While at Ashley’s Westland, we are going to try Sky High Rye Ale from Arcadia Brewery. If you read my earlier beer blog posts, you know the history of this craft brewery. If you have not read them, please, do so to get to know this Michigan craft brewery. Let us get into the beer.
It has a clear golden color with a nice presentation of small bubbles. It has a white constant head. The smell is extremely fated. I cannot pick it up aroma notes. The taste has a light rye to other spice notes. The aftertaste is a heavy rye notes. It is a pretty drinkable beer.
Here is a description from website (www.arcadiaales.com):
Description
This West Coast-style Pale Ale is brewed with 80% English barley malt and 20% rye malt. It boasts a massive floral aroma of resinous hops, contributing notes of lemons, peaches and pine needles and anchored by sweet, malty flavor of toffee and freshly-baked pumpernickel bread.
Style
Rye Beer
ABV
6.0%
IBUs
55
Here is their website and twitter:
Website: www.arcadiaales.com
Twitter: @ArcadiaAles
Closing, I really did like this beer because it is a little different from the classic pale ale beer style. Overall, I am not a huge fan of this brewery and most of their beers. I love the rye spicy notes but not over the top like most rye ales. There is a nice balance in this beer. It is pretty refreshing brew. I like this beer but it is not at the top of my list as far as rye ales. I have had better rye ales. This is a great beer and I recommend it. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
Cheers!
Bill DJ Weiser
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New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye IPA
In this beer blog, we are going to get into another beer from Sierra Nevada and the beer is called Ruthless Rye IPA. If you read my earlier beer blog posts from this brewery, you know the rich history of this brewery. I am willing to bet you have read about this brewery before this post. If you have not read that beer blog post, please, read that beer post. Let us get into the beer.
This seasonal IPA has a hazel copper color with a constant white head on the beer. The smell is a sweet earthly to it. The taste is a sweet malty spicy with a touch of peppery with a dry spicy aftertaste for this full body beer. It is a pretty drinkable beer.
Here is a description from the beer bottle:
2013 Ruthless Rye IPA is brewed with this rustic grain for refined flavors combining the peppery spice of rye and the bright citrusy flavors of whole-cone hops to create a complex ale for the tumultuous to Spring.
Here is a description from their website (www.sierranevada.com):
Ruthless® Rye
Rustic grains, refined flavor, ruthless character.
Rugged and resilient, rye has been a staple grain for ages and its spicy black pepper-like flavor has been prized by distillers and brewers for centuries. Rye thrives in the harshest conditions and comes to life in Ruthless, a spicy and rugged IPA with fruity, citrus and herbal hop notes balanced with the dry spiciness of the rye, making the beer aggressive yet comforting to bolster against whatever the winter winds may bring.
Here is their website and twitter addresses:
Website: www.sierranevada.com
Twitter: @SierraNevada
In the end, this is one of my favorite beers from Sierra Nevada Brewery. It has a ton of flavor in this full body India Pale Ale with the spices. It is pretty drinkable with everything that is going on in this beer. There is a nice balance from the malt and the hops which is a good sign of a very well-built beer. There are breweries that will over hop their beers to hide the faults in their beers. Sierra Nevada is not doing that in this beer. This is an excite beer and I highly recommend you trying this beer. Let me know what you think of it. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
Cheers!
Bill DJ Weiser
Email: djweiser13@comcast.net
Twitter: @djweiser
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