 SHANER4 (387), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 4, 2009
Bottle 12oz. - Poured crimson color with medium beige head. Small head is retained entire time and has good lacing!
Aroma - Awesome hop pungency along with rich caramel malt. Hope it tastes as good as it smells!!
Flavor - Caramel malt are balanced perfectly with piney/citrus hops. Definite rye taste on tongue and through finish.
Palate - medium mouthfeel and has above average carbonation. Finish is amazing and unique, it’s a combination of sweet then bitter and dry!
Overall - Founder’s does it again, a unique brew that tastes awesome!!
deyholla (780), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 3, 2010 Bottle. Pours a clear reddish amber with a thin very light brown head. Aroma has strong pine notes with a hint of rye and a touch of citrus. Flavor starts with a strong pine note and a strong presence of rye. The finish is more just pine based with a bit of sweet malt and rye.
phaleslu (584), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 2, 2010 12 oz. bottle from The Party Source. Pours a cloudy red-orange color with a creamy off-white head that leaves even lacing in the glass. Aroma of rye, malts, grapefruit citrus, dry hops, and floral notes. The hops pop a little more as it warms and gets lower. Flavor is heavier on the rye and caramel malts, with dry, bitter hops, grapefruit, bread, and pepper. Dry, malty mouthfeel and medium body. Dry finish of rye and bitter hops. Smooth, with low carbonation. Cool beer.
hatchattack (22), Virginia, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 31, 2009 Bottled. Thin white head with deep, rich golden red color. Rich hoppy, floral aroma and you can taste the bitterness of the hops and small hint of caramel malt
mnurda (438), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 30, 2009 Bottled Sample via Piscator. Could be on of the best beers of the decade. Unreal taste, colour carbonation. Thanks Piscator.
Radek Kliber (4000), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 29, 2009 Bottle 355 ml
Appearance: clear amber red look with large fine creamy head.
Nose: superb freshness found in it. Quality blend of hops with brown malt with soft character of rye.
Flavor/Palate : fontal woody bitterness with fresh leafy top. Toffee behind., crystal malt . Finishing bit peppery. Some carbonation dryness helps with frontal heavy hop. Clean mature formula. Gem of a brew.
walrussell (125), , Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 28, 2009 Grapefruit! More than any other beer I’ve ever had. Wow. I’m going to have this again, and see if I can detect the rye more, but right now, one of the best ways to deliver delicious hop flavor into your gullet - and balanced well with sweetness, too.
GrungyBob (51), Kettering, Ohio, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 28, 2009 Bottle, pours a brown red with slight tan head, Aroma, huge citrus hops, Tatse, some slight maltiness but mostly huge hops, citrus and grapefruit, some tomgue tingle with a smooth finish that leaves with a little spice and tongue curling dryness. i like it
ben4321 (1061), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 27, 2009 Location: 12 oz bottle from Wine and Beer Westpark, 12/27/09
Aroma: Nose has some caramel along with a lot of citrus/resiny/floral hop notes
Appearance: Pours a hazy caramel red color with a frothy white head
Flavor: Taste is medium bitter with a mellow sweetness from the caramel/rye
Palate: The body is medium, with average carbonation and a nice mouthfeel
Overall Impression:
This is a pretty nice beer, I didn’t get much of the rye in the nose, but it does come through in the flavor. A nice hop profile that includes all of the citrus, pine, floral, and resin characteristics is joined by a nice caramel malt and rye flavor. The flavors really all meld very nicely.
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