The Bruery Rugbrød

Rugbrød

 

The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Speciality Grain - Rye / Roggenbier Rotating
Score
7.00
ABV: 7.9% IBU: 30 Ticks: 116
Julebryg-style dark rye ale

Don’t worry, we’re pronouncing it wrong, too. Rugbrød, the classic Danish dark rye bread, inspired our 2018 brew of the same name, which in turn sparked this 2022 rebrew. Brewed with three types of rye malt, this robust brown ale showcases the earthy, spicy character of the grain, balancing perfectly with bready, nutty, slightly roasty notes from barley malts.
 

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
750 ml bottle. Hazy reddish body with a medium sized beige head. A bit light aroma of chocolate, malt, light roast and a hint of acidity. Flavor is sweetish, light burnt, caramel, fruit and hint of acid. Body feels a bit thin and unbalanced. Drinkable but somehow a bit disappointing.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2012 at 13:30

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle.Dark reddish colour with small head.Aroma is sweet of berrie and spicey,slight vinious with hint of rye and x-mas spices,feels tosted and nice warming flavor with medium body and sweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2012 at 06:13

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9.5
Bottle at Camp Beer IX. Pours a cloudy brown with  small beige head leaving spotty lacing along the glass. The aroma is caramel and vanilla malt. Smokey malt with caramel and rich rye flavor and slight metallic finish. Very good and easy to drink. 
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2012 at 09:49

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 7
Deep dark brown coloured body with a soapy, but still decently medium brown head. Aroma of rye, malt, pepper and a touch of alcohol. Medium-bodied; Pungent malt, rye, alcohol and nutty flavour with some light sweetness and a hint of earthy and almost coffee like flavours. Aftertaste is strong with a lot of pungency and deep robust flavours showing through. Overall, a decent beer, but a great beer if you like ryes! I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased from High Times Wine Cellar in Costa Mesa, California!
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jan 2012 at 15:07

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
(From notes) Tap, sample @ The Bruery, end of 2009. Dark color. Aroma: Roast (almost acidic), lightly sweet. Flavor is toasted, lightly sweet. Finishes with lots of roasted malt. Reminds me of toast rather than rye bread.
Tried from Draft on 17 Jan 2012 at 01:20

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
A bit sweet in flavor and a bit spicy with a roasted flavor. Dark brown in color with a creamy lasting head.
Tried on 12 Jan 2012 at 23:05

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle 750ml @ yngwie
Pours cloudy brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, chocolate, rye, funk and dried fruits. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long fruity, chocolate finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jan 2012 at 12:52

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Clear dark reddish brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, rye, dark fruit and light yeasty. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish. Smooth. 070112
Tried on 07 Jan 2012 at 12:16

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Recht süßer Antrunk, in dem dunkle Getreidenoten vorhanden sind. Leider ist das Bier zuckrig, was sich nur langsam legt. Die dunkle Grundmalzigkeit leidet darunter etwas, die minimale röstige Rauchigkeit geht unter. Leicht nach Zimt, Roggen, kurz alkoholisch. Die Hefe kommt zum Ende hin stärker hervor und bindet sich gut in die holzige Getreidigkeit ein. Dezente Herbe im Abgang. Gut, wenn auch zu Beginn zu süß. 9/11/12/12/11/12
Tried on 20 Nov 2011 at 07:11

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 1
At first seemed nice, with a pleasing caramel cocoa nose, brown color, foaming head. Rye bread hints in the nose too. The initial sip was a nice sweetish caramel with a touch of roast, but the finish became leafy and herbal with bitter tobacco, weird astringent spicing, heavy leafy bitterness, earthy like dirt and lingering unpleasant phenols. Ugh, couldn’t finish more than 12oz out of the 750 bottle and even that was a chore.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2011 at 17:21