Rye On Rye X: Sazerac Cocktail
Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Speciality Grain - Rye / Roggenbier Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.38
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For the second Rye-on-Rye release, we drew inspiration from the famous New Orleans cocktail, the Sazerac. The official recipe is composed of rye whiskey, absinthe or Herbsaint, a sugar cube and bitters all garnished with a lemon peel. To translate this classic cocktail into a beer, we brewed batches of the base rye beer that received spice additions mimicking bitters as well as lemon peel during the boil. The resulting wort was fermented with our house Scottish ale yeast before being aged in freshly emptied Templeton Rye barrels.
Opening with strong aromas of rye whiskey, toasted oak, vanilla bean and cinnamon, Rye-on-Rye X – Sazerac is full bodied and spicy. Rye malt and whiskey character lead in the flavor giving way to hints of black pepper, anise and subtle citrus from the lemon peel all closing with a sweet, warming finish. Rye-on-Rye X – Sazerac is 11.8 ABV and 29 IBUs.
Opening with strong aromas of rye whiskey, toasted oak, vanilla bean and cinnamon, Rye-on-Rye X – Sazerac is full bodied and spicy. Rye malt and whiskey character lead in the flavor giving way to hints of black pepper, anise and subtle citrus from the lemon peel all closing with a sweet, warming finish. Rye-on-Rye X – Sazerac is 11.8 ABV and 29 IBUs.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours Maroon brown from bottle. Not much head. Booze, vanilla, oak, rye. Some fruit. Pretty nice but hit hard
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Well stored bottle dated 2016, tasted 2019. Clear amber body under a small off-white head. Nice and strong aroma of smooth Bourbon, malt, vanilla and dry fruit. Taste is smooth and sweet malt, warming Bourbon, caramel, dry fruit, spices and vanilla. Fine body and long lasting aftertaste. Nice, smooth, complex and solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2021
at 19:31
8/10
Lennarts thumb is hiding 2016 :)
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2019
at 22:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
KØLF 080319. Red amber color with a beige head. Aroma is rye, alcohoø, malt. Flavor is rye, alcohol, bread, malt, caramel, oak, dried fruits, spices. Full body. Powerful beer.
Tried
on 15 Apr 2019
at 07:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle pours out dark brown topped with a sand head. Nose is nice big rye whisky barrel notes vanilla spice and a malt kick. Taste is more of the nice rye whisky barrel notes vanilla toasted malts and spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2018
at 23:07
7/10
Przyprawowe mocno, ciekawie ale niekoniecznie fajnie, za to cialo sups, beczka w tle ale tez fajowa
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2018
at 17:21
7/10
Smieci plywajo, fajnie owocowo kandyzowano, jakies figi, cos jakby cytrus ciut? Troche ziolek? Dziwna paleta ale smaczne, lepkawe, 0 alko
Tried
on 08 Aug 2018
at 18:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at tasting. Aroma of buttery caramel, vanilla, oak and herbs. Taste of cinnamon, rye whisky, vanilla, anise, malt, some lemon and a boozy finish. Interesting and tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2018
at 18:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 75cl. Amber, hazy with a good offwhite head. Aroma of whiskey cask, dried fruit and spices. Light bitter with a warm wooden and spices end. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2018
at 19:48
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
DArk amber with off white head - Wood, vanilla and bourbon in the aroma - Malt body with a good wood, bourbon vanilla flavour with some spicy notes and some alcohol heat - The wood, bourboun with alcohol heat and some spicy notes goes into the finish - This was good, but a little to much alcohol heat
Tried
on 19 Mar 2018
at 18:48