American Craft Beer Week Rye IPA
Karl Strauss Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Rye Regular|
Score
6.68
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft. Rich amber beer with a dark cream head. Grapefruit and light dark malt aroma. Grapefruit and light summer fruit flavor with dark malt, caramel, and light cocoa. Medium bodied. Decent bitterness. Grapefruit and light summer fruit lingers with caramel, light earth, and light dried fruit.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 oz tulip draft at the brewpub in Carlsbad, California. Pour is an unfiltered looking ruby brown, with a light tan head with some lace. Aroma is soft rye spice, along with light resinous hops. Subdued but clean nose. Taste is tannins, resins and spiced rye - nice soft integration between the Rye and the hops. Some floral comes out in the back as it warms. Nice, mild flavors. Palate is medium to light bodied, nice unfiltered mouth feel. Spicy finish. Nice use of Rye.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap. Pours with a lightly hazed deep amber-copper hued body with a mostly lasting off-white head. Aromas are fruity, citrusy and extremely estery. Malt profile exhibits bready, caramel, and light rye (spice, bread) notes. Flavors are very malty, some alcohol. Lightly spicy and bready. Honestly, not very IPA like (at least not at this point). Mostly all malt left, but not really too sticky nor too thin. Mild bitterness and a tinge of orange. Medium to lively bubbles, medium body. Lightly warming. Good, but its either faded (surprisingly elegantly for the style) or not very IPA-ish to start with.