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Reef Rye Brown Ale
Ballast Point Brewing Company
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- From:
- Ballast Point Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
Ranked #146 - ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #18,486 - Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 9.66%
- Reviews:
- 21
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 19, 2022
- Added:
- Apr 13, 2009
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Deuane:
Reviewed by Deuane from Pennsylvania
3.98/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
3.98/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
On the hand pull at Al's of Hampden.
A-Slightly hazed dark brown tinted copper, with a medium light tan head that reduced to a thin cap and left thick lacing.
S-Spicy rye notes and sweet toasted caramel malts up front with a touch of earthy citrus in the background. The aroma is pleasant but rather light.
T-Spicy, sweet and chewy with a good biting hop kick along with the rye zing gives this one a pleasant sharpness.
M-Medium bodied, sharp and biting with good lingering flavour and bitterness.
D-Really nice stuff and with a fairly low ABV this one is easy to enjoy multiple times over.
Dec 12, 2010A-Slightly hazed dark brown tinted copper, with a medium light tan head that reduced to a thin cap and left thick lacing.
S-Spicy rye notes and sweet toasted caramel malts up front with a touch of earthy citrus in the background. The aroma is pleasant but rather light.
T-Spicy, sweet and chewy with a good biting hop kick along with the rye zing gives this one a pleasant sharpness.
M-Medium bodied, sharp and biting with good lingering flavour and bitterness.
D-Really nice stuff and with a fairly low ABV this one is easy to enjoy multiple times over.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by mschantz from Colorado
3.98/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Sampled on tap at BP Miramar. Pours a nice clear reddish brown with a finger of head. Smell is just a bit grainy with little else happening. Flavor is that of a light rye bread with just a touch of honey. The sweetness is nicely balanced with the hops. Clean and pleasant finish on this beer.
Jan 01, 2015Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota
3.7/5 rDev -3.4%
3.7/5 rDev -3.4%
Review live from Petco Park between innings. On tap from th Ballast Point tasting room.
Pour is reddish brown, filmy. The nose runs of light sweet malts and vague spices. Quiet.
Reef Rye tickles my rye need. More brown though. Nice maltiness is immediately jumped by a big mouthful of spicy rye.Nutty, bit of earthiness, almost woody, mid palate. Spicy rye starts to make the lips tingle, and mounts the finish vigorously.
Definitely grew on me as it warmed. Not in the stratosphere of their hoppy offerings, but a good, solid brew.
Sep 04, 2014Pour is reddish brown, filmy. The nose runs of light sweet malts and vague spices. Quiet.
Reef Rye tickles my rye need. More brown though. Nice maltiness is immediately jumped by a big mouthful of spicy rye.Nutty, bit of earthiness, almost woody, mid palate. Spicy rye starts to make the lips tingle, and mounts the finish vigorously.
Definitely grew on me as it warmed. Not in the stratosphere of their hoppy offerings, but a good, solid brew.
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.83/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On tap at the Ballast Point Tasting Room and Kitchen.
Clear, dark red-brown with a good tan head. Decent lacing
Feel: near medium body; Soft, medium carbonation.
Smell: Nice mix of hops that is about equally fruity and herbal.
Taste: this is a rathe hoppy brown ale, although some of the spicines no doubt comes from the "rye and coriander".
O: a refined spiced brown.
Jun 29, 2014Clear, dark red-brown with a good tan head. Decent lacing
Feel: near medium body; Soft, medium carbonation.
Smell: Nice mix of hops that is about equally fruity and herbal.
Taste: this is a rathe hoppy brown ale, although some of the spicines no doubt comes from the "rye and coriander".
O: a refined spiced brown.
Reef Rye Brown Ale from Ballast Point Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
79 ratings
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