 Quiver (139), Augusta, Georgia, USA
Aug 3, 2008 Awesome brew... nice strong hop flavor with enough malt to balance it out. burnt yellow color, partly cloudy, and nice lacing
RichJ7 (890), Cullman, Alabama, USA
Mar 30, 2008 Pours an almost layered orange/amber with a small white head and little carbonation. Big vanilla and oak presence along with a smattering of floral hops. Very sweet and malty for an imperial IPA ... a lot different from the regular rye2 as the vanilla and oak dominate. A lot sweeter than expected. Still, nice cask smoothness and a great flavor. Great brew.
kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Feb 24, 2008 Updated: Feb 24, 2008Name: Rye Squared Reserve
Date: 11/08/2007
Mode: Firkin
Source: Twains
Words: woodford reserve
Appearance: hazy dark copper, fine beige head, solid lace,
Aroma: sweet caramel aroma with lots of oak followed by more whisky sweetness,
Flavor: sweet caramel and wave after wave of vanilla flavor, hops offer good balance but stay in the background, lots of woody oak, hint of alcohol grows and combines with the vanilla for a hot buttered rum character, light bitter finish,
Overall: sweet vanilla and oak rules this beer and turns it into something totally different
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Name: Rye Squared Reserve
Date: 01/26/2008
Mode: cask
Source: acat
still the wonderful sweet caramel and vanilla with oak and a touch of hops for balance,
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***/4
shp555 (1377), lilburn, Georgia, USA
Feb 15, 2008 Pours a nice copper color with very little head. Aroma is caramel, vanilla, some hops, and bourbon. Flavor is malty, caramel, bitter hops, and a warming bourbon finish.
ChainGangGuy (1602), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
Feb 12, 2008 Appearance: Clear, clean penny copper-colored body with a bubbly, off-white head.
Smell: Bourbony -- but not too effusive, at least not to the level I was expecting. Smells pleasant and all, but the original beer seems lost, especially the hops.
Taste: Caramel malts with plenty of sweetness and a strong, brash flavor of bourbon. Fair amount of wood. A few hops remain and do what they can to keep that sweetness in check. Boozey, bourbon-soaked finish.
Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Mild carbonation.
Drinkability: Not quite as good as, oh, say the North Coast Old Stock Cellar Reserve Bourdon Barrel, but decent enough. Although, Id really have rather had the straight-up, standard RyeČ.
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