Spoetzl Brewery (Shiner) Ryes & Shine

Ryes & Shine

 

Spoetzl Brewery (Shiner) in Shiner, Texas, United States 🇺🇸

  Speciality Grain - Rye / Roggenbier Regular
Score
6.40
ABV: 4.9% IBU: - Ticks: 15
Medium-bodied, dark brown lager brewed with rye malt and chocolate rye from Germany,caramel malt and three hop varieties
 

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5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottled. Brownish pour. A fairly boring light lager with a rye grainy tang to it. Nothing special here

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:20


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Brown color with medium head. Aroma is slightly nut, slightly hay. Taste is of a malty, grainy, slightly nutty flavor.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2025 at 04:43



7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle - Grains and toasted malts with some light sweetness. Dark copper with a rich tan head. Caramel and toasted malts with a sweet apple finish. Not great, but so far the best from them.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2014 at 17:13


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle offered @ gmellison. Picked this up in town in a mixer sixer. Pours a pretty clear rust orange / brown appearance with a thin off white head. Aroma is pretty bready with some slight chocolate and caramel. Flavor is super boring. A bit of caramel and a bunch of bitter, dull herbal hops. Maybe a touch of citrus. Bleh.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2014 at 18:21


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

12 oz bottle from the Shiner Family Reunion variety sixer bought at WinCo in CDA, ID. Aroma is biscuit, toasty, bready, rye--all pretty faint. Pours clear copper with a one finger beige head with good retention. Taste is sweet and a bit savory, toasty, biscuit, spicy hops presenting themselves after the swallow. Thin-bodied with a creamy mouthfeel, just like the other three I’ve had from the six pack. This is actually pretty decent; much better than the Premium, Kosmos Reserve and the flagship Bock.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2014 at 22:21


6

Tried on 22 May 2013 at 07:50


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 9/11/2012. Pours a fairly crystal clear red copper color with a small light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings to the glass. Aromas of apple, pear, caramel, toast, biscuit, toffee, molasses, light rye, and herbal earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity. Taste of caramel, toast, toffee, molasses, bread, light fruits, earth, herbal, light chocolate, light rye spiciness; and a light metallic note. Lingering notes of caramel, molasses, toast, bread, toffee, light fruits, earth, herbal, and light rye on the finish for a good bit. Nice balance and robustness of flavors; not as much rye flavor as I was expecting; zero cloying flavors present after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a creamy and fairly slick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with hardly any warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a nice rye amber lager. A nice amount of robust flavor for being under 5%; and very smooth to drink as expected. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2012 at 20:46


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

12 ounce bottle. Dark reddish brown color. Small bubbly tan head. Smoky metallic burnt match aroma. Interesting subtle, sweet roasted malt flavor hints at rye bread. Medium body with a tangy hop finish. Decent brew.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2012 at 18:13


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours with a clear bronze hued body with a small and fading white head. Aromas are spicy, earthy, tobacco, dry, lightly vegital, chocolate, light hop character. Flavors are sweet, toasted malt, rye, nutty, light caramel. Lively bubbles, medium dry. Pretty watery, but not that bad.

Tried from Bottle on 29 May 2012 at 17:23