12 ounce bottle. Pours a somewhat clear mahogany color with a small white head. A sweet nutty aroma with some caramel and fruity hops. A interesting flavor with spicy rye, some caramel like sugars, spicy hops, something almost tropical here. Light simcoe does show in the finish with a bit of resin. Very interesting.

Bottle. Sweet orange hops aroma. Amber with a moderate beige head. Sweet sugary rye malt and sweet orange hops flavor. Medium body. Great malt hop balance, the sweet/bitter/rye combo worked really well for me.

Deep rich hazy cola coloured body with a touch of a copper hue at the bottom with a thinnish, one centimetre tall deep tan head. Aroma of rye, a ton of hops, alcohol and a touch astringent scents noticeable. Medium to Full-bodied; Bracing rye flavour that doesn’t last long at all but surely hits hard at first with a white pepper flavour, some round and nice sugars, a touch of alcohol on the end and a good hop bite throughout. Aftertaste shows a subdued hop bitterness, some light rye notes, but mainly a smooth and refined finish that leaves the palate a touch warm from the alcohol, but that’s about it - which is nice for the style. Overall, a good beer, showing that all ryes aren’t necessarily harsh and some can have a lot of hops and still not leave the palate bitter. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Trader Joe’s in Chicago, Illinois (Ontario Street) on 03-December-2011 for US$2.00 sampled at home in Washington on 09-February-2012.

Jake’s Pub, Chicago tap ($5): Pours a red color with a whitish head. Aroma is simcoe hops, a touch or rye, and some fruitiness. Taste is hoppy, but not really that bitter. Not really sweet either. Rye is noticeable, but not in extreme amounts. I personally didn’t get much vanilla out of this. Fruitiness is for sure there. Nice balance in general and easy to drink at 7% alcohol.

Pours a dark, nut brown with mid-sized head. Hop aroma is very muted and there’s some grain and malt smells. Flavor is a bit like an IPA, with the hops in the forefront, some citrus. Mild finish to the beer--not particularly bitter.

Draught at Rattle N Hum. Pours red with not much of a head. Sweet, fruity and hint of rye. Drinkable

Bottle. Bronze beer with a tan head. Grapefruit and malt aroma with light roast, light earth, and light caramel. Pine and grapefruit flavor with caramel and earth. Medium bodied. Pine and grapefruit lingers with caramel, earth, and light spice.

At SAVOR. Poured a dark brown/ruby color. Aroma was rye, malts, hops. Flavor was a sweet malt, rye one, with a good amount of earthy and floral hop characters. Bitter character, alcohol masked quite well.

This was a neat concept for a beer that just did not end up working for me. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark brown-red color with a small creamy beige head that left some lacing. The aroma was a bit of chocolate and faint dry spice. The falvor was toasty with a vague dry spice presence and notes of cocoa and wood. Medium length dry, woody and spicy finish. Medium body. Ok.

Enjoyed as part of a sampler at the Two Brothers Tap House in Warrenville, IL. Appearance a somewhat dark ruby red with a pronounced, frothy white head. Aroma mostly of hops, very earthy and floral, really nice aroma, hoppy without being too much. Taste very smooth, has a nice rye malt profile complimented with the floral hops. There is a bit of sweetness to it as well with that \"Thai palm sugar\" that I can’t really notice but I acknowledge that its there. Definitely a good one.