Scythe
Burial Beer Co. in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Rye Rotating|
Score
7.18
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The day of resurrection is at hand, the blade still sharp. Our longest standing beacon of utility, this Rye India Pale Ale invokes the vital tenets of balance not by muting flavors, but by elevating them. A European crystal malt backbone is lifted by the sweet pop of Riverbend Malt’s Wren Abruzzi Rye. Chinook and Columbus hops provide a grapefruit flavor up-front curtained by the powerful aroma of berry and fresh pineapple, thanks to an exclusively modest Mosaic dry-hopping. Finish your work, wipe your brow, and reap this delicious reward. For who knows when it shall perish.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from HC&B, 12-29-17
Tried
from Can
on 29 Dec 2017
at 21:58
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
About as heavy on the rye as a rye IPA can be. Nose is a mixture of dry rye spiciness and an underlying earthy hop base. Lovely pour, coming out a hazy orange-brown with a moderate beige head and ample lace. Taste combines rye, orange, berry, caramel, rye, toasted grain, tropical fruits, rye, black pepper, rye, pine, rye, and rye. Finish is both earthy and spicy, with a grainy undertone that pads the moderate IBUs on the fade. Complexity keeps blossoming as the pint warms, and the texture is pitch-perfect for an IPA, creamy yet boisterous enough to keep the bitterness from growing dominant. The more I drink, the higher my rating gets. Could be the alcohol. Could be this is a great IPA. Yum.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2017
at 16:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can from Bruisin’ Ales. Pours hazy Amber/copper. Main aroma note is rye. Med body at least. It’s not quite dry, mixed fruits, and a good dose of rye. Like rye. It’s pretty bitter. Rye must help with that. Yummy stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Nov 2016
at 14:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
16oz can pours a dark orange with some clumpy, white head. Nose has malt, orange, mild pepper. Flavor is better, orange, malt, cracker, pepper, some soap. Dry finish. A bit muddled.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Apr 2016
at 19:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From a 16oz can at the DC tasting on March 25, 2016. Poured a slightly golden orange color with a light off-white head. Aroma was lots of light spice notes. Flavor had some mild spicy hop notes, earthy notes. Citrus, tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Mar 2016
at 21:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can shared at the DC Tasting on 3/25/2016. Thanks SlopeSurfer! Slightly hazy golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of floral notes, citrus, light spice. Tastes of floral notes, citrus, spices, bitter notes. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2016
at 20:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Citrus and some peel. Amber pour with ok head and lacing. Bitter finish. Golden pour. Bottle shared at tasting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2016
at 21:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at the brewery taproom during RBWG 2014 - Asheville. Pours clear orange-gold with a creamy white head. The nose holds citrus fruits and dried bread. Medium sweet flavor with notes of orange, grainy bread, light sticky pine. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately resinous on the finish, with notes of sweet bready malts, rye grains, pine and ripe orange. Good one.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2015
at 11:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the brewpub, 17/02/15. Lightly hazed orange amber with a light beige covering. Nose is bitter citric peel, orange, tangerine, toasted bread, grain. Taste comprises skunky hops, Mosaic evident, tangerine, orange pith, mandarin. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok IPA.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2015
at 16:33
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown appearance. Smells nice, juicy citrus hop presence, oatmeal, rye and honey. high bitterness, dense and oily with some sugary finish.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2015
at 12:30