Blue Point Rastafa Rye Ale

Brewed by Blue Point Brewing
Style: Specialty Grain
Patchogue, New York USA

copper colored from bottle with nice modest head and some lacing, pleasant mildely hoppy odor. I really liked the full round mellow bitter taste. Not really hoppy but not astringent either.

Had a draught pint at Sunswick tonight. Solid beer here. Of particular note was the frothy head, almost like whipped cream I thought. The nose was dominated by hops. Taste was mildly bitter. Complex without being obnoxious. Give it a whirl.

(Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm, on 2009-07-28) Amber and clear. Small white head. Malts and rye bread in aroma. Full bodied and dry palate with quite low carbonation. Rye bread, malts, hops, lightly sweetness and low bitterness in taste. Rye and bitterness in aftertaste.

Bottle, thanks to Dmac. Pours out a slightly cloudy light copper color with a moderate head. Aroma is of some sweet malts, grain and some grassy notes. Taste is rater thin bodied, not much going on as far as the rye, I searched for it in the beginning and as the beer warmed up and there wasn’t much to be found, more of a sticky sweet malt note, some earthy and some grassy hops. Overall Meh.

Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Pours out in a clear deep reddish amber colour with a small off-white foam. Clean aroma of resin, grass and caramel. Medium-bodied with clean yet rounded and chewy malty notes of caramel and ryebread with undertones of resin, soap and dark berries. Medium-bitter finish of grass and resin with growing sweetish notes of caramel, rye and vanilla.

22 oz bomber from Jonathan Ron. Pours an orange/amber body with an average sized frothy white bubbly head. Aroma of dusty cereal grains and perhaps a hint of rye. Flavor of chocolate and amber malts, a touch of bread with no real rye detectable. Thinner bodied with average carbonation. Not really much going on with this beer and the rye is more well hidden then Jimmy Hoffa’s body.

22oz - Perfect Pour. Hazed dark amber, white creamy head. Subtle spicy rye and citrus aromas with undertones of fruity toasted caramel. Bold rye notes up front fade into soft peppered toffee flavors and touches of back end citric hoppiness. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, drying spicy rye finish. Well done...

Draught at OT. Nice lasting foam over a deep amber ale. Small woody hop aroma. Big rye taste with a lasting balanced bitterness.