Julio's Ry(e)an Ale
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Speciality Grain Regular|
Score
7.33
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
(Thanks, Andy! nimbleprop) Bottle. A- Raisins, brown sugar, mild molasses, subtle barrel. A- Brown color, hazy liquid, beige head. T- Caramel, brown sugar, mild rye barrel. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- 11 years old and this still had some good carbonation and has held up. Don't get much rye and the barrel has definitely softened. It's really a mellow beer that drinks almost too easy. Enjoyed this one. Actually think I like it better now than I would've fresh.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle thanks to Toby pours out cola brown color topped with a tan head. Nose is nice big bourbon barrel notes vanilla rye malts spice and some sweet malts. Taste is more of the nice bourbon notes plenty of rye spice caramel brown sugar sweetness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle from jredmond. Pours dark coppery brown with a fizzy, transient beige head. Smells like rye barley wine from very nice bourbon barrels. Full bodied or nearly. Flavor is moderately dark fruit, brown sugar/treacle. Not at all towards dry, with no bitter. But the heat doesn’st show much and the flavors are outstandingly impressive. Age has not dulled its style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours burnt amber with tan head. Nose and taste of bourbon, oak, whiskey, rye, caramel malt, dark fruit, prune, toffee candy, burnt caramel and vanilla. Medium body. Finishes with a slight alcohol burn.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
I believe this is a 2011 bottle. Aroma is nice and complex with lots of sweet malt character balanced by bourbon barrel notes. Lots of dark caramel with a hint of chocolate and roast. Quite a bit of rye spice present as well along with some toasted bread. Some fruitiness is also present with prunes and raisins. Some burnt sugar is also present. Light bourbon, oak and vanilla. Pours a burnt amber with some light brown highlights, but on the whole the beer tends towards red more than brown. Very thin light tan head that quickly recedes to the edges. Light lacing. Flavor is very similar to aroma but with an lot more bourbon character. There is a lot of sweet fruit notes upfront with prune, raisin and fig. There is quite a bit of malt character as well with dark caramel, roast, caramelized sugar and toffee. Light burnt toast notes. Mid to late palate you get a lot of barrel character with a lot of bourbon, oak and vanilla. Light rye spice and some alcohol heat finish out the flavor. Fairly low bitterness, this definitely is on then sweet side. Mouth feel is medium to medium full bodied with medium low carbonation. Astringency is low to medium low and alcohol warmth is medium low. Its a very sweet beer but it isn’t sticky like you would expect considering the sweetness. Overall a very nice, complex beer with good fruit and malt character. The bourbon barrels are well integrated in the aroma but a bit strong in the flavor. The beer is on the sweet side, too much so.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours clear dark amber into a snifter. White head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Sweet rye and bourbon aromas. Thin with sour toffee upfront turning to a mild bourbon before the hot lasting rye burn.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
bottle at home ... deep brown ... thin tan head ... soft toffee ... light passion fruit ... tropical fruit nose ... sweet toffee vanilla bourbon tones ... soft fruits malts ... light pineapple .. ok but not hing exciting... its not heavy bouron .. but its still too much for me
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle picked up at Julio’s courtesy of mixylplik3, thanks for the opportunity Matt. Pours a deep dark brown with deep garnet highlights and a huge off white head that slowly dissipates but never totally falls. Nice nose. Smell is sweet with candy sugar and dark fruit mixed with some vanilla oak and bourbon. Some light caramel/toffee in the aroma but no hint of rye that I could find. Taste is sweet up front, kind of reminds me of an old ale at first. Light caramel, toffee, and sweet cherries lead off the race but are quickly overcome by bourbon and oak. Spicy rye pokes its head up quickly but is shut down by a mild higher alcohol burn. Long lingering sugared dark fruit sweetness in the finish. Medium body and a surprising level of creaminess in the mouthfeel. Light to medium level of carbonation. I love what this beer can become, but I feel that right now the flavors are less than harmonious. The alcohol burn needs to mellow a bit and the flavors need to meld. I enjoyed this beer but I think with a little age this one will become fantastic. I wish I had more of this to age.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of over ripe fruit and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel, leading to a dry finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
There is some sour rye in the flavor. Brown sugar and bourbon, which makes this hot on the palate, and also a fairly thick beer. Very little carbonation. The bourbon works about as well as bourbon can work in a beer.