Imperial Rye Ale
Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store

Beer Geek Stats
From:
Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
 
Michigan, United States
Style:
Rye Beer
ABV:
12.5%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
4.47 | pDev: 3.8%
Reviews:
3
Ratings:
9
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 29, 2019
Added:
Oct 12, 2018
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  2
Our Imperial Rye Ale is a rye wine style ale aged in rye whiskey barrels. It's warming and strong with big spicy oak character, and flavors of sweet burnt sugar and molasses.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by loganburgh:
Photo of loganburgh
Rated by loganburgh from Michigan

4.49/5  rDev +0.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Nov 28, 2018
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.31 by Giggy from Michigan

Dec 29, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by rare_bird from Michigan

Dec 02, 2019
 
Rated: 4.6 by TheeWarPig from Michigan

May 22, 2019
 
Rated: 4.85 by BenHoppy from Michigan

Apr 30, 2019
Photo of superspak
Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina

4.43/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
16 ounce crowler into snifter, filled on 4/20/2019. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, coconut, spicy rye, whiskey, toasted oak, biscuit, roasted nuts, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, milk chocolate, cocoa, raisin, prune, cherry, fig, date, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Light increasing booze in the aromas as it warms, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready/rye/light roasted malts, rye whiskey barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of huge caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, coconut, spicy rye, whiskey, toasted oak, biscuit, roasted nuts, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, milk chocolate, cocoa, raisin, prune, cherry, fig, date, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Mild herbal, grassy, peppery hop bitterness; and rye/whisky/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, coconut, spicy rye, whiskey, toasted oak, biscuit, roasted nuts, brown bread/crust, licorice, milk chocolate, cocoa, dark fruit, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Insane complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/rye/light roasted malts, rye whiskey barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness, and rye/whisky/oak spiciness balance; with zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from bitterness and rye/whisky/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and very full body; with a very smooth, creamy, silky, velvety, bready mouthfeel that is insane. Light slickness, sticky hops, chalky roast, and oak tannins lingering after the finish. Mild increasing warmth of 12.5%, with zero lingering barrel booze lingering after the finish. Overall this is an insane barrel aged rye wine! All around amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/rye/light roasted malts, rye whiskey barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV, with the mildly bitter/spicy/tannic/drying finish. Amazingly soft feel. Perfectly balanced between rich dark/rye/bready malts, and rye whiskey barrel presence/integration; with mild fruity yeast and earthy hops. Not overly boozy/tannic/drying on barrels. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A highly amazing offering, and world class style example. One of the smoothest beers for the ABV I've ever had.
Apr 30, 2019
 
Rated: 4.46 by midlifec from Michigan

Jan 09, 2019
Photo of ovaltine
Reviewed by ovaltine from Indiana

4.42/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Dark mahogany color, tan head, just a beautiful beer. The nose is dominated by the oak notes, and there’s some molasses notes, too.

The oak is also forward on the taste, but the molasses balances this perfectly. The mouthfeel is full and complementary to the overall experience this magnificent beer provides. Exceptionally well done by one of my favorite breweries.
Dec 26, 2018
Photo of Blackop555
Reviewed by Blackop555 from Michigan

4.39/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours dark reddish brown. Foamy, thick, medium off Whitehead the Fades slowly.

Smells vanilla, brown sugar, bourbon, caramel and lightly earthy.

Taste vanilla, bourbon, light spicy Rye, caramel, brown sugar. Finish is semi-dry with a roasty and bourbony vanilla linger. Full body and smooth medium carbonation.
Oct 25, 2018
Imperial Rye Ale from Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
Beer rating: 4.47 out of 5 with 9 ratings