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Rye Baby IPA
Union Craft Brewing Company
- From:
- Union Craft Brewing Company
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- Rye Beer
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 6.7%
- Reviews:
- 19
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 24, 2021
- Added:
- Apr 01, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 16
“Good girls want him bad. Bad girls want him worse.”
Rye Baby IPA ain’t for no squares! Brewed with floor malted English Marris Otter and a hefty charge of rye malts, this beer brings a spicy malt presence to the scene. But its the hops that are the stars of this hep ale. We hopped Rye Baby with copious amounts of Chinook and Simcoe hops and then dryhopped it with a blend of the two to give it an amazing hop character that will make you the baddest delinquent in Baltimore! We think Rye Baby is a delicious beer that you’ll be burning inside to drink, and if that’s a crime we’ll stand convicted!
BITTERNESS (IBU): 78
COLOR: Orange
MALT: English Marris Otter
HOPS: Chinook, Simcoe
YEAST: American Ale
Rye Baby IPA ain’t for no squares! Brewed with floor malted English Marris Otter and a hefty charge of rye malts, this beer brings a spicy malt presence to the scene. But its the hops that are the stars of this hep ale. We hopped Rye Baby with copious amounts of Chinook and Simcoe hops and then dryhopped it with a blend of the two to give it an amazing hop character that will make you the baddest delinquent in Baltimore! We think Rye Baby is a delicious beer that you’ll be burning inside to drink, and if that’s a crime we’ll stand convicted!
BITTERNESS (IBU): 78
COLOR: Orange
MALT: English Marris Otter
HOPS: Chinook, Simcoe
YEAST: American Ale
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Reviewed by MrOH from Maryland
4.72/5 rDev +17.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.72/5 rDev +17.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Bronze with some chill haze, nice white head, good retention and lace
Grapefruit, pine, dank, and earthy, bready malt aromas
Classic IPA grapefruit and pine, caramel and rye bread, nice bitterness
Medium bodied, a little slick, appropriate carbonation
This is what I think when I think Rye IPA
Feb 24, 2021Grapefruit, pine, dank, and earthy, bready malt aromas
Classic IPA grapefruit and pine, caramel and rye bread, nice bitterness
Medium bodied, a little slick, appropriate carbonation
This is what I think when I think Rye IPA
Reviewed by PathofChaos from Maryland
4.03/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance:
Pours a soft, sunrise orange with a demure cap of solid white foam. Laces deeply and flawlessly.
Bouquet:
Leads with a sharp abundance of rye with a coattail of warm pine.
Feel:
This one is unique. Its carbonation doesn’t add fuzz or fizz, but instead adds a sense of heft to the body, hedging into the medium weight range. It moves over the tongue with the sinuous slide of a crisp, light ale but maintains the desirable girth of a medium bodied IPA. Without that foamy omnipresence, this IPA would inevitably come across as watery; but thankfully, that tactful heft remains until the glass is drained.
Taste:
Bold, bitter pine resin riding in on a steady stream of rye malts and American hops. The rye aspect is earthy and peppery, and its followed closely by hushed tones of tropical fruit.
Apr 28, 2020Pours a soft, sunrise orange with a demure cap of solid white foam. Laces deeply and flawlessly.
Bouquet:
Leads with a sharp abundance of rye with a coattail of warm pine.
Feel:
This one is unique. Its carbonation doesn’t add fuzz or fizz, but instead adds a sense of heft to the body, hedging into the medium weight range. It moves over the tongue with the sinuous slide of a crisp, light ale but maintains the desirable girth of a medium bodied IPA. Without that foamy omnipresence, this IPA would inevitably come across as watery; but thankfully, that tactful heft remains until the glass is drained.
Taste:
Bold, bitter pine resin riding in on a steady stream of rye malts and American hops. The rye aspect is earthy and peppery, and its followed closely by hushed tones of tropical fruit.
Reviewed by cyclonece09 from Wisconsin
3.93/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from the tap into a mug. Pours red orange with a small white head. Smells of spicy rye grain, not much else. Tastes of spicy rye with slight citrus notes. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall a very good beer.
