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Rhye IPA
Smuttynose Brewing Company
- From:
- Smuttynose Brewing Company
- New Hampshire, United States
- Style:
- Rye Beer
Ranked #32 - ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #14,492 - Avg:
- 3.92 | pDev: 8.93%
- Reviews:
- 101
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 14, 2023
- Added:
- Aug 31, 2013
- Wants:
- 17
- Gots:
- 62
Originally released as part of our Short Batch Series, our Rhye IPA arose from our desire to play with rye malt. It's built on a Finestkind IPA chassis, with the following changes:
• We tweaked the grain bill adding 30% rye malt and swapped Aromatic malt for C-60. Rye adds a spicy note while Aromatic malt adds a more subtle flavor than C-60 but increases malt aroma.
• We lowered the mash rest temperature a few degrees, giving the final beer less body and more drinkability.
• We jacked up the dry hopping to four times the level of Finest Kind for big hop aroma.
65 IBU
• We tweaked the grain bill adding 30% rye malt and swapped Aromatic malt for C-60. Rye adds a spicy note while Aromatic malt adds a more subtle flavor than C-60 but increases malt aroma.
• We lowered the mash rest temperature a few degrees, giving the final beer less body and more drinkability.
• We jacked up the dry hopping to four times the level of Finest Kind for big hop aroma.
65 IBU
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Ratings by Chaney:
Reviewed by Chaney from District of Columbia
4.25/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bottle conditioned in 2013.
Served in a DC Brau tulip.
A: Poured an extremely murky orange color with a pillowy white head that lasted a good while.
S: I started to smell this from the second the cap was popped. Lots of luscious grapefruit and orange juice in here. Nice. Not much of that cracked rye yet, but if I hold my snooter down there long enough, I can make it happen.
T: Delicious. I got the rye in there now, which was more of a sensation than an actually taste (I'll get to mouthfeel in a moment). More on the orange side of the spectrum, but grapefruit on the bitter finish.
M: Pleasantly bitter, with sort of a hot, chili pepper-esque quality that was to die for. I found I could take fairly substantial sized gulps of this stuff and it didn't wreck my palate either. Maybe I'm just used to these sorts of hop bombs now.
O: $6.99 for a world-class rye beer? Gimee, gimee, gimee!!!
Oct 16, 2013Served in a DC Brau tulip.
A: Poured an extremely murky orange color with a pillowy white head that lasted a good while.
S: I started to smell this from the second the cap was popped. Lots of luscious grapefruit and orange juice in here. Nice. Not much of that cracked rye yet, but if I hold my snooter down there long enough, I can make it happen.
T: Delicious. I got the rye in there now, which was more of a sensation than an actually taste (I'll get to mouthfeel in a moment). More on the orange side of the spectrum, but grapefruit on the bitter finish.
M: Pleasantly bitter, with sort of a hot, chili pepper-esque quality that was to die for. I found I could take fairly substantial sized gulps of this stuff and it didn't wreck my palate either. Maybe I'm just used to these sorts of hop bombs now.
O: $6.99 for a world-class rye beer? Gimee, gimee, gimee!!!
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by polloenfuego from Canada (NB)
3.91/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.91/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Look is a rich honey gold with a nice 2 finger head. Head breaks pretty quickly, and there is some lacing. The smell is of rye, piney hops and some malts. The taste is more hop forward with pine and citrus. Then the rye spice comes in, followed by the malts. Feel is medium body and carbonation.
Pretty decent beer. I enjoyed it more when I had my second taste.
Oct 12, 2017Pretty decent beer. I enjoyed it more when I had my second taste.
Reviewed by billybob from Massachusetts
4.38/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.38/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
pours a hazy honey color one finger off white head and nice sticky lace. smells of crusty rye bread. smooth silky rye malt taste med body no cloying after taste. nice tasty beer.
Aug 15, 2017Reviewed by craigbelly from Iowa
4.12/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Spicy notes of black pepper, rye and resinous pine unfold throughout, grounded by a malty core of light caramel and nutty, toasty bread flavors. Get a hint if grapefruit deep in the middle. A pleasant bitterness and spicy rye character lingers long on the dry finish.
Jul 17, 2017Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.75/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This was poured into a nonic pint glass. The appearance was a hazy burnt golden orange color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute leaving some light lacing sliding into the beer. The smell had a sweet rye malt with a light citrus aspect backing it up nicely. The taste took the sweet and let in a light spice in the balance and still let in a delicate citrus. All blended well into the aftertaste and left a quick semi-dry finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Carbonated nicely, this one had a nice bitterness rolling across my tongue. Overall, I say this was a pretty good AIPA with a nice rye spice to tie things up. I’d have again.
Jul 14, 2017
Rhye IPA from Smuttynose Brewing Company
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
453 ratings
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