3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20Bottle thanks to Jcwattsrugger. Pours reddish amber with off white head. Nose and taste of rye, pepper, pine, resin, malt and dried fruits. Finishes spicy rye malt. Medium body.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22 oz. bottle purchased at Julio’s in MA. Amber hued ale with decent carbonation. The label says "hoppy and spicy" and that’s exactly how the beer hits my palate. The hops and rye seem to battle for predominance in the mouth with neither gaining a significant advantage. Overall, a product which comes across as advertised and one I’d probably purchase again.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Very dark brown pour, small offwhite head. Fairly hoppy aroma, citrus and rye. Malty backbone. Flavor is Caramel, toasty malt. A bit watery.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark, thick amber pour with a medium white head. Aroma is sweet, spicy malts, with a secondary aroma of herbaceous hops. Flavor is sweet, caramel, lightly toasted malts, with some spicy rye characteristics, with a lingering mild earthy bitterness.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Large bottle. Pours medium amber with a minimal white head. Somewhat sweet caramel flavor along with the rye and some hop bitterness. Pretty decent though nothing spectacular.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22 oz. bottle from Julio’s. Pours out a medium brownish amber. Good frothy head. Good carbonation. Light hop-spice aromas. Flavor is very smooth. Good peppery malts. Not too hoppy. Very sessionable.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
lt tan-amber. A-sweet/roasty med malt. T- sweet/roasty med malt, 2nd herbal/dank hops.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours deep blood orange into a Sam glass. White head with medium retention recedes leaving spider lacing. Sweet caramel and butterscotch aromas. Soft with sweet toffee upfront turning to mild resin in the lasting finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
9th August 2012
GBBF. Hazy amber beer, tidy pale tan head. Palate is smooth and dry. A trace of superfine carbonation. Mild rye spice, mild malts. Jammy undertone. Semi dry finish. All right.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at GBBF 2012. Cloudy reddish brown colour. Hoppy aroma. Plenty of rye character upfront, then a fairly generic American IPA hop bitterness to finish. A solid example of a style I like. There should probably be a rye beer style section on this site, it’s much more definable than some of the spurious current entries.
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