Rare Rooster Summer Rye
Lancaster Brewing Company

Rare Rooster Summer RyeRare Rooster Summer Rye
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From:
Lancaster Brewing Company
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
Rye Beer
ABV:
4.7%
Score:
77
Avg:
3.33 | pDev: 14.41%
Reviews:
73
Ratings:
83
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 08, 2014
Added:
May 05, 2007
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by NJBeerguy:
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Reviewed by NJBeerguy from New Jersey

4.33/5  rDev +30%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Very pleasantly surprized, as I pour this beer into a standard English pub glass. The appearance darker gold with a firm beige head.
The head disapates but lingers as a shadow of itself for all it's time in the glass. The nose is slightly sweetness and nothing more. The mouthfeel is perfect for a summer's day. The taste is very refreshing with an early sweetness, that roll forward to a hint of rye followed by the wonderful taste of carmel finishing with a suttle hop flavor that does linger for a bit, inviting you to have another sip maybe even to have another beer. On an outdoor patio watching another summer setting sun this could be that spot on sessions beer.
Jun 15, 2008
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.2 by GregStoner from Pennsylvania

Oct 08, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by wrightst from Maryland

Aug 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by DrBier from Pennsylvania

Jul 27, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Durandal_777 from Pennsylvania

May 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by BillRoth from Maryland

Dec 29, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by RBorsato from Virginia

Oct 16, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by ejimhof from Pennsylvania

Sep 14, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by dgherm from Pennsylvania

Jul 30, 2013
 
Rated: 2.5 by bonbini26 from New Jersey

Jan 12, 2012
 
Rated: 3 by nmann08 from Virginia

Dec 04, 2011
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Reviewed by Rifugium from North Dakota

3.03/5  rDev -9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
First had: on tap at Pinocchio's, Media, PA

A summer seasonal. It was okay, but I was content in switching over after one pint. Poured a clear golden brown with a small white head that all but dissipated. Toasted malt aroma, with a bit of spice. Biscuity taste, mild yeast, spicy and bitter... Alot going on but not in a big way. Light-medium mouthfeel, and fairly drinkable.
May 13, 2011
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Reviewed by BeerAdvocate from Finland

3.65/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From BeerAdvocate Magazine Volume II, Issue V:

Shiny copper color, a decent head forms from a hard pour and then subsides to a thin but healthy-looking white lace. A little buttery diacetyl from the yeast and caramel notes from the malt dominate the aroma. Semi-creamy smoothness rolls around and flaunts a medium body. Sweet with buttery and caramel malt flavors. Thankfully, the buttery tone does not distract too much or for too long. Both a mild hop bitterness and spicy rye character aim for balance and do a great job at it. The rye rises up just enough to be noticed with a grainy aspect middle to end that adds some depth. Mild fruitiness gives suggestions of ripe plum, pear juice and papaya. Finishes leaning toward dry with spicy husky rye and a faint lingering buttery tone.

Great to see a rye beer that is not over-hopped, it lets the rye come through and keeps that complexity alive which makes it a great choice if you have never tasted rye in beer before.
Sep 10, 2010
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Reviewed by TLove from District of Columbia

3.1/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
(From Notes)

On tap at the brewery.

Surprisingly bready for a rye grain beer and resultedly, quite good, despite its very dry character. The head dissipates quickly and burns off with a corn and wheatberry scent, with some parched wheat on the tongue and in the mouth.

The finish is pretty decent. Again dry, but has a buttery sweet component that balances it out.
Nov 24, 2009
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Reviewed by DavoleBomb from Pennsylvania

2.82/5  rDev -15.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Poured into a pint glass. Bought this for a buck at local place. Had this before, but this time is for reviewing.

3.0 A: Semi-hazy medium orange color. One finger of head that falls quickly and leaves not much lacing. I don't remember it looking this pathetic.

3.5 S: Only a touch of rye. Doughy and buttery in a brewpubby sort of way, if that makes sense to anyone.

2.5 T: Not too big on the taste. Healthy bitter backbone. The same buttery flavor exists in the taste. Really not that great of a beer. No flavors that I want and plenty that I don't.

