 Miver (566), WillowStreet, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 1, 2009 Bomber picked up in a trade. Poured amber in color with a small tan head. Aroma of rye bread, lightly sweet malt, and toffee. Tastes of rye, toffee, light chocolate, spices, with some mild hops in the finish. Overall pretty dry but with a nice body. Pretty nice.
KornDogg (208), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 1, 2009 Full bodied flavor of chocolate, rye, anise and molasses... well balanced with a touch of bitter
dkachur (2373), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 28, 2009 22 ounce bottle. Pours a thick looking clear dark red color with a medium head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma is chocolate, rye, anise. Taste is very nutty with sunflower, rye and bitter, spicy leafy hops. Full bodied.
Hank1980 (764), Athens, Georgia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 27, 2009 Tasted on tap and in bottle. Pours dark, with some red notes, decent tan head, nice lace. Aroma of caramel, nuts, malt. Taste is similar with some nice hop notes contained within. Finish is smooth and nicely bitter. Body is medium with good amount of carbonation. Overall, an interesting brew that doesn’t fit into the typical mold.
jah noth (1017), Rochester, New York, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 21, 2009 Burning fireball crimson in color, a little light in color. Tangy rye nose with some fruity yeast esters. Creamy. Mildly roasty in flavor, spicy rye, copious citric hops and some fruit. Fairly clean.
alexsdad06 (1082), Ohio, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 21, 2009 22 oz. bottle. Pours a dark brown color with reddish highlights and a medium frothy beige head. The aroma is roasted malts with a hefty dose of chocolate. Additional hints of light fruitiness, caramel, spices,and grainy bread. The flavor has more roasted malts, smooth chocolate, rye is noticeable, nutty, and lightly fruity. The alcohol does come out as it warms as does some black coffee bitterness. Medium to full bodied, smooth.
coldbrewky (730), Saugerties, New York, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 19, 2009 Bomber in trade with thebeersomm.. Nose is a gentle hard pulled light carmel malt. Full pour yeilds a black cylinder with a bit of brown peeking thru at the bottom of glass. A 3/4 inch thick tan head floats upon it all. Head settles quite slowly even thru a quaff or so. Delicate lacing is seemingly etched upon the glass since it stays there so long and does not droop. Body is Medium - . hops linger and shuffle feet with body while the rye appears during the second half and twist the tastebuds wtih a sourdough twangyness.Finish ended abrubtly.
timsilvia32 (447), from Michigan now in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 18, 2009 22 oz. bottle. Somewhat transparent black pour. Frothy white head. Burnt malt, light chocolate and some piney hop aroma. Surprisingly creamy mouthfeel, rather pleasant medium body. Grainy, smokey roast malt flavors. Just slight lingering bitter at the finish. The frothyness is almost too much. Otherwise, this is a real nice brew and quite drinkable. If all dark rye beers are like this, I will seek them out.
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