R.I.B.A - Rye India Black Ale
Hangar 24 Craft Brewing in Redlands, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.16
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Beer. This beer has the added significance of being the 1000th batch of beer brewed at Hangar 24 since we opened in 2008. Rye India Black Ale, or RIBA for short, is a heavily hopped ale brewed with rye and three different dark roasted malts. This black ale features intense spicy & citrusy hop aromas with a rich roasted, chocolatey malt character complemented by a unique spiciness from the rye. A true American original for the 2011 American Craft Beer Week.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at Golden Road’s opening party. Pours with a hazed deep brown hue with a medium sized tan head. Aromas are a bit roasty, nutty, spicy, rye with some light citrus hop characters. Flavors are roasty, nutty, bready, grainy and spicy. Kind of malt forward for my taste in anything with "India ___ Ale" attached to the name. Hop character is resiny, grapefruit and a bit dank. Medium to light bubbles. Tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Very dark brown/black. Smooth chocolate notes with lots of assertive hops, and light woody accents. Light body for a beer of its size. There is lots of woody, herbal hop stuff and faint chocolate notes. Good balance. Tasty beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Big thanks to the Tucson tasting hosts fata2683 and Mrs fata2683. The growler poured mahogany with bubbly white head. The aroma is nice and spicy with rye spiciness, some malts, burnt malt notes and a decent bit of spicy anise too. The taste is similar with yummy bold spicy rye and spicy hops mixing with pleasing notes of dark roasted malts to burnt malts. The dark roasted malts, hops and spiciness all come together wonderfully. This is bold on all levels.