Our last in the Rye series is Hop Rod Rye. The edit might be a bit rough, because well I didn’t listen to it. Erin and I are traveling sans computer so I had to wing it.
News
Authorities in southwest Florida say an drunk man had his 9-year-old son take him on a beer run. Cape Coral police arrested the 27-year-old man last week, after seeing a pickup truck drive onto a median. When officers stopped the truck, the man told them he was teaching his son to drive. Officers say the father’s speech was slurred, his breath smelled of alcohol and he unable to stand without swaying. The man was charged with cruelty toward a child and allowing an unlicensed minor to drive.
Hop Rod Rye
- Bear Republic is located in Healdsburg, California which is located in Sonoma County, home of some great wine.
- One of the owners is also the brewmasters here, Richard G. Norgrove. The other owner is Richard R. Norgrove. I am guessing they may be related too.
- I will be honest, I could not turn up a lot on this brewery, although they do make a few tasty beers such as Racer 5 IPA, Big Bear Stout Ale, and tonight’s beer, Hop Rod Rye.
- The distribution for this beer is actually not although if you live in the north middle and south east of the country you could be in trouble. They distribute to Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, So. Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.
- Tonight’s beer weighs in at around 8.00% ABV, so it has a little kick to it, and is probably close to an IPA or APA style.
- The bottle tells me that it is, “a high performance, turbo charged, alcohol burnin’ monster ale with dual overhead hop injection, made with 18% rye.”
- The beer is an unfiltered beer, so it may have some sediment in the bottom so watch when you pour. Mine poured a dark brown, although not like a porter or stout brown, but the color of the bottle. The head is a little off white and sticks around for a second or two.
- The smell right away is hops, shocking from the name and all, but then comes the slight sweetness in the aroma that seems to grow a little bit with each sniff. Think along the lines of sweet citrus here.
- The taste follows through with the hops on the front and back but there is that subtle taste of malt and rye as well. The malt gives it the sweetness, the rye kind of lends a little twang to it.
Next Week
Next week we will start the month of Jim getting drunk, or in other words, we will be starting our barley wine series.
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