Founders Reds Rye P.A.

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

Another winner from Founders--probably my favorite brewery (despiter their cost). The red rye pours out a great dark red color with a brown head. The aroma is of hops and you can definitely tell it is rye from the earthy notes in the nose. Taste is full and nice--plenty of rye with a great hop profile.

Pours a slightly hazy dark amber with orange tints. The head is massive and dense and hardly recedes at all leaving gobs of clumpy lacing. This is a damn fine looking beer. Smell starts with a decent kick of citrus hops with grapefruit leading the way, but the rye presence is very evident in the nose on top of the sweet caramel malt backbone. Taste also starts with citrus hops, and gives way to the sweet malts and rye. The finish actually has a pine hop bitterness that was not as evident in the aroma. The mouthfeel is super smooth and creamy with really strong carbonation that brings out the hops and spices on the palate. This is probably the best rye beer I’ve had and an extremely unique and tasty brew from Founders. Highly recommended.

Thanks to wohlfs for this beer.

Pours a deep amber with a fizzy light-tan head. Strong aroma of good hops, clean and refreshing. Taste is dominated by a strong hop character with a mellow, though not very sweet, backbone. Tasty and hoppy. Reminds me a little of Hop Rod Rye, though I think that was a slightly better beer. This is pretty damn good though.

This was a surprise. The old guy with glasses just staring at you daring you to drink this and you thinking " what you got geezer!" What he’s got lurking in this small bottle is a world of complexity just waiting to put a boot upside your head. Unlike the black the rye is a focus in this and all its wonderful spiciness can come out and blend well with the rich caramel malts. The hops only add to the richness, never do they compromise the balance. The mouthfeel is full and chewy with a lingering aftertaste. Nice.

(Bottle from Julio’s Liquors) Pours deep burnt amber with about 1/4" of creamy biege head that stays. Aroma strongly hoppy - mostly pine, some flowers. Mouthfeel smooth, full, a touch prickly. Flavor is very hoppy - pine plus a bit of flowers and fruit. Finishes bitter. Flavor is very much like a big IPA, maybe a little less sharp.

The hops in this beer are forward, but not overwhelming. Aroma of hops, grapefruit, malt, citrus, rye. Taste starts with hop bitterness with a smooth follow-through. Slightly sweet. Comfortable palate. Overall, a refreshing, tasty beer.

Jan 2006 - Pours a reddish color with minimal head and hoppy aroma. The taste was bitter/hoppy with only a slight malt base. I could detect a rye-type taste that was neither pleasant nor unpleasant. Okay to check off a style, but nothing to write home about.

Thanks to some great RateBeeriean for sending me this bottle!

The first beer since my wisdom teeth were extracted… man, I’ve been craving a nice brew!
Pours a rich amber body and a tall dense khaki head. The aroma is enticingly wild; unlike the old guy with the glasses on the label. Suggestions of toffee and caramel are gently pushed aside by mentions of pine resin and spicy citric hops. Guava, grapefruit, cumquat, brown sugar covered oatmeal and rosemary all come to reference here. The palate is sticky and viscous, the perfect level of light carbonation for me. A very lovely beer... I so wish this were available locally!