Rare Breed Rye Fighter
Mountain Goat Beer in Richmond, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
IPA - Imperial / Double Special Out of Production|
Score
7.28
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This brew is dedicated to Ryu, hero of Street Fighter. Ryu means ‘plentiful and abundant’, which coincidentally, is also how we would describe the hop levels in this beer.
Hadouken charges of energy from Cryo-hops make for Shoryuken levels of hop intensity, tempered by gentle spicy notes from the malted rye.
APPEARANCE:
Golden with slight haze.
AROMA:
Hop driven with pine, tropical fruit and stone fruit aromas from the neutral yeast strain.
FLAVOUR:
Medium bodied with spicy notes and coating mouthfeel from rye malt. Strong bitterness with a dry finish.
Hadouken charges of energy from Cryo-hops make for Shoryuken levels of hop intensity, tempered by gentle spicy notes from the malted rye.
APPEARANCE:
Golden with slight haze.
AROMA:
Hop driven with pine, tropical fruit and stone fruit aromas from the neutral yeast strain.
FLAVOUR:
Medium bodied with spicy notes and coating mouthfeel from rye malt. Strong bitterness with a dry finish.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Bottle) Pours clear deep amber with good white head. Nice aroma - pine with floral hints. Very good mouthfeel - medium bodied with plenty of soft carbonation giving smooth texture. Good taste too. Fruity - apricots and citrus - with notes of toffee, but little sweetness, some slight alcohol notes, and plenty of hoppy bitterness. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2018
at 14:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
GABS Auckland 2018. Pours orange. Orange peel, grapefruit, pepper, biscuit, big toffee. Good body. Nice.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2018
at 08:15
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pours amber with a large lasting head.Nose shows sweet clean malt, pine, spicy and resinous hops, grassy notes, very dank. Some lychee and passionfruit confectionery notes too.Flavours include sweet clean malt, pine and resinous hops, some mango and lychee too. Followed by an assertive bitterness.
Tried
on 17 Apr 2018
at 09:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 640ml bottle on 15/4/2018 (shared with Butz). The aroma features light fruity hops. The flavour is also primarily fruity (mainly citrus) with not much malt present, with a pretty big spicy, dry rye bitterness. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Reasonably enjoyable without really inspiring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2018
at 07:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Started about 10C, liked it more as it warmed a little. Clear orangish amber with a white head. Aroma of grapefruit, orange, mango skin, hints of Thai spices as well as rye-like spices. A bit of (Tusk-like) feijoa too. Has the old Mountain Goat alive smoothness, although carbonation is a bit higher than I like. Sweet with light bread and some cooked peach before firm citrus, pine and spices grip. Dries out gradually with fairly high bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2018
at 14:42