{"id":1505,"date":"2011-02-12T00:02:59","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T11:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2011-03-11T20:22:54","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T07:22:54","slug":"bear-republic-hop-rod-rye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/02\/12\/bear-republic-hop-rod-rye\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear Republic ‘Hop Rod’ Rye"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bear Republic 'Hop Rod' Rye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This one didn’t technically<\/em> violate the rule against Plural Big Beers<\/a> in a night, but you do ruin your good midstength start<\/a> if you then\u00a0have a\u00a0flagon<\/em> of golden ale, and then<\/em> find yourself tempted to try something Big like this. But oh well; you still do<\/em> it, you just note down that you probably shouldn’t have.<\/p>\n

I wound up at Hop Garden (which is in\/conveniently on my way home from town), and Scotty couldn’t resist showing off his astute purchase of a swag of these, so we split one.<\/p>\n

Rye beers are finally coming back into fashion after a rather mysterious absence; different grains make for different chemistry, unsurprisingly, and with rye you usually get a boatload of really nice texture, which was certainly the case here. The piney hoppiness was characteristically face-punching (for a pale ale from its part of the world), and the balance between the two made for a beer that managed to be simultaneously serious and fun. At least, that’s how I think I remember it. And hey; I do take notes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Diary II entry #62, Bear Republic 'Hop Rod' Rye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Bear Republic ‘Hop Rod’ Rye 12\/2\/11 @ HG, with Scotty, who cleverly bought it off HZ. 355ml 8% 18% Rye, and it shows in the body. Nicely massive piney nose + taste. I’ll admit to being slightly too far-gone for doing this properly, but we had to try it. Quite a dark amber, which implies the pleasantly surprising balance. Big fruitiness in there. Monster bitter finish. Quite special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This one didn’t technically violate the rule against Plural Big Beers in a night, but you do ruin your good midstength start if you then\u00a0have a\u00a0flagon of golden ale, and then find yourself tempted to try something Big like this. But oh well; you still do it, you just note down that you probably shouldn’t … Continue reading Bear Republic ‘Hop Rod’ Rye<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,20,12],"class_list":["post-1505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-pages","tag-united-states","tag-pale-ale"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":520,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/07\/3-ravens-55\/","url_meta":{"origin":1505,"position":0},"title":"3 Ravens 55","author":"Phil","date":"October 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"3 Ravens 55 American Pale Ale. \u201c55\u201d because of five hops and five grains, apparently -- and first made for the occasion of their fifth birthday as a brewery. 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