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Simcoe SamuRYE
Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing
- From:
- Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Rye Beer
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 7.29%
- Reviews:
- 13
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 25, 2020
- Added:
- Sep 28, 2012
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 11
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
A spicy rye beer, amber in color and brewed exclusively with simcoe hops.
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Reviewed by JohnniEMc from Pennsylvania
4.28/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Observations from a pint can poured into a clear Imperial pint glass start with the color. It's a cloudy, yet bright yellow-orange, much like pineapple orange juice. The head is plentiful and fairly lasting. Not much glass lacing to brag about. The aroma is also pleasant, hoppy, grassy and earthy. The taste is much like the smell predicted it would be. The brew drinks those characteristics in a very even and balanced fashion. The noticeable hop bite is brought with no sacrifice to the mouth feel. Simcoe Samurye gets an endorsement here.
Oct 25, 2020
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.22/5 rDev +6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev +6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pizza Boy Brewing "Simcoe Samurye"
on tap @ Southwark, Phila., PA on 12/22/16
Look: Deep amber/copper body beneath a creamy head of khaki. The head drops readily (dirty bar glass?) leaving behind only minimal lacing.
Smell: Fruity with apricot and orange over a delicate caramel and toasty malt base. Piney and spicy/earthy as well.
Taste: As indicated by the aroma but with a fuller maltiness that includes spicy and woody rye. The components all balance magnificently, as does the sweetness of the malt against a firm bitterness, leaving it sweetish upfront but then dry in the finish.
Feel: Medium bodied with a moderate, fine-bubbled median carbonation that leaves it crisp and then lightly creamy.
Overall: I've had other very good beers from this brewery but none that have made me want to seek them out - this one changes that. It would have been easy to go overboard with this but they've kept it in check and created a really drinkable, interesting and engaging ale.
Dec 24, 2016on tap @ Southwark, Phila., PA on 12/22/16
Look: Deep amber/copper body beneath a creamy head of khaki. The head drops readily (dirty bar glass?) leaving behind only minimal lacing.
Smell: Fruity with apricot and orange over a delicate caramel and toasty malt base. Piney and spicy/earthy as well.
Taste: As indicated by the aroma but with a fuller maltiness that includes spicy and woody rye. The components all balance magnificently, as does the sweetness of the malt against a firm bitterness, leaving it sweetish upfront but then dry in the finish.
Feel: Medium bodied with a moderate, fine-bubbled median carbonation that leaves it crisp and then lightly creamy.
Overall: I've had other very good beers from this brewery but none that have made me want to seek them out - this one changes that. It would have been easy to go overboard with this but they've kept it in check and created a really drinkable, interesting and engaging ale.
Simcoe SamuRYE from Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
121 ratings
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