Reunion - A Beer For Hope 2008

Formerly brewed at Bison Brewing Company
Style: Specialty Grain
Berkeley, California USA

Rye with caraway. 22oz bottle. Pours reddish-brown color. Spicy rye aroma. Flavor has a touch of caraway on the front of the palate. Nice spicy flavor. The best cancer rye beer there is!

22oz bomber bottle. Deep ruby red-brown color. Sugar amber malt characteristics, with that adjuncty sweetness that rye can impart. The aroma is cinnamon or nutmeg-like, I suppose my detective instinct would lead me to believe caraway seed..something unexpected. This beer further proves that rye is best used in moderation, unless of course you are talking about the Jersey City variety. This beer is well balanced in some ways, but I really am not into the rye base. For me, this beer is dedicated to Candy Dona of Quarryville PA, one of the finest women to have walked the planet. May her memory live on.

Bomber. Clear iced tea with a wisp of an off white head. Sweet caramel and earthy spices dominate the nose. Earthy flavors, caraway seed is apparent now, as is the rye influence. Nice lace. Lingering spicy-sweet finish. Very drinkable. RIP, Virginia.

Slightly hazy, reddish brown appearance with a tiny, off white head and no lacing. Muted aroma with grainy malts poking their way through, followed by spicyness. Some caramel malt sweetness in the taste pairs up with the rye. Not sure if the spicy flavor is coming from the hops or the rye, but it is enough to add balance and interest. Could not detect the caraway seeds noted on the label. Medium-bodied, decently carbonated mouthfeel. Earthy edge to the lingering finish.

a light amber pour with a medium size head. sweet malt aroma. flavors of toasted rye molding with a sweeter carmel malt and light earthy notes. light bitterness in the finish with a hint of warmth. definately enjoyable and for a great cause as well.

Bottle from Bevmo in Solana Beach. This beer pours a ruby-brown color with a thin and fizzy off-white head that burns away quickly. Spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma of grain, malt and acetone. Light-bodied with flavors of malt, perfumed hops and paint thinner. The finish is grainy and malty with an astringent finish. Not very enjoyable at all.

Clear umber color with a small taupe head that diminishes quickly to just a ring around the glass and a few streaks of bubbles in a reef formation. Earthy malt aromas along with some grassy hops. HInts of light spice and apricots also in the nose. Just not a clean and inspiring scent. Big fruity and malty flavors surge the mouth. Flavors of melon, apricots and raisins mix with dark caramel and sweet licorice. Middle has some herbal hops. Dry earthy hops in the finish along with some white pepper and allspice (perhaps it’s the caraway). Fairly hot feeling in the finish and linger. A bit rough and unbalanced.

Pours reddish bronze with an off-white head. The aroma has unrefined grain and malt that smells much lighter than it looks. There are some odd things with the aroma that unfortunately escape how to explain, it is a bit odd. it is medium grainy bodied that is a bit smooth with some semi-sharp carbonation. The flavor starts with a raw grain taste, dry caramel, dry rye and spicy hops. the finish is hoppy and dry with a touch of staleness. An okay beer.