Black Rye
(has 1 batch)
Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Speciality Grain - Rye / Roggenbier Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.25
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This beer will surprise you with a big hop flavor and a toasty sweet aroma. Pours black from the chocolate and de-bitterized black rye malts. This ale is medium bodied and is well flavored with hints of toffee, nutty undertones and a dry crisp finish.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle pours out a nice dark body topped with a tan head. A strong aroma of scrubbing bubbles (the shower cleaner) Man it was hard to get it out of my mind. The tast was much better of nice roast malt. A pretty thick body great tast. Thanks Jake and you JERKS
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2007
at 22:52
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Trade from Eithcubes - Thanks! Near black pour with a large, unruly beige head. Heavy lacing. The aroma brings this beast down with a overwhelming scent of Aquanet and hints of beer? The taste recovers with heavy roast, coffee, chocolate, bittersweetness, and hops. Overall, Kind of dry with lots of coffee. I still wonder how a brew that tastes good can smell so funky...
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2007
at 21:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Thanks to Lowe1983 for this. Black with caramel highlights and a large, fluffy tan head. Very attractive. Aroma Citrus hops, roasted malts, rye, and chocolate. Interesting flavor. Spicy, roasted malts, some hop bitterness, nutty. Finishes bittersweet with some smoke. Medium, creamy body. Intrigued by this brew. Strikes me as a porter but the aroma has more citrus hops. I had a great time with this brew.
Tried
on 10 Jun 2007
at 06:42
3.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Founder’s Black Rye, in a 12 oz brown stubby bottle with a twist off cap. Smell is slightly strong, like you know you are going to get an impact on your taste buds. Pour is very black with barely an orange tinge on the edges. The taste is extremely rude, like and impy stout or Baltic porter. The only other specialty grain I have to compare this to was also made by founder’s. However, the red rye was much more palatable than this. If you like those impy stouts or Baltic porters you better put this on your list to try. Medicinal back of the throat bitterness that just don’t quit. Think of beer filtered thru an old wet campfire or the taste of lye on the palate. Very difficult to enjoy for a lager lover. Will not buy again, but OK to try once. Somebody please get an Old Heathen to wash this down with. Rude and acrid, like an imp stout. If you are trying dark beer for the first time better stay away from this. Almost as bad as Lion Stout, Bells Expedition or Old Rasputen. No manners and very offensive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2007
at 15:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours completely dark and opaque with a dense, creamy, beige head leaving some lacework. Hoppy aroma with lightly burned malts. Medium-bodied with sweetish notes of roasted malt and a lightly burned, coffeeish edge. Very soft mouthfeel. 291206
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2007
at 10:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle courtesy of Tpaliga: Poured a medium black color ale with a medium foamy head with average retention. Aroma of hops is dominant with some traces of malt being noticeable. Taste consists of predominantly citrus hops with a bitter finish and some light roasted malt. Body is a bit thin IMO and rye is very hard to detect. I would have appreciated a bit more complexity and less reliance on hops personally.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2006
at 14:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A hazy deep red beer with a huge brown head. The aroma is sweet roasted malty with quite a lot of hops, giving it a light citrusy note. The flavor is sweet malty and both light notes of roasted malt and chocolate.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2006
at 17:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
An acquaintance from out of state brought this one. This is the only beer I have had from this brewer. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a medium sized brown head. The aroma is faintly sour and malty with a light roasty undertone. The flavor is strong roasted malts with a tangy sour middle and a hint of dry rye bitterness on the finish. The finish is extremely long and roasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2006
at 21:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
It was Style 66/70 until they changed it to ASA 2 days later Now still five instead of Four more to go! Bottle from trade with 1FastSTi Nose was of coffee, chocolate, and rye was evident. Dark brown with a small tan head; flavor showedcoffee, malt, and rye with a nice hop bite.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2006
at 23:19
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very dark brown with huge, foamy off-white head - very woody hop aroma, with background caramel malt - dry dry, mineral qualities - quite hoppy and piney - the rye is very evident and tasty - balancing background chocolatey malt sweetness - a fine rye ale.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2006
at 17:15