3.0 M: Medium body. Undercarbonated.

2.5 D: Way too many problems. I don't remember it being this bad. If I ever try it again, I'll review it if it turns out any better.
Nov 14, 2009
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Reviewed by bluejacket74 from Ohio

3.15/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
12 ounce bottle. Served in a nonic pint glass, the beer pours a clear light orange/amber color with about an inch and a half off-white head. Head retention and lacing are both average. Aroma is mostly toasted and bready malt, with a bit of spice from the rye and also a slight perfumey/floral hop aroma. Taste is mostly bready malt, with some butterscotch and rye spicyness. There's also a weird metallic finish which isn't enjoyable. Mouthfeel/body is light/medium, it's a bit coating and is well carbonated. Drinkability is OK, it's smooth but the weird metallic finish doesn't help any. I think this is an average brew. I'd drink it it someone gave me one, but I wouldn't go out of my to buy it. But it is worth a try.
Oct 19, 2009
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Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania

3.7/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a light brown color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is malty with some rye. Taste is a good mixture of malt and rye, very flavorful. Feels good in the mouth and has decent drinkability. Overall this is a fine beer, worth checking out.
Sep 24, 2009
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Reviewed by bamadog from Ohio

2.94/5  rDev -11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 3
Poured from the bottle into a pint glass.

Appearance: Body pours a pretty bold coppery orange color and comes with a short one finger head that is off-white; head disappates quickly to a full and uneven skim that has pretty solid retention and sticks around; body is just slightly hazy and shows moderately strong carbonation; swaths of wave-like lacing hold firm to the sides of the glass.

Smell: Some toasted grains and really sweet, almost fruity esters combined with the malts... odd.

Taste: There is some slight graininess in the mouth, but the toastiness doesn't come out much as a strength, and the rye aspect is virtually non-existent. However, the strange fruity ester in the smell translates to the mouth as well as there is the malty sweetness that is affected by a that sugary/raisin-like saspect that is fairly mild - flavor fades in the mouth and comes back to the graininess in the end; sadly, it kind of reminds me of a lager brewed with some spoiled fruit and some stronger (but not strongly enough) toasted grains.

Mouthfeel: I like this part actually, it's pretty smooth and the carbonation is just right - nice and present, but not sharp; body leaves a fair amount of stickiness over the mouth and there's a definite tingle from the carbonation; palate is left very dry once it's all said and done.

Drinkability: It looks right, but the smell and taste are off for me and don't really showcase the rye at all, so that's a bit of a letdown. The mouthfeel, however, does add to the drinkability, but not enough to bring it up to more than a 3.
Sep 22, 2009
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Reviewed by WVbeergeek from West Virginia

3.18/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a copper quickly rising bubbled large white head flowing nicely with carbonation . Aroma has a spicy rye note with herbal prefume like accents minimal layers of malt sweetness in the nose. Flavor has more spicy rye notes with hebal perfum likne tones, somewhat grainy tendency with dry lafy hops and moderately sweet malt combos. Drinkability is medium bodied light airy carbonation not much doing in the way of complexity here. Drinkability overall is okay not a beer I would yearn for from Lancaster but it's nice to see smoething different especially with rye added.
Sep 21, 2009
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Reviewed by nickd717 from California

2.01/5  rDev -39.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5
12oz bottle thanks to my buddy ben4321 on ratebeer.

A - Orangish-amber color with a small, quickly dissipating off-white head.

S - Rye bread, butter, and corn.

T - Some rye, caramel malt, and grain, along with an overwhelming buttery diacetyl flavor that sort of kills it. Wouldn't be too bad without that, not that it would really be that exciting either.

M - Body is fairly watery and thin and it has a weird butteriness to the mouthfeel as well.

D - I couldn't finish it. Maybe it would have been better if I had poured it over some popcorn.

Overall, not so good. A diacetyl mess that I wanted to like since it's from my home state, but oh well.
Sep 18, 2009
Rare Rooster Summer Rye from Lancaster Brewing Company
Beer rating: 77 out of 100 with 83 ratings