 EithCubes (2169), Indiana, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 21, 2008 750 mL bottle, corked and caged, at freaking $10.50 each. Potent aroma of delicious, slightly sweet lager spice, some rye bread showing along with notes from other lager styles - a touch of Kellerbier, and some fantastic, strong notes of a Smoked. That yeast is fantastic. Deep, muddy ruddy pour with a spoonable, superdense, rocky beige head. Taste is peppery (actual white pepper, not heat), a nice spicy yeast with dry bready notes and muddied smoke tones. Rye adds a nice component to the profile here, though I’m not sure I’ve ever gone for the slight uptick in harshness I usually attribute to specialty grains. I like the dark, earthy, soily quality, akin to the dirt you’d cave-age cheese on. A warming medium body and dry aftertaste, smooth caramel throughout, and nice bockish berry in the highlights. A very good, classy brew, but not at all earth-shaking and nowhere near the asking price.
jbuzz (661), South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
| 2.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Feb 18, 2008 A Tasting at Three Cellars Milwaukee. Aroma of rye, toasted malts with a fruity yeasty finish. Pours cloudy dark brown with a medium head. Flavor matches the aroma. Smooth palate. This one I found to have a sweetness I have yet to find in a Rye.
MI2CA (1266), Noblesville, Indiana, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 12, 2008 Sample Hotshots Feb Indy tasting - Aroma is rye, toasted malts with a fruity yeasty finish. Pours cloudy dark brown with a medium head and great lacing. Flavor matches aroma. Smooth palate. I’m a big fan of rye beers and this doesn’t disappoint.
yobdoog (1509), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 16, 2008 MMmmmmm bocky. Not much aroma, little alchol and some malts. Taste is nice and sweet with very mild rye. Most contirbuted to body. I love ryes and this one is descent but not much spice to it.
RCL (1496), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 10, 2008 Good, rich, malty flavor. Nice spices from the rye. Good hit of hops in the finish that melds nicely with the rye spice.
Jayb0 (752), Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Jan 8, 2008 Perhaps this just isn’t my style but this beer didn’t do much for me. Nice looking pour but the up front carbonation and rye spiciness seemed to somewhat numb my tastebuds. After that the malt character came through somewhat but the styles lack of hopping left me empty. Perhaps I should have let it warm up somewhat. Very difficult cork to remove.
eaglefan538 (2401), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 7, 2008 Bottle from Topps in Tempe, 9/07. The pour was full brown color, full off-white head, very carbonated for the style, bottle opening required a quick pour. The aroma was chocolate, light roast, bread, grass. The flavor followed suit, some extra yeast detectable, dry finish, rye bite comes through in the finish. Overall a pretty nice brew, but it’s still a bock when all is said and done (nice, not excellent).
jcwattsrugger (5578), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 1, 2008 750ml bottle-pours a big retaining foamy light tan head with hazy mahogany color. Aroma is dark/medium malt-molasses/chocolate, dark fruit-raisins/prunes, roasty, nutty, some spice hops. Taste is much different than aroma. Rye-medium malt-some sweetness, nutty, some spicy hops. Medium body. Dry finish.
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