Redhook Sunrye

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Woodinville, Washington USA

Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium yellow color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, grapefruit, fruity - mango. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090804]

Bottle. Thought this one is being judged way too harshly. Yes, it’s not the best tasting beer around but I thought it was ok and I would rockmmend it and will drink again.

Cask Stillage at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 04/08/2009 Pine hop aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and fruity pine flavour with a crisp and slightly dry malt finish.

Bouteille de 12 oz achetée chez Shaw’s (Ellsworth, ME). Arôme: Légère odeur d’agrumes avec une pointe de céréales. Apparence: La couleur est dorée. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût de pamplemousse et de céréales. Courte durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de seigle en arrière goût. (Rating #2743)

Take out the rye malt and you’ve got a classic american lawnmower beer. A thin almost astringently dry body with high levels of carbonation. Slightly grainy with a mere hint of extra-light caramel sweetness in the aftertaste, no distinguishable hop character. Slight acidic bite near the finish, phenolic character perhaps? A pitcher at the brewery produced a medium lasting head, bottled versions came out flat and thin.

Poured from bottle into tall glass. Light gold with a quickly forming but rapidly receding head. Ultimately, looks like a very flat macro (at least those usually aren’t flat). Sweet smell, some citrus and light floral character. I smell no rye or spiciness. Where is the rye? Some light citrus and wheaty malt. Not sure if there is wheat or not, but seems more likely than rye to me. Funny, sticky sweet aftertaste. Pretty high carbonation (especially considering the zero sustained head) and light body. This aftertaste is killing me; I need an American Adjunct to wipe this taste away (and I don’t care for that style either). Seriously, where is the rye?

Bottle. Clear yellow with thin white head. Very light aroma of fruit and grains. Citrus and rye flavor, though not much. Light beer, moderately refreshing, but nothing to write home about.

12oz bottle. Clear blond with a dull hue and small head. Faint grainy aroma. The flavor is light and grainy with maybe a hit of rye spice but that could be a strech. Low on bitterness, but what hop character that does exist is less than seamless. Light and refreshing for the most part, but definitely nt offering anything that would make me want to drinkable second one.