Penobscot Bay Brewery Building 5 Rye IPA

Building 5 Rye IPA

 

Penobscot Bay Brewery in Winterport, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Rye Regular
Score
6.83
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7.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bomber drunk 12/24/18.
Clear, bright copper with a massive, off-white head as all of their beers seem to have. Retention is annoyingly strong.
Nose is nutty, lightly fruity rye and fruity yeast with pine-forward and white grapefruit hops adding a fair bit of acidity, but probably due to the age of the bottle, not too aggressive or intensely resinous now. Malts show biscuit, caramel and toasted barley with no alcohol and a good deal of plastic from the yeast.
In the mouth it's extremely floral/perfumey with lemon balm and strong pine though the resin doesn't attack the palate. The strong attenuation and tight carbonation keep it drinkable even if the pine/grapefruit/lemon hops are wholly uninteresting. Lingering caramel-accented base malts and fruity, pine-heavy hop notes with moderate-to-heavy acidity. Clean, as long as you don't mind the heavy plastic house yeast character. Alcohol well-concealed.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2018 at 22:23

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance has a semi-brown colored body with a slightly clearness to it. There is a 2 and a half finger white foamy head that gets a bit lumpy. Carbonation is seen rising at a moderate pace.
The smell is spicey through the Amarillo hops and rye, slight malts only come out as the beer warms.
The taste is spicey yet sweet at times through previously mentioned flavors.
The palate is light to medium, comes across sessionable, and becomes smooth as it warms. There is a crisp dry sweet aftertaste and finish.
Overall, whether its a Rye Beer or an AIPA, its good to me, I would have another.
Tried on 14 Mar 2014 at 15:59

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bomber. Pour is very dark for the style... Almost a medium brown but not quite there... Lots of head forms and leaves clumps on the side of the glass. Aromas are malty with a fig and date sugariness to them, but not much in the way of hops. Agitating and letting the beer warm don’t seem to encourage hoppy aromas either. Flavor is interesting... Not sure if I like the combination or not, but the malt definitely has a brown sugar and fig edge to it and the hop presence is more bitter than flavorful. There is a little bit of a herbal side to it, but not much. If you had given me this beer as a blind tasting and made me guess style, I don’t think I would have guessed IPA in the first twenty guesses. That said, it’s interesting.
Tried on 01 Aug 2013 at 20:10