Triumph Jewish Rye Beer

Brewed by Triumph Brewing Company
Style: Specialty Grain
Princeton, New Jersey USA

Had this one on tap at my favorite brew-pub with my dad. I gotta say, this beer was excellent! I’ve only had two or three ryes but this was the best - hands down! The after tase was amazing - like eating a slice of good Jewish Rye!

On tap, in Princeton. What a unique beer. Color is orange/amber, with a white head. Aroma is rye bread(somewhat sour), malt and hops. Flavor is much like the aroma, loike drinking a loaf of sourdough rye bread. Very interesting and very enjoyable.

GABF 2004 Wow! Two years in a row now this brewery has made my favorite beer at the festival. From the two rye beers I’ve had from them I’d say they know RYE. Deep golden in color with a small white head. Aroma of rye,spice,caraway,bread,biscuits,malt and fruit. Like the roggenbock, it’s like drinking a loaf of bread. Amazing!

I don’t have much experience with Rye beers, but this is the best one I have had. Clear amber brew, nice head, a distinct, pleasant aroma. A hearty beer that I would expect from the color and the head. Not as sweet as other Ryes, good hop balance. And Oh, that aftertaste, like a slice of Levy’s.

Very easy to drink. Beautiful dark copper color. I enjoy rye bread, but this didn’t really remind me of it. A certain amount of sweetness to it. A very good beer that was great to enjoy throughout lunch. I guess I have to have rye bread and this beer back to back to really feel the connection. Still thoroughly enjoyed it.

Smells and tastes just like Rye bread. It is amazing. It’s also not as strong of a Rye flavor to make you gag or anything. I’m not a huge fan of rye but this was pretty good.

07.03.04 Sample snuck from smuggled flip-top (shhh). Cloudy brew, light amber color. Tons of rye, more than others, it really is bready. Funny thing is it’s hard to think of anything other than the rye flavor and aromas. Very tasty, another winner.

Sampled multiple times at Princeton and brought home a few growlers. Fantastic stuff, I’m definitely raising my score from the previous 3.7 (8-4-7-4-14). This beer is amazing to smell, it brings a new depth of complexity over any rye beer I’ve tried. Yes, it’s intensely bready and you cannot help but be confounded by its uncanny resemblance to rye bread. But how much of that is the power of suggestion? The body is fuller than I remember, and the alcohol more potent, with the presence of doughy yeast that is this beer’s glue. The aromas are beautiful, floral, deep caraway notes, recently cut grains, Montana morning fields. The fullness of the palate culminates in a lip-smacking stickiness. It’s rad.

Rye beer. Literally. Slightly hazy, amber body. Smells like a Jewish deli. Strong, intriguing aroma of caraway seeds and rye. Grainy flavor brings more of the same, but more subdued, with a delicate pale malt presence. But spicy rye rules the flavor here. Dangerously drinkable, medium-light body with tons of flavor. Unlike typical rye beers, this truly is rye bread in a glass. After sampling about 2 oz. at GABF 2004, I later nursed a pint at Triumph New Hope in March 2006 followed by a number of later samplings. This beer stood out among hundreds of samples at GABF, and that is a significant thing. Reminds you that beer and bread are intimate cousins.