Rye Smile
Weird Beard Brew Co. in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Collab with: Hanging Bat Brew CoBarley Wine - Rye Special Out of Production
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Score
7.27
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Collaboration with The Hanging Bat, this is ridiculously drinkable at it's ABV. A sticky, sweet beer similar to a barleywine but with the spiciness of rye to boot. Caramel, candied fruit and leathery notes add to the complexity of this beer.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl bottle shared at the Jim/John is back tasting thin off white head. Very hazy amber pour. A very good barley wine
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 17:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at the John/Jim tasting. Cloudy brown with a small tan head. Aroma of dark fruits, cheesy malts, rye and light citrus. Flavour is above moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Above medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 17:39
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Nose is rye.. hints of tobacco, warm leather, brown sugar, and caramel. Taste is brown sugar, banana, a little smoke and leather, caramel, rye, a little toffee, orange, spice, very herbal hops with some grapefruit rind bitterness with pepper in the finish from the booze. There is a lot going on, and it’s too bitter with the booze, which seems to be a common problem with the new wave of barley wine variants. However its amenable enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2016
at 14:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Schenkt stroperig rood/amber met volle fijne licht gekleurde kraag. Aroma van caramel, suiker, graan, aards. Smaak is zacht, glad, alcoholisch, graan, zwak bitter, matig zoet, plakkerig, vanille, lekker dik, redelijke body. Overall ok caramel en graan zijn bepalend. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone --- Beer merged from original tick of Rye Smile on 25 May 2018 at 16:43 - Score: 7
Tried
on 05 Sep 2015
at 10:12
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
@ Gents Bierfestival 2015. Hazy dark amber colour, white foam. Fruity with piny hoppy notes. Also sweet hints of caramel and sugar. Balance is ok. Good beer.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2015
at 13:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
22/08/2015 – sample (bottle) @ Gents Bierfestival shared with JorisPPattyn, Sebletitje, 77ships & PriorL Amber colour, small head. Caramel, dark malts, bitter, sweet
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2015
at 01:45
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled @ Gents Bierfestival 2015 Trübes dunkel orangegoldenes Bierr mit einer großen weißen Schaumkrone. Geruch nach dunklem Malz, Roggen, hopfig bitter. Geschmack leicht schokoladig, Karamell, dunkles Malz, Roggen, milder Abgang!
Tried
on 26 Aug 2015
at 13:44
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample @ 6de Gents Bierfestival 2015. Cuivrée, col fin beige. Bière surprenante par son côté bien alcoolisé, pas vraiment habitué à cela venant de Weird Beard. Note un profil agréable du seigle qui procure une bonne épaisseur et épicé. Le malté semble cependant pencher sur une présence marquée et accompagnée d’un houblonné qui procure une note feuillu, verte , légèrement fruitée. Le profil barley reste là, quoique l’addition de seigle soit appréciée. Fini légèrement collant aux lèvres.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2015
at 11:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
At GBF. ’Rye wine’ is apparently the newest variation on the barley wine theme, after wheat wine... Light beige head over a copper coloured beer; aroma has a lot of what I euphemistically tend to call ’freshly fermented farmland’, next to medlar, brown bread, redcurrant, brown rhum, banana. Sweet, lush fruit onset, banana, peach, medlar, brown sugar sweetness, soft carbo with vinous mouthfeel, ’deep’ sourish aspect probably coming from the high amount of rye, caramelly, little bit toasted in the end with peppery hops and warming, cognac-like alcohol, but the sweetness cloys. Interesting idea, may improve with age.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2015
at 14:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Thx! for sharing) Sampled 330 ml. bottle @ Gents Bierfestival 2015. Deep red amber, little tanned head. Nose is weird rye, bitter dark bread, syrup, candy, herbal & rye bitter, odd, malt, sugar. Taste is odd herbal, sweet, black bread rye, candy, herbal, very bitter leaves, weird herbal bread, very heavy sugar & no balance,… The rye is all weird & excessive. Far too bitter. Herbal bread body. Odd, this needs a barrel to even things out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2015
at 09:10