Tap at Denizens Silver Spring Saturday night. All you could ask for in a Rye IPA. Lots of hop depth, heavy rye centered body. Full bodied. Solid.

6-5-21 DB Riverdale

6-5-21 DB Riverdale

6-5-21 DB Riverdale

6-5-21 DB Riverdale

Ridiculously hazy golden and pear coloured body with a thinnish, single to two centimetre tall pure white head that fades fairly quickly, but leaves a thin pure white head on top. Aroma of soured, funky yeast with some lactobilly and slight bretty notes along with a touch of peaches and fruit, but a more pungent sweetness in the nose from some caster sugar or perhaps even from lactose, which it seems here. Light to Medium-bodied; Assertive peach and orange flavour up front with a big fruit note with a lot of the yeast and lactobilly complexities way up front that give an easy-drinking and soft tart sweetness throughout. Aftertaste is fruity, fairly light, but showing some good fresh wheat and easy-drinking qualities with not much alcohol noticeable and only a touch of the funky yeast at the end, but the lactobilly and peach flavours definitely shine through, all the way until the end. Overall, a pretty nice, fairly easy-drinking, slightly fruity bee that gives a nice quality throughout, but not showing too much, especially peaches. I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from the Department of Beer and Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 25-September-2020 for US$2,42 sampled at my house here in Washington on 08-March-2021.

2-27-21

375ml bottle pours a mostly clear gold, white head that faded fast.  Nose has pineapple, green olive, candy, some green peppercorn.  Flavor has that, marinated olives, raw pineapple, raw pear, candy, herbs.  Finishes full bodied, some spice, some herbs.  7 3 7 3 13

12oz can pours a clear gold with some sudsy, white head. Nose is classic, big and estery, pineapple, peppercorns, perfume, candy. Flavor has candy and malt and honey, peppercorn, olives, pineapple. Finishes full bodied, sticky.

12oz can pours a hazy gold with some frothy white head. Nose has some muddled tropical fruit, orange blossoms, some oat, a little vanilla. Flavor is chewy with malt and oats, pineapple curd, some melon, orange blossom. Finishes full bodied and chewy.