Founders Reds Rye P.A.

I don’t usually buy multi-packs of craft beer...usually I buy single-serve bottles, or I buy at stores where I can mix-and-match my own six-packs. That said, I’m on my third six pack of Red Rye in the past few months. I had the good fortune to attend GABF this year, and spent a lot of time unsuccessfully searching for rye beers that are its equal (Hebew Rye PA is also very good). Great Lakes Nosferatu is also reminiscent of this beer, but I like Red Rye better. Appearance is a deep-red with attractive white lacing. Aroma is pleasant hop odor with a significant prediction on the citrus flavors to come. Flavor is great - hop heavy, citrusy, the rye delivers big-boy malt flavor, yet Red Rye is well-balanced. I have a hard time finding fault with this beer (it is even a good value for craft beer); I will be drinking this for as long as they’re making it. I can’t think of a beer I’d recommend more highly.

12 oz. bottle. Poured a deep copper red with a frothy, creamy looking head. Strong citrus aroma up front. Some earthy malt undertones as well. Taste was the same, except something just didn’t seem quite right, maybe the rye? Still, I like big hoppy beers so this gets a pretty good rating from me.

Cold 12oz bottle: Pours a cloudy dark brownish amber color with a frothy ivory head. Aroma and taste: quite hoppy with roasted malt and notes of caramel and dark fruits. Short ending.

Bottle: Cloudy red/orange with a thick rocky off-white head, spicy citrus aroma with earthy tones, full bodied with soft lively carbonation, starts and ends bitter with a velvet-like ending with some nice spice from the rye.

nice red color, aromas of hops, malt and spice, nice clean flavor with a little of both spice and hop that creep up on you. rye and hops go together like cookies and milk. really good beer.

Had this on draught at the "Founders at Dilly Deli" night on 9/21/2006... Beautiful ruby color with a nice beige head and moderate carbonation. Aroma is mostly caramel and toffee along with citrus and pine hops. Flavor is intially sweet and much like the aroma and finishes a little dry with a wonderful rye and pine/grapefruit hoppiness. Moderate bitterness and medium body It’s really well balanced between the slightly sweet caramel and toffee malt and the dry rye and hoppy bitterness (almost zesty in a way) that dances on your tongue at the end tapping out Morse code to your brain to keep drinking more! This is an excellent ale and a really great beer to drink! This is one that is really difficult to stop drinking once you start. 16 oz draught (6.4% alchohol), $4.00 from Dilly Deli.

Bottle: red with an off white head. Aroma of citrus, rye, and caramel. Flavor, lots of citrus, caramel, and some really nice bitterness to it. I love these hoppy rye beers, and this is no exception.

Pours from the bottle a cloudy, opaque reddish orange hue under a huge, thick and frothy beige head. Superb head retention throughout with a trail of thick lacing. Pleasant, moderate aromas of pine needles, caramel , lemon rind, spices and rye toast meld together nicely. Mouthfeel is medium-bodied with a spritzy carbonation. Initial flavor seems dominated by the malts revealing a subdued caramel, toffee sweetness. This quickly transcends into a hefty hop and rye flavor profile showing off assertive notes of grapefruit, pine, rye seeds and spicy black pepper. Finish is a mouth-puckering combination of a chalky-like mineral dryness and hoppy bitterness which hangs on nicely. In the end a great balance of the malts, hops and rye to create a pleasurable, unique style.