708. Rock Bridge Brewing – Rye You Lil’ Punk Rye IPA
I was in Columbia, MO a few weeks ago and before I left town, I stopped at the local grocery store to pick up a few local beers, including this one. I heard about this brewery, but haven’t had any of their beers yet. They had a couple canned beers from them at the grocery store, so I thought I’d start with their IPA. It’s a cool looking, 16oz can that came in a four pack. It’s been a challenging day fixing...
669. French Broad Brewing – Rye Hopper Ale
This is another one of the many beers my sister brought back for me from her trip to Asheville, NC in the fall. I had a craving for a rye IPA, so I was happy to find this rye pale ale in the beer fridge. Location: Poured into a slightly curved pint glass at my home in Bloomington, IL. Numbers: 5.9% ABV, 59 IBUs, 10.5 SRM, 15° Plato OG, ~180 Calories Appearance & Aroma: It’s reddish-brown in color and slightly hazy. The head...
546. Boulevard Brewing – Grainstorm Black Rye IPA
We’ve been having a rough go of it lately, and so to escape things for a bit, my wife and I took the kids out to Flinger’s Pizza and Pub tonight for dinner. Nothing beats their tomato-basil cheesebomb (especially when you can’t eat meat on Fridays during lent), and the craft beers on tap. I usually try to stay away from beers like Boulevard that I can get easily, but this one looked interesting. It was confirmed when...
488. Laughing Dog Brewing – Rocket Dog Rye IPA
For my last post, I was at my homebrew club meeting, having a Bell’s This One Goes to 11 Ale. Today, I’m meeting with a small group from my homebrew club to discuss a “barrel project” where we can all brew a beer and age it in an old Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrel for a year or so. During out meeting, I decided to have this beer since I’d only had Laughing Dog’s Dogzilla Black IPA, and was sure I...
408. 4 Hands Brewery – Divided Sky Rye IPA
I’m in St. Louis on a mini tour of microbreweries with my friend Joe. Last night we hit Perennial Artisan Ales, and today, after an incredible lunch at Bogart’s Smokehouse in Soulard, we headed over to 4 Hands Brewery. I started with their Reprise Centennial Red Ale, which could probably be classified as a red IPA, and decided to move on to their rye IPA offering. Location: Enjoyed in a tulip shaped glass, at 4 Hands...
372. Good People Brewing – Casked Mumbai Rye IPA, Dry Hopped with Columbus
I’m still on the road for work, traveling from Denver, Colorado to Birmingham Alabama today. We arrrived and got settled into the hotel and headed downtown in search of good local beer. Thanks to a recommendation from my friend @jkaiseresq we stopped at The J. Clyde for dinner and beers. He had also recommended several local breweries and fortunately, they had a beer from each on the list. I decided to start with this...
50. Founders Brewing – Red’s Rye P. A.
I spent my early evening at work, working outside this evening, so when I finally got home I wanted to go for a nice refreshing IPA. In the beer fridge I had quite a selection of Founders beers to select from and reached for the Reds Rye P. A. Ale. The label says that it’s “hopped up and brewed with rye,” it’s got 6.6% ABV and 70 IBU’s. It poured a dark amber, and reddish color, and had a decent head,...
