I'm always looking for an excuse to buy Texas beers, and the only regularly offered mixed sixer in the state gives me just that. More bang for the buck, and it's been a while since I bought this one. I'm hoping their past infection/carbonation issues (or whatever it was that was causing them to foam or be funky) are handled.
So far so good. Pours a hazy amber with a light tan head that fades faster than I'd like, but that's something else that Real Ale beer have always done.
Smells crisp and grassy. All the good characteristics that a pale and a rye should have. Decent bready malt backbone as well.
Nice. Solid bitterness grabs you up front, with a smooth body. It's light bodied, which is OK for a pale but expected in a rye. The bitterness has a particular twang that's good for a rye as well. Bitterness lingers in the aftertaste for just a bit before finishing clean.
Very good beer. Hope the consistency and QC is improved, and I'll come back to it more often.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Bear Republic Brewing Company's Hop Rod Rye
I hate just about everything about California. From their false environmentalism to their deficit creating social policies, California could use a major overhaul.
Except leave the beer alone.
Bear Republic was a real surprise. I have yet to have a beer of theirs that is anything less than great. Hop Rod Rye is no exception. It pours a deep copper, almost like a bock, with a light tan pillowy head that very slowly fades. Good, slow carbonation.
Smells zippy and grainy. Unadulterated. The bready malt is secondary to to a twangy rye smell.
Great bitterness. Not grassy, not floral, just a bitter zap to the back of your tongue that stays. Smooth feel to it that makes sense with the slow carbonation, it has good body for a rye. All in all it's more substantial than other ryes. It's like a zippy pale, with a rye zing to it that picks it up and gives it more than just a bitterness that accompanies a pale.
Great beer. Glad Spec's carrier them in 12 oz bottles now. It'll be a mainstay.
Except leave the beer alone.
Bear Republic was a real surprise. I have yet to have a beer of theirs that is anything less than great. Hop Rod Rye is no exception. It pours a deep copper, almost like a bock, with a light tan pillowy head that very slowly fades. Good, slow carbonation.
Smells zippy and grainy. Unadulterated. The bready malt is secondary to to a twangy rye smell.
Great bitterness. Not grassy, not floral, just a bitter zap to the back of your tongue that stays. Smooth feel to it that makes sense with the slow carbonation, it has good body for a rye. All in all it's more substantial than other ryes. It's like a zippy pale, with a rye zing to it that picks it up and gives it more than just a bitterness that accompanies a pale.
Great beer. Glad Spec's carrier them in 12 oz bottles now. It'll be a mainstay.
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