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French Broad Rye Hopper 3.49 106

French Broad Rye Hopper

Percentile
87
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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1063.53/5.03.49/5.05.9%92.9Lager glass, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
The Ryehopper began as a fall seasonal and has now found it’s way into our regular line-up. The brewers noticed a lack of rye beers in the Asheville area and wanted to fill that gap. This beer represents assistant brewer Chris Richards’ first recipe released by the brewery. The malted rye contributes both a rounded maltines and a sharp earthy flavor, bridging the maltiness of the barley and the bitterness of the hops. In essence, the Ryehopper is a hoppy rye beer. Seriously, what else did you expect?
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 shp555 (1690), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 7, 2009  
Pours a deep copper color with a white head. Aroma is malty, caramel, rye, and pungent citrus hops. Flavor is malty, caramel, rye, and a weak bitter citrus finish.


 drfabulous (1275), Columbia, Missouri, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 2, 2009  
Musty beer. Heavy on the rye. Hops are not pronounced - but could be a fresh issue. Very musty in taste. Darker than other ryes I’ve had.


 kwoeltje (1331), Manchester, Missouri, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 23, 2009  
(draught at Taco-Mac Atlanta) copper with off white head. Pine hops and grain aroma. Flavor is malt, rye, and earthy hops. Really nice.


blukarma (10), Rocky Face, Georgia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/518/20
Sep 20, 2009  
Awesome Rye Ale. Amazing head and lacing. Nice bitter Ale taste with enough malt to make it nice.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 17, 2009  
Bottle from Cindirene’s. Pours dark copper/straw colored with clingy off-white head. Nose is malty, hoppy, with that yeasty spicy house character that seems to be present in all FB beers. The flavor had earthy rye malty notes, with subdued hops, late florals and spicy notes, and a bitterness that took over in the last half of the bottle.


 Hangover (771), Atlanta, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 9, 2009  
Speciality grain? After 700+, might be my first. Dark copper pour. Thick off-white head. Malty, earthy aroma with some citrus hops. Flavor is ’grainy’ indeed, with a nice rye spice/pepperiness. Not bad, interesting!


 bubbleflubber (898), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 6, 2009  
On draught at the High Country Beer Fest, this pours amber into the glass, with a nice fluffy head that reduces to a ring, leaving trace lace. The nose is of cleansing citrus and pine. Rye in the flavor is noted, alongside light caramel malts and heaps of hops. The dry-hopped peppered bitter finish lingers nicely. The mouthfeel is cleansing, with a sharp texture... carbonation is very appropriate. Nice rye here!


 nearbeer (1871), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 6, 2009  
650 ml. Clear copper-amber with a huge, sticky, Belgian-like head. Nutty, toasted whole grain aroma with a caramel undertone. Flavor is similar, with more caramel and the addition of peppery notes from the rye, light coffee roast, and some resin-citrus hop on the finish. Near-medium body is smoothly carbonated and crispy-dry. Great session ale.



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