Hop Rod Rye™
Bear Republic Brewing Company in Cloverdale, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Rye Rotating|
Score
7.57
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A high gravity IPA brewed with 18% rye malt. Hop Rod Rye has a floral hop aroma and subtle caramel notes with a slightly earthy and spicy rye character.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a dark amber... almost brown with a little head and aggressive aromas of toffee, pineapple and grapefruit. Flavor is pretty decent. Much as you might expect from an IIPA with a bunch of rye in it. Alcohol is pretty obvious, both in flavor and in warmth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2009
at 22:11
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Location: Updated on 5/3/09
Just drank another 22 oz one of these, and thought I'd update the ranking, I believe it was purchased at a Total Wine.
Aroma: A nice pine, citrus, rye, bread, caramel nose
Appearance: Really nice looking reddish brown color with a medium tan head, some lacing
Flavor: It has got a really nice upfront hoppiness, with a great rye malt backing, that makes it work really, really well
Palate: Highly drinkable, great mouthfeel, works well from start to finish, a top notch palate
Overall Impression: I wouldn't change my rating at all from the first time, just added some detail, but I love this one. I still wish it was more available in my neck of the woods, but I'll buy it when I see it at least. Bear Republic makes some quality, quality beers.
Just drank another 22 oz one of these, and thought I'd update the ranking, I believe it was purchased at a Total Wine.
Aroma: A nice pine, citrus, rye, bread, caramel nose
Appearance: Really nice looking reddish brown color with a medium tan head, some lacing
Flavor: It has got a really nice upfront hoppiness, with a great rye malt backing, that makes it work really, really well
Palate: Highly drinkable, great mouthfeel, works well from start to finish, a top notch palate
Overall Impression: I wouldn't change my rating at all from the first time, just added some detail, but I love this one. I still wish it was more available in my neck of the woods, but I'll buy it when I see it at least. Bear Republic makes some quality, quality beers.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2009
at 19:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Binnys, Chicago. Chestnut/ruby red in colour with an off-white head. Sappy, pine resin aroma with some caramel and grapefruit. Flavour was sweet with some chewy malts before a big citrus hop finish which was very dry and left a prickly sensation in the mouth. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2009
at 11:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Re-rate 7/10/12: Bottle sample at a tasting at Dagan’s place. Thanks Dagan. Clear amber with a beige head. Aroma of piney hops with resinous notes, malt and caramel notes. Sweet malty caramelly flavor with rye spiciness and a bitter finish with resinous hops. Medium-bodied. 6/3/6/3/13=3.1
(11/1/08) Draught at Father’s Office in Santa Monica. Dark reddish-brown with a creamy beige head. Aroma of piney hops, fruits notes and some malt. Resinous hops flavor with a bit of malt sweetness, some fruitiness, some alcohol, and a bitter finish with resin and pine nottes.. A rather oily mouthfeel. 7/4/6/3/13=3.3
(11/1/08) Draught at Father’s Office in Santa Monica. Dark reddish-brown with a creamy beige head. Aroma of piney hops, fruits notes and some malt. Resinous hops flavor with a bit of malt sweetness, some fruitiness, some alcohol, and a bitter finish with resin and pine nottes.. A rather oily mouthfeel. 7/4/6/3/13=3.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2009
at 14:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Ahh... pours a nice reddish brown colour and has a beige head. Already looks nice. Hops in the nose, but leaves little expectation of taste. Taste is sweet and hoppy, but way easier to drink than most double IPAs. Silky smooth. As other people have noted about this beer, I did not really notice much rye action going down. If it were not so expensive (like other Bear Republic beers) I would buy more.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2008
at 15:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle-pours a retaining thin off white head and hazy copper color. Aroma is nice citrus/pine hops. Taste is nice citrus/pine hops-some bitterness, nice balanced secondary medium malt, (OK rye too), solid. Thanks JP @ Trap Rock for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2008
at 09:15