Founders Reds Rye P.A.

Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: Specialty Grain
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

12oz bottle. Was this worth sitting in an extra hour of LA traffic to get? Definitely. Dark red-brown with a medium beige head. Aroma of caramel malts, rye, and spicy hops. The flavor has rich and spicy malts with a nice spicy and floral hop balance leading to a medium-bitter finish and some light lingering sweetness. A robust and flavorful ale with complex and interesting flavors. This is just what I needed after a slew of west coast IPAs in the last few days.

Translucent red-amber w/ light brown foam. Big, grapefruit & pine nose w/ hints of caramel, biscuits & rye bread. Moderately sticky feel. Sweet caramel malt foundation supports a very hoppy, citrusy, spicy flavour. Long, very bitter finish.

Good nose of piney hops, notes of rye bread and some malt. Hazy amber body, small off-white head. Quite bitter flavor, ryeish, light malty end.

Hazy auburn red with a moderate, light tan head that slowly dissolves into a thin layer. The aroma is hoppy, slightly sweet and intriguingly spicy. Pine, grapefruit, caramel, some whole grains, dry bread and some serious, succulent malty sweetness. The body is smooth and creamy with mild carbonation. The flavor has more elements of nice balance: sweet malt and bitter hops are both equally present. The hops seem to last a little longer as it is carried on the mild but warming alcohol on the finish. This is dangerous at almost 7% because its so drinkable. Maybe my favorite Founder’s offering yet...

Pours an orange reddish amber color with an enormous foamy beige head. Unfiltered with plenty of little hops floating all around. Aroma is tangy piney with hints of caramel and rye. Taste is hoppy with hints of rye,pine resin, caramel and toffee. Excellent !!

12 oz bottle into a pint glass This is a very interesting and complex beer brewed with difficult grain. Everyone should try this. It has great hoppy characteristics furthered by the interesting characteristics you can really only find in rye beers. Try it out!

Bottle, from Julio’s.Real good nose, Pine, floral, orange, toffee/caramel. Clean orangy red color, small beige head that faded quickly. Bitter sweet flavors, Citrusy, grapefruit/orange, rye has bite, some caramel, but its buried by the hops. Medium bodied, thick creamy mouthfeel, Citrusy rye bitter, dryish, finish. Man that’s a nice ASA. Founders just keeps rolling.

Bottle. Aroma of perfumy and tropical fruit hops, brown sugar, fresh rye, caramel malt. Flavor of sweet, rye malt with spicy accents and a good heap of bitterness. Lots of sweetness from the rye, but the bitterness hangs on right through to the finish. Really nice all around.