Bottle from bottledog. Aroma is rye and weirdness, boozy. Taste is rye and not so much else. Was hoping for more excitement for the percentage.

12/5/2018. Bottle at the Ipswich bottle share, courtesy of Colin. Pours thick hazy amber brown with a lasting cream coloured head. Aroma of golden syrup, rye, apricot, toffee, malt and citrus. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Full bodied, sticky texture, average to soft carbonation.

Bottle from Salt Horse, four months after the best before date (and three years, four months after the bottling date). Hazy ruby body with a medium beige head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of liquorice, caramel, parma violets and nail varnish. Flavour of raisin, aniseed and spicy rye. Medium body with a frothy mouthfeel. Light fizz. Rich and boozy.

Draught @ Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell, 82 Leather Lane, Farringdon, Greater London, England EC1N 7TR. [ As Weird Beard / Hanging Bat Rye Smile ].Hazy matt medium brown - red amber color with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, rye, roasted, caramel, sweet malt, dried fruit, alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet moderate and bitter with a long duration, rye, dried fruit, sweet malt, sugary, alcohol, bread. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20161128] 7-2-8-3-15

Bottle at home in London - sourced from Kris Wines. Bottled in October 2014. The beer pours a rather attractive clear ruby-orange with a thick, creamy light tan head. The aroma holds spicy and lightly toasted grains, pine trees, ripe and leathery berries. Medium sweet flavour with lots of rich, ripe and gooey berries, oily pine, moderate bitterness, toasted toffee and a whip of alcohol. Full bodied and somewhat chewy, with velvety carbonation and creamy texture. Well and warming to finish, with more rye grains, some ripe orange, marmalade, slight mineral notes, more berries, spicy rye, toasted grains, hints of toffee, some woody dryness. Overall, this is great stuff. I think the aging has probably helped to mellow this one, and I would even say it could stand a bit more time in the bottle. But as it is now, it is richly layered and highly enjoyable. A wonderful sipper.

At Jim/John is back tasting. Dark amber hazy brown with thin white head. Caramel chocolate cream, boozy orangepeel/ lemonpeel. Light sweet medium bitter. Medium body, creamy mouth, nice spices. Medium carbonation. Quite sweet finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Rye Smile on 21 Nov 2017 at 20:47 - Score: 7. Original review text: 3.6

Bottle at THT. Clear amber with small off white head. Lots of grassy hops with some lime, cheese, spicy rye bread, caramel, bitter herbs, quite some alcohol, sherry. Quite sweet with medium bitter finish. Full bodied.