Roggenbier
Reuben's Brews

Can from Capitol Highway Deli Mart

A hazy dark muddy brown. The nose is spicy with rye, caramel, banana and clove. Lovely yeast expression. The palate opens with banana and clove but then the rye appears, adding a nice spice depth. Caramel, mild honey. Medium in body. A touch watery on the finish. Solid!

Earthy brown color with an added tinge of rust and copper. The froth atop the hazy body is solid, if not voluminous. The beer isn't overly pretty, but the somewhat ruddy body seems to not betray style guidelines that indicate "turbid"as a quality.

It smells a bit like brew day, with a bit of the marbled rye bread vibe, though not a strong one. There's a tangy note that grabs my attention more, unfortunately. My initial sip is greeted with a slightly sweeter than expected opening. There is a slight tang to the beer, which backs this opening that doesn't seem as sweet after a handful of sips. The back is more a generic earthy with a slight green banana note that comes out as it warms. The rye notes I expect, including a hint of spice, are mostly hidden for the first part of the beer. They start to present in the linger, and slowly move a bit forward, though they never reach the strength I expected, perhaps unrealistically.

All combined, I enjoyed the beer, though it wasn't as straight or rye forward as I anticipated. I'm not sure if warmth or slow build brought about the rye I ended up getting and enjoying, but it did take a half a beer to come through.

 

Dark see through amber colored brew with a thick tan head that settles fairly quick down to a thin cap. Sweet malt is the biggest note off the nose and it’s just bigger than your normal brown ale. Ok this isn’t overly sweet as the nose might suggest but the rye doesn’t bite or spice much, a bit lighter on the flavor than the big nose might suggest, but this is tasty! Medium/thin body still has some creaminess to it but more carbonation would be helpful in my opinion. Good stuff.

16 oz can

Pours mostly clear amber, off-white head is firm and dissipates slowly to lacing.

Aroma of coppery and biscuit malts, hints of caramel and rye.

Flavor is of caramel, biscuit, banana, coriander, rye, and wheat.

Medium body, tingly carbonation on the roof of the mouth.

First time trying this style as far as I remember, and it's quite good. Kind of reminds me of a dunkelweizen but with mild rye undertones and a richer malt profile. Very worth trying, something I could drink again.

 

Bought from Tavour as part of Reuben's VaRyeity 4-pack that also includes a Rye NEIPA, a dark Munich lager, and a holiday-like beer with Rye and Cinnamon. All told, a clever way to package a less common grain with unusual ingredients mixed in.

This Roggenbier is my third in less than three months... and I had zero before. So, I'm no expert to compare peers in the style. But Reuben's Looks pretty good; greeted with a nice foam that goes away; but has a nice amber body. Smells are mostly malt and a spice mix with cloves leading. Tastes finally give me the rye, mild but distinct. Medium mouth.

My second from Rueben's, I'm impressed. Great variety and talent... not often found in a nine year old.

A: The beer is clear amber in color and has a light to moderate amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a narrow collar of off white bubbles around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of banana-like yeast are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell but also has notes of rye, which contribute a slight bit of spiciness.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer starts off smelling like a yeast used in a hefeweizen (and you might think it is a dunkelweizen based on appearance) but it's the taste where the flavors of rye start coming into play. It is very easy to drink and makes for an interesting choice if you are looking a German-style wheat beer.

Serving type: can

 

16oz can into a pint glass. Canned 11/17/20, so 5 weeks old.

Looks very nice in the glass. Clear deep amber reddish body. Small off white head shrinks to a ring leaving a little lacing early on.

Nice aroma of sweet malt and a peppery clove spice mix.

On tasting, solid strong sweet malt base . The clove and pepper notes float in and out. The rye aspect is very mild, but does add a dryness. Easy drinking beer.

Mouth above medium, finish sweet with a well balanced spice hit

Overall, enjoyed this beer. Almost impossible to find this style. Thanks Reuben's.