Apple Brandy Ryeway
Revolution Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Rye Rotating|
Score
7.51
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Rye Ale Aged in Apple Brandy Barrels
This playfully explorative rendition of Ryeway to Heaven features, as the name suggests, American oak apple brandy barrels as opposed to the more familiar bourbon and rye whiskey examples. A slightly sweeter blend provides more room for malt-derived flavor development in-barrel, balancing the impact of a wondrously expressive spirit. Drink now or store cold.
This playfully explorative rendition of Ryeway to Heaven features, as the name suggests, American oak apple brandy barrels as opposed to the more familiar bourbon and rye whiskey examples. A slightly sweeter blend provides more room for malt-derived flavor development in-barrel, balancing the impact of a wondrously expressive spirit. Drink now or store cold.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
Can. Pours clear chestnut, medium beige head, good lacing. Aroma is oaky, caramel, toffee, brandy, vanilla. Flavor is full sweet, light plus bitter. Quite tannic with lots of roasted sugars. Merlin body, bit of heat. Good.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2026
at 01:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz can. 2025 version is 15.8% ABV. Aroma has notes of toffee, apple, wood, coconut, earth, fudge. Pours very dark brown with a quickly collapsing beige head. Taste is highly sweet with a firmly bitter edge. A bit boozy.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 26 Dec 2025
at 02:12
8/10
As 2025 vintage.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Dec 2025
at 21:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Refrigerated 12 oz can poured into a glass. Clear amber with small beige head. Aroma is caramel, medium body, very low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is rich caramel, nice brandy, and wood.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2022
at 19:32
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Burk från Revolution. Rostbrun/kastanjefärgad med beige krona. Maltig sötma, torkad frukt, kolaremmar, kanderade äpplen, karamell, tydlig fatkaraktär med nästan lite spritiga inslag. Slår nästan över till aceton eller medicinala toner, men håller sig till Läkerol, örtsprit och menthol. Stor, lätt kladdig kropp som stramas åt rejält av fatet.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2021
at 20:07