French Broad Rye Hopper
The Ryehopper began as a fall seasonal and has now found it’s way into our regular line-up. The brewers noticed a lack of rye beers in the Asheville area and wanted to fill that gap. This beer represents assistant brewer Chris Richards’ first recipe released by the brewery. The malted rye contributes both a rounded maltines and a sharp earthy flavor, bridging the maltiness of the barley and the bitterness of the hops. In essence, the Ryehopper is a hoppy rye beer. Seriously, what else did you expect?
3.5
242 reviews
Asheville, United States
Community reviews
Taster at the brewery- thanks! Think I’d had this one back in the day, spring of 2009, so it’s nice to revist it. Pours a clear gold color with a small off-white head. Notes of toast, earth, grains, florals, light citrus, and rye. Not as hoppy and rye-forward as advertised. Very subdued. Light-bodied, with moderate carbonation. Not bad.
On tap at the tasting room. Orange pour with rich rocky off white head. Nose is immediate