Arbor Duggie Style Rye

Brewed by Arbor Brewing Company Pub & Eatery
Style: Specialty Grain
Ann Arbor, Michigan USA

Tap at abc: Dark medium amber head that dissipated quickly. For this beers abv it goes down well. Much more fruit than I expected for a rye, although complemented it nicely. Medium bodied, quite thick but pleasureable. A decent brew from abc.

3 ounce draught sample at the brewpub on June 19, 2007. Unfiltered, glowing gold with a nice puff of creamy head....spicy, juicy aroma, lots of carroway of course, also lemon peel and pepper, very fresh (they had just put it on that day) and pungent....sweet rye-whiskey flavor with hints of corn sugar/bourbon is just what I’m hankering for, being a recent convert to the joys of rye; bitter/spicy/peppery characteristics dominate the finish.....moderate to high carbonation....could have used a bit more tartness perhaps, but quite solid as is.

On tap at the brewpub on 4/27/06: Pours a clear copper bronze with a thin ring of white head. Sweet caramel malty aroma has a touch of noble hops. Starts with a sweet viscous caramel maltiness balanced with some German malts turning more bitter toward the finish. Has lots of citrusy hops throughout, but is perhaps a bit too sweet.

Clear, magnifying pale copper in color with a tiny, bubbly white wrung for the head. Reds rye sweetness in the nose, along with caramel, amaretto flavored toffee, cherry cream and sweet, rosy hop bouquets. Flavor sweetness overrides rye extremities. Bready, sweet graham crust. Amaretto and red rye titillations move into a syrupy hazelnut coffee syrup formation. Sweet palate entry and semi-subtle exit. Toned carbonation, finishing with cherry nougats to cover the rye. Enjoyable stuff.

Absurdly sweet and heavy with huge crystal malt - more crystal malty and fruity than any beer in recent memory. This is thick! Nice aroma, slightly smoky (or was that the anticipation of the smoked lager growler to go). Hops subdued under the huge malt presence and I expected some serious rye crispness but didn’t find it.

On tap at the Arbor Brew Pub. Poured a medium orange color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of very light rye, caramel, and toffee. Tastes of pretty much the same with a light fruitiness to it.

Draft @ Arbor Brewing: Slightly hazed amber color with a small off-white head. The aroma was sweet with toffee scented malt. Malty flavor with light sweetness. Caramel and malty to the finish. Mild bite at the end. Very light citrus.

Draft at Arbor Brewing. Hazy amber with a medium head that diminished quickly. Medium balanced aroma with sweet tone. Medium body. Medium flavor with a medium sweet fruity finish. Tasted more like a fruit beer.