Jul 22, 2019Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
3.86/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz can, smeared date on bottom
Hazy, dark copper color, nice white head with good lacing and head retention. Spicy, grassy, and earthy hop aroma, with a touch of caramel malt. Similar flavor, fairly bitter. Smooth feel, medium bodied.
May 09, 2019Hazy, dark copper color, nice white head with good lacing and head retention. Spicy, grassy, and earthy hop aroma, with a touch of caramel malt. Similar flavor, fairly bitter. Smooth feel, medium bodied.
Reviewed by mynie from Maryland
4.29/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
I am shocked--shocked and saddened--that is took until the twenty-teens for a brewer to come up with this pun.
12 ounce cans cost a little over two bucks apiece. The artwork is sophomoric but appealingly unpretentious.
Nice pour: dark orange, hazy, with a voluminous and retentive white head.
Smells of sharp rye and older school American hops. Hop-heavy but balanced overall.
Tastes like it smells: sharp rye, though not as sharp as the aroma, combining with biscuity malt and a dry hop finish. This is the sort of balanced, well-crafted beer that used to be a staple of the American craft brewing scene. While I can't say I'm a fan of the price, it's a good enough beer to consider revisiting.
Jan 24, 201912 ounce cans cost a little over two bucks apiece. The artwork is sophomoric but appealingly unpretentious.
Nice pour: dark orange, hazy, with a voluminous and retentive white head.
Smells of sharp rye and older school American hops. Hop-heavy but balanced overall.
Tastes like it smells: sharp rye, though not as sharp as the aroma, combining with biscuity malt and a dry hop finish. This is the sort of balanced, well-crafted beer that used to be a staple of the American craft brewing scene. While I can't say I'm a fan of the price, it's a good enough beer to consider revisiting.
Reviewed by BJB13 from Maryland
3.99/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
12 oz. can poured into a tulip style pint glass.
Hazy and translucent in the glass, deep golden orange in hue with one finger of almost white foam that leaves goods lace.
The nose is moderate in strength, malty and sweet smelling with some fruity hop aroma.
Taste is malt forward but spicy (peppery rye) with a mild hop bitterness that seems to build as I go.
Medium bodied and somewhat gritty it starts out crisp the turns a little frothy as the carbonation dissipates.
Not bad at all!
Feb 08, 2018Hazy and translucent in the glass, deep golden orange in hue with one finger of almost white foam that leaves goods lace.
The nose is moderate in strength, malty and sweet smelling with some fruity hop aroma.
Taste is malt forward but spicy (peppery rye) with a mild hop bitterness that seems to build as I go.
Medium bodied and somewhat gritty it starts out crisp the turns a little frothy as the carbonation dissipates.
Not bad at all!
Reviewed by farrago from New Jersey
4.04/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Yields two to three fingers of tan foam, the even surface riddled with bubbles of varying sizes resulting in pockmarks, otherwise retention is above average and the lacing forms extended streaks with excellent stickiness. The haziness is light enough to allow you to see through it decently, coppery orange-brown colored liquid, tiny bubbles move super slowly towards the surface, like watching film at the wrong speed. The rye is omnipresent in the nose yet does not bring cutting bite, more driven by chocolate, cocoa, remarkably clean and gentle for all the heaviness in the nostrils, green grape, red berry to apricot fruit scents, mandarin orange round it out, admirable overall integration. Full-bodied, bottom heavy without getting anchored in place. The carbonation adds more softer fluff than prickle, no scrubbing sensations. Intriguing fruit flavors of honeydew melon and watermelon keep coming to the fore, then grape, apricot, cherry. Mocha and caramel also play a role, overall though not excessively sweet while the texture is not drying either. Inconsistent pepperiness and spice, finishes on a piney note. Very interesting assemblage but the heaviness likely would restrict you to no more than two in a sitting.
Jan 29, 2018
Rye Baby IPA from Union Craft Brewing Company
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
85 ratings
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