Rye Hopper
French Broad River Brewery in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Speciality Grain Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.73
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The Ryehopper began as a fall seasonal and has now found it’s way into our regular line-up. The brewers noticed a lack of rye beers in the Asheville area and wanted to fill that gap. This beer represents assistant brewer Chris Richards’ first recipe released by the brewery. The malted rye contributes both a rounded maltines and a sharp earthy flavor, bridging the maltiness of the barley and the bitterness of the hops. In essence, the Ryehopper is a hoppy rye beer. Seriously, what else did you expect?
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Papsoe tasting. Hazy amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, oak, little fruit and notes of spices. Flavour is malt, caramel, hop, fruit, notes of spices, little sweet and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2013
at 10:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is grassy and grapefruity. Bitter, citrusy and crisp hoppy. Crisp hoppy and lingering smooth fruity finish. Bitter and citrusy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2013
at 12:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of SpringsLicker. Pours a cloudy deep golden with a white head. Rich caramel and perfumy hops in the nose. Fairly solid body, rich caramel, a sweet maltiness and a little perfumy hops leading to a rather bitter finish. Actually a rather decent IPA. 150313
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2013
at 10:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Papsoe tasting. Hazy amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 150313
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2013
at 10:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle brought back from Asheville. Opaque, unfiltered deep orange brown. Big, fluffy off white head. A pretty straightforward Rye beer, quite refreshing and well executed. Caramel, rye, nutty amber malt backbone and a pretty steady hop balance. Sort of like a cleaner, more subdued Sierra Ruthless Rye. Smooth, thick malt character. Quite pleasant, an Asheville flashback beer for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2012
at 22:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Hickory Hops 2011, Hickory, NC.. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty floral hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty slightly earthy hoppy bitter flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2011
at 06:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Brown bottle, 22 onces, gift from Jean Hamilton, savoured on May 22 2011; eye: copper, clear, average effervescence, tiny sheet of beige head, light lacing; nose: hops, citrusy, grapefruit, slight orange, light rye, light nutty, light spices; mouth: hops, citrusy, grapefruit, light rye, slight orange, light soapy, light spices, finale in rye with presence of citrusy hops, medium body, good carbonation, quite bitter, lightly harsh texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 22 onces, cadeau de Jean Hamilton (merci!), savourée le 22 mai 2011; œil : cuivrée, claire, effervescence moyenne, petite couverture de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : houblon, citrique, pamplemousse, très léger orange, léger seigle, léger noix, léger épices; bouche : houblon, citrique, pamplemousse, léger seigle, très léger orange, léger savon, léger épices, finale en seigle avec présence de houblon citrique, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, pas mal amère, texture légèrement rugueuse; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2011
at 10:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from Charleston Beer Exchange. Pours amber with a large creamy beige head. Lots of hop aroma with an undertone of rough malt which likely is the rye. Med body. Foamy carb. Flavor has a lot of rough nutty rye and some earthy and floral hop. Maybe citrus too. There’s so much flavor here that it’s hard to sort things out. Puts a nice burn on the tongue.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2011
at 18:16