Rye Beer

Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye Returns

Sierra Nevada’s Ruthless Rye is back for a second year. Ruthless is an IPAbrewed with rye malt, initally brewed as a replacement Glissade. Part of the seasonal series, following Celebration Fresh Hop Ale.

Ruthless IPA is brewed with this rustic Continue Reading →

Boulevard Rye on Rye Returns

Boulevard Brewing’s Rye-on-Rye, part of the Smokestack Series, has returned. For this release, the brewery aged part of the beer in rye whiskey barrels. Rye beer, rye whiskey barrels. Hope you love both.

Why Rye? This assertively flavorful grain is more Continue Reading →

Ipswich Releases Rye Porter

Ipswich Ale Brewery (Ipswich, MA) has released a new offering – Rye Porter. For this release, Ipswich took a classic porter and added copious amounts of rye.

The spiciness of rye introduces our smooth new twist on a classic porter. Lush Continue Reading →

Speakeasy Scarlett Red Rye Ale Released

 

Speakeasy Ales & Lagers (San Francisco, CA) has just launched Scarlett Red Rye Ale. The red ale is brewed with copious amounts of sticky rye.

Style: Red Ale (w/ Rye)
Availability:  12 oz bottles
Arrival: Mid October, 2012

5.5% ABV 

 

Posted in Bell's Brewing

Bell’s New “Smitten” Arrives In A Few Weeks

Looking forward to moving past winter weather, and beer? Bell’s Brewery will launch their new spring seasonal, Smitten, in early February just in time to get you out of the winter blues and into a spring fling.

“A combination of sharp citrus and resinous flavors from the Pacific Northwest hops with the earthy, rustic overtones of the rye malt yield an interesting and refreshing take on the American Pale Ale.”

Formerly called Golden Rye Ale, Smitten is the first new regular bottle release since Oarsman Ale debuted as a year round offering in 2010.

Style: Rye Beer
Availability: 12 oz bottles, on tap
Arrival: Early Feb, 2013

6.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Seasonal Return, Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye Returns

Sierra Nevada’s Ruthless Rye is back for a second year. Ruthless is an IPAbrewed with rye malt, initally brewed as a replacement Glissade. Part of the seasonal series, following Celebration Fresh Hop Ale.

Ruthless 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 transition to Spring. 

Style: IPA, brewed with rye malt
Availability: 12oz bottles, draft. Seasonal.
Taste Expectations: Spicy rye, mixes with pine & floral hop notes

6.6% ABV 

Read more: Sierra Nevada

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Terrapin Beer Company

Terrapin Side Project #19: Mosaic Single Hopped Rye Ale

On shelves now is Terrapin Side Project #18: Liquid Bliss. Meet the follow up release coming in 2013 –  Mosaic Single Hopped Rye Ale. Brewer “Spike” has an affinity towards rye malt, so this comes a no surprise.

Freshly harvested from Hop Breeding Company, LLC in Yakima Valley, the hops used in Side Project 19 “Mosaic” came freshly picked from the fields of Perrault Farms, to our brewery, and into your glass. Known as hop HBC 369 before official naming in 2011, Mosaic is the daughter of Simcoe (YCR 14) and a Nugget-derived male. To get the best of all worlds from this new Humulus lupus, we used 100% Mosaic throughout the brewing process to utilize all the flavor and aroma that this world-class hop has to offer. 

Style: Rye Beer
Hops: Mosaic
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: March, 2013

6.6% ABV 

Read more: Terrapin Side Projects 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Bridgeport Brewing, Coming Soon

Bridgeport’s New Spring Seasonal: Smooth Ryed

Bridgeport_SmoothRyed_Label

This spring Bridgeport Brewing will bring out something new – a full-bodied hoppy ale using rye malt and whole leaf hops aptly named Smooth Ryed.

“This recipe creates a smooth, solid base for a big load of hop aroma from Oregon Centennial hops. We source the malts from Great Western Malting just across the river in Vancouver and the hops from good friends at two local farms about 35 miles south of Portland,” commented brewmaster, Jeff Edgerton. “We use only Centennials in the hopjack so that the consumer will get the wonderful full flavor and aroma that only those hops have.”Smooth Ryed will be available in all states where BridgePort is distributed starting in late December and early January.

Style: Rye Beer
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: January, 2013

6.3% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Boulevard Brewing

Boulevard Rye on Rye Returns

Boulevard Brewing’s Rye-on-Rye, part of the Smokestack Series, has returned. For this release, the brewery aged part of the beer in rye whiskey barrels. Rye beer, rye whiskey barrels. Hope you love both.

Why Rye? This assertively flavorful grain is more often associated with whiskey than with ales. Even in that arena, it has largely been eclipsed by corn and barley, the sources of bourbon and scotch. But when we procured some seasoned barrels from our friends at Templeton Rye, we asked ourselves, “Why not?” Why not brew a rich, tawny rye ale, then mellow it in the warmth of charred oak rye whiskey casks? Two kinds of malted rye provide spicy sweetness, giving way to notes of caramelized wood and the citrusy tang of Perle, Magnum, and Saphir hops before easing into a dry, lingering finish.

Style: Rye Beer (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750ml bottles, corked & caged
Taste Expectations:  See above

11% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Ipswich Brewing, New Releases

Ipswich Releases Rye Porter

Ipswich Ale Brewery (Ipswich, MA) has released a new offering – Rye Porter. For this release, Ipswich took a classic porter and added copious amounts of rye.

The spiciness of rye introduces our smooth new twist on a classic porter. Lush with dark chocolate aroma, Ipswich Rye Porter is a lively seasonal treat.  

Style: Porter (w/ Rye)
Availability: 22 oz bombers, 12 oz bottles (mixed packs)
Arrival: November, 2012

6.3% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Speakeasy Ales & Lagers

Speakeasy Scarlett Red Rye Ale Released

Speakeasy Scarlett Red Rye Ale

 

Speakeasy Ales & Lagers (San Francisco, CA) has just launched Scarlett Red Rye Ale. The red ale is brewed with copious amounts of sticky rye.

Style: Red Ale (w/ Rye)
Availability:  12 oz bottles
Arrival: Mid October, 2012

5.5% ABV 

 

by Reid Ramsay