Rye Lagger
Transient Artisan Ales

Pale golden hued with a fingernail of dishwater white around the rim and covering nearly all of the top. The aroma is of pale malt and faint earthy rye. I’m tasting pale crackery malt with just a hint of earthy rye. The mouth is delicate and smooth.

 

This was another beer that I ordered on Tavour not too long ago, as I never had anything from Transient before. Never heard of them either but it's easy to see why this was rated so highly on here, since it was easy to drink, true to form, and not quite like other takes on this style that I've had in the past!

Of course, this poured a bright gold with a ton of foamy head that slowly and evenly settled down, as it complemented the liquid nicely. Not much lacing was left behind, which was surprising once the foam settled down. Rye, grass, and grain were in the nose as some bread, spice, and malt came through on the palate. Not as light in taste as a typical Helles, the carbonation was fine and the body balanced with the end result being an interesting take on something that usually goes down effortlessly in the middle of warm weather.

The presence of the rye gave this the kick it needed to stand out although the alcohol ensured that this was still a session beer. No date was found on the bottom of the can as this looked and felt fresh with plenty of honey, lemon twang, and cloying bread that stuck around once I finished this off. Glad to have given this a go!

This one pours pale and bright with a some cloudiness to it; white head that recedes to clumpy masses before leaving a thin white film.

The nose; hops hit first, noble hops, followed by a light and bright honey note…a doughy white bread comes out as it warms.

Taste carries the same white bread along with grassy herbal hops, light honey bite on the finish; hops also bite on the finish.

Light body, nice pale malt presence without being heavy or sweet; very clean for how much the hops showed, goes down pretty quickly.

I like this beer in terms of its drinkability, but it almost drinks more like a Pilsner than helles to me. I’m not picking up anything I’d associate with rye but it may be contributing to what I call bite on the finish. Would gladly drink again.

Pours dull, straw gold. A full finger of white foam. Slightly spicy, woody, cracker notes. Some baked bread. Mouthfeel is crisp and effervescent but smooth. Overall, very good.

 

 

 

 

We have a geyser!

Poured shockingly clear with bright white foam, overflowing from the glass. Light foaming, a bready note on the sip. This reminds me of a rustic saison, down to the incredibly tight effervescence.
No date stamp, no idea how old this is.

Pours into a half liter stein a dull lighter golden with a fluffy bone white head atop.Aromas show a bit of the chestnut aging with mild rye and bready malts.A pretty sooth feel,it glides down with ease.Malt driven and bready with a hint of spicy sharpness from the rye in the back end,the chestnut is there thru to the finish.A nice after work beer with subtle nuances.

Can courtesy of JohnnyHops.

Pours a slightly hazy straw-ish color with some brown tints (hello rye!!!) and a dense white head that tracks down the glass nicely. Bready notes lead the nose, and there’s some subtle grassy aromas as well, and a minimal grain note.

There’s nothing minimal about the grain on the taste - it is rye, and it is all OVER the back of the palate on the heels of the bready flavors that are up front. Nicely spicey and lingering, the rye flavor is obviously the star of this beer.

The mouthfeel is crisp, per the style. Another winner, from Transient, IMHO.

A - Pours a pale gold with a two finger fizzy white head. No real lacing.

S - Aroma is corn, bread and sweet malts.

T - The taste is toasted biscuit, corn, pale malts, apple, pear and finishes with a light kick of rye.

M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Soft mouthfeel with a nice crisp finish.

O - A solid Lager with a light rye spice in the finish. Nice and easy drinking.

 

 

 

 

The head on the beer is fluffy and billowy with poor retention. The head diminished to a white ring around the glass with a thin floating island. The beer is 40 degrees and served in a tulip glass. The color of the beer is SRM2 a pale straw color. The beer has carbonation bubble floating to the top from the bottom. The clarity of the beer is clear. The beer has signs of a German beer.

The initial aromas in the beer is a slight malty sweetness and toasted biscuits. Lastly, I get floral, grass, and wheat.

The flavor I get in the beer is malty sweetness, toasted malts, biscuits, grass, floral, and lemon.

The mouthfeel of the beer is crisp and fizzy.

The body of the beer is light, high carbonation, and a light finish.

The beer comes across as either an adjunct lager or a German lager, but I do not get any DMS or a spicy hop profile. The flavors are rather mute and hard to detect. This beer for me is dud style-wise. The beer tastes good but nothing like a Helles I have drunk in the past. The beer has this malty sweetness that dominates the palate for me. It says it is a has Rye, but where? The beer does not exhibit any hint of rye. The head is supposed to lasting and persistent, that did not happen. It was hard for me to distinguish what the style of this beer was. I am going to say this, a lawnmower beer pretending it is a quality German Beer.