 detroiter (957), Euphoria, Minnesota, USA
Feb 14, 2007
Pours a deep brownish red, with an inch or so of soft and creamy beige colored foam. Brief head retention, little lacing. Sweet malt and some rye bread in the aroma.
Flavor far less sweet than the aroma indicates. Toasted malt, dry rye bread and wheat bread. A chlorophyll-green (almost minty) flavor permeates each sip, becoming even more noticeable in the finish. When I was a kid, I used to chew on the stem of some kind of wild grass or weed (hairy vetch, maybe?) while hiking at the Stony Creek Metropark north of Detroit. That’s the green near-minty flavor I get with this beer.
Just a touch of floral hops. Almost medium bodied, with mild carbonation.
beermatrix (1497), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
Nov 3, 2005 Fresh growler 10/8/05: Clear dull mahogany. Small and firm cap of light tan froth developes from an eager pour out of the growler, but it went away quickly leaving only a thin collar. Very minimal lacing.
Aroma has quite a pep to it with a fresh yeasty spicyness to it. Unique and wild with an off bread tone that does carry some of the rye spice quality to it. Nutty and smokey in its effort after it begins to settle.
Flavors are nice with interestingly set tender sweetness and light bready/doughy malts and lots of easily appealing and popping spices. Oats, poppyseeds, nuts, seasame, pumpernickle, rye, clove, and yeasty esters make welcome spicy noting all across the playing field in this one. Its like one of those "everything" bagels that has nearly everything in them. Love the bready spices in this.
Feel is actually fairly light bodied. Very clean, snappy, crunchy, doughy, smooth, crisp, and quick. It really lets the spices take there place in the finishing areas.
A bready spiced treat. It reminded me a bit of what an OSA might be if it were toned down by about 4 or 5 notches. Drinkable. Yep. Definately worth filling up the glass with more then once.
RAYBOY01 (1630), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Oct 20, 2005 Surprisingly refreshing, with a grainy chewiness in the texture and strong cereal flavors. Strong hop bitterness, mainly in the finish, and some interesting peppery spicing as well.
robertsreality (2462), Minnesota, USA
Oct 20, 2005 Dark Brown Coloring with Red Tints and a Sandy Ring. Sweet Caramel Malt and Dry Rye Aroma. Carbonated..Bitter Sweet on the Tongue.. Sweet Malt Background and Dry, Bitter Rye Notes Lofting on Top. Alot of Bad Rye Brews Out There, But This Wouldn’t Be One of Them.
MilkmanDan (1939), Eagan, Minnesota, USA
Oct 7, 2005 Deep copper, big puffy head. Nose peppery and spicy, lots of rye and some intriguing smoke. Flavor has a nice rye astringency to it with a bright, hoppy finish and good sweetness. Very spicy, quite nice.
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