Fuggles & Warlock Craftworks Ryegar Rye IPA Rye IPA at 6.8% ABV | 68 IBU (C$8.49 at Oak & Vine, 650 ml, no bottle date or best before, acquired 11-Mar-2017, reviewed 27-Mar-2017)
Appearance: clear pale gold with two fingers of fluffy white head, good retention and moderate lacing. (4/5) Aroma: spicy rye, grapefruit, dank pine, tropical fruit, earth. (7/10) Taste: moderate-high bitter, moderate sweet & sour, mild spice. (7/10) Palate: medium body, moderate carbonation, lingering bitter and moderate spicy finish. (3/5)
Decent example of a style I particularly enjoy. Pithy citrus and tropical fruits slug it out with spicy rye, giving an all-out assault on the senses. Big bitter, marginally less big sweet and sour, big fun. Subtle as a brick, but I’m OK with that. The 2015 BJCP guidelines suggest I shouldn’t put it under “American IPA”, but instead “Rye IPA” – yet RateBeer doesn’t (yet) acknowledge that as a style. Heck with it, I’m going with it as a style. And a darned fun one, at that. (And now do I have to go back through my records and retroactively apply that style? Gah! This makes my OCD itch!) (14/20)
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