 tgncc (838), Bellmore, New York, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 16, 2009 Rye crackers, caramel, citrus on the nose. Very interesting. The appearance is clear red, off white head. The flavor is very malt forward, caramel, brown sugar, citrus, followed by some pine, and some booze. The finish is piney, and spicy (possibly the rye making its presence known). The mouthfeel is approriately thick, syrupy. Very nice and unique IIPA overall.
TampaBrew (867), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 15, 2009 POurs amber. Nose is huge citrus and pine, big malt backbone. Flavor is sweet malts, caramel, citrus, grapefruit, pine, dank hops. Very bitter finish.
PhatB420 (137), Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 13, 2009 Ok, a litte too tart here for a DIPA, but highly drinkable and enjoyable. An exploration with Rye that i can never came across before. Good times
DonBirnam (75), Wellington, New Zealand
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 11, 2009 Brutal. Half way between and IPA and a barley wine, in character and flavour (and alcohol). Unfortunately, my tasting note are incomplete. The 10% ABV blew got in the way. I was very impressed though.
kangaroo (45), Everett, Washington, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 9, 2009 Great rye aroma and taste. Like drinking a rye crisp cracker, but in a good way. The finish had a little too much alcohol in it. Nice foamy and clingy lacing helped distract me from the finish though. Lacing tended to clump into marine animal shapes such as a fish, octopus, and a hippopotamus. Overall a good beer. My first time trying a rye beer and quite memorable.
Nena (175), West Seattle, Washington, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 8, 2009 Updated: Nov 10, 2009Pours copper with a big white head. Aroma is rye malt and a little brown sugar sweetness, with a touch of citrus hops. The malt is definitely more noticable on the aroma than the hopping. This beer has a very prominent rye flavor up front, which reminds me of rye crackers specifically, and finishes with citrus hops and warm alcohol burn. This is definitely very malty for an IPA, but I definitely don’t object to that in a rye based beer. My only complaint is that the alcohol hits a bit hard at the end, but overall it’s well masked for a 10% beer.
TipsyMcStager (928), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 6, 2009 Pours red-copper with a thick head. hoppy aroma. Heavy malt with strong hop flavour. Bitter piney finish.
Grizzle (50), Lawrence, Kansas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 3, 2009 1 pt., 6 oz. -> Snifter. A tribute beer to Lenny Bruce, eh? Pours the color of watered-down, sold-your-soul Coca-Cola, with a nice cream head, which dissipates quick. The lacing is nice, making rings where I pause between drinks. Smells of rye, vinegar (appropriately enough), cranberries, citrus, and chocolate, in relative reducing strength. Not as hoppy smelling as I would expect from an IIPA. Flavor starts sweet with the malts, but rolls so smoothly to finish with a bit of a citrus-y bite on the top of the tongue and the back of the throat. Still not as hop-strong as I would expect from an IIPA. Maybe not the best example of a Rye malt IIPA (try Bear Republic’s Hop Rod Rye Ale as a good example), but certainly not a bad beer. Hell, I may have to side with Mr. Bruce on this one: "’Life’ is a four letter word." In deed, it is.
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