Iron Hill Roggenbier

Brewed by Iron Hill Phoenixville
Style: Specialty Grain
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania USA

Draught at Phoenixville BrewPub: Aroma of malts, slight caramel, slight fruit, and some nuts. Poured light brown/caramel/amber in color with a small, creamy, dense, off-white head that lasted throughout. Very hazy. Very sparkling. Very good lacing. Flavor is lightly sweet. Tastes of malts, yeast, cocoa, light toffee, light butterscotch, slight spices, and nuts (especially walnuts). Medium body. Smooth texture. Average carbonation. Slightly sweet, malt and caramel finish is slightly sticky.

On tap at Pville location. Pours a lightly hazy amber with some golden notes with a bubbly off white head. Aroma of banana, nuts, some rye, a bit of caramel and sweet. Flavor of banana and clove, rye bread, nuts, actually kind of like banana bread made with rye.

Draft at IHP. Pours deep copper with off-white head. The aroma was caramel malty, with rye and pumpernickle bread wafts, and some clove, banana, and walnut hints. THe flavor was bready malty, with some nuts, banana, and clovey spice notes throughout. I even noted some caraway seed flavor late. Another unique style from these guys.

Poured a lightly hazy amber color with a small, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of banana, nuts, light honey, caramel, and rye bread. Taste of light banana, a bit of clove, nuts, caranel malts, and a dry finish. Carbonated.