A fine tasty very hoppy/bitter rye based ale.
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Clear dark golden body topped by an white ring of foam
In long: Malt profile is indeed very much rye with that juicy fruity and slightly spicy caramel sensation. Then comes a sharp (and I mean really sharp) bitterness with orange and pine-cones flavour. Alcohol is apparent despite being a 6.8% brew. Long warm and bitter finish. This is a fine very hoppy rye-based beer but it won’t make me forget my beloved Founder’s Red Rye. Actually if I dink enough of it I may forget my beloved Founder’s Red Rye, I may also forget where I’ve parked my car and if I had a car in the first place.
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