Roasted Rye | Reuben's Brews

4.25/5  rDev +8.4%

3.75/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

4/5  rDev +2%

3.75/5  rDev -4.3%

4/5  rDev +2%

3.8/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Brilliant brown color, though nearly transparent. Big, sturdy white head. Mellow, bready, rye aroma. Flavor is immediate and bitter, with graininess and hops. Feels rich on the palate. Pleasant and flavorful, but not at all subtle. This is a beer that looks roasted, tastes like rye, and has the profile of an IPA. The label says winter warmer, which I'd give it only in the sense that it's dark and tastes strong (as American winter warmers tend to). But as an IPA, rye bitterness dominates hop flavor, so it doesn't quite fit there either. It's not malty -- it's grainy. BA's appellation of rye beer is probably the safest bet.

22oz bottle served in pint glass.

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4.24/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

on tap @ the brewery

100+ IBU, "Citrus, Chocolate, Smooth, Bitterness"

Reuben loves some Rye - while i'm partial to the imperial rye, this is a pretty fierce pint as well. Big spicy rye loaf - not for the faint of heart, bitter citrus, dry cocoa. Paired nicely with a kickass falafel from "A Taste of Istanbul"

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4.08/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

This is a great rye beer. There's a distinct toast and spicy finish that gets lost in too many hoppy ryes. The hops still stand out with a big grapefruit, pine, and (just a little) peach. Give me another. Great balance.

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4.25/5  rDev +8.4%

3.96/5  rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

4.5/5  rDev +14.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

3.97/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

A: Pours an opaque brown with a thick, light brown head. Streaks of lace across the glass. The head sticks around the entire drink. No visible carbonation.

S: Pine, bitter grapefruit, citrus pith, spicy rye, and a hint of nutmeg.

T: Typical west coast style ipa flavors of pine and grapefruit. First and foremost an IPA, followed by a hint of bready malt, some caramel and nutmeg sweetness, along with the quintessential spicy rye flavor.

M: Well carbonated, yet super smooth. Slightly dry on the finish. One or both the rye and hops leave a spicy tingle on tongue.

D: This beer is highly drinkable. Nice rye flavor profile and spice coupled with typical west coast style IPA withnotes of pine and grapefruit. Overall a very nice beer, take on the IPA, and the winter warmer. This is second beer I have tried from Rueben's. The first was their Crikey IPA. This beer is like a Crikey IPA with the addition of rye spice and mild winter warmer sweetness that all work well together. Delicious.

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4/5  rDev +2%

4.1/5  rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured into a Reuben's Brew pint glass. Pours a hazy medium chestnut brown with a fine one finger light brown head. Aroma of biscuit malt, rye, slightly nutty with light citrus hops. Flavor is an excellent blend of toasted and biscuit malt with light rye sourness, finishing with satisfying dry malt and lingering citrus hops bitterness. Great mouth feel with light creaminess. A very nice malty ale with a well integrated rye twist. Verging on old ale territory, but bringing in spiciness from the rye. I really liked Reuben's imperial rye IPA, but this is even better, well integrated and interesting.

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3.99/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

I really like rye beers, and wish there were more brewed around here, so I'll put my biases up front in this review. And this beer is brimming with "ryeness". The hoppiness that you'd expect from an IPA is pretty understated. Reuben's says this beer has 80+ IBUs, but it didn't seem so to me. If you like a spicy malty beer with a pretty unique flavor profile, you'll like this.

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4.25/5  rDev +8.4%

4.03/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

3.91/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

3.75/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

3.94/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

4.32/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Canned
Pours a rusty red body with huge foaming off white head that pretty much sticks
Nice freshly sawn wood and sherbert aroma
Flavour is like that with slight sourness
I really like this

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3.63/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A: Pours a dark molasses colored brown with a dense silky light tan colored head. Looks like a Scottish ale in the glass.

S: Smell is faint but complex with a lot going on. Initially hoppy, finishing with sweet chocolate, caramel, and vanilla.

T: Hop bitterness upfront. Sweet Caramel, toffee, and vanilla.

M: Medium body. Moderately light carbonation. Creamy. Oily. Bitter with some boozy warmth.

O: Definitely a unique beer. Drinks much more like a winter warmer than an IPA, as noted in the name on the bottle. Very complex, but not very reminiscent of an IPA. Glad I got to try this one.

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4.42/5  rDev +12.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Imagine the familiar summery-fresh citrusy goodness of a regular IPA very deftly converted into the lightly candied and spiced fruitiness of fall and winter, then touched by a whisper of cocoa. One of the more unique, and uniquely delicious, beers I've had. And one of Reuben's best.

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4/5  rDev +2%

3.78/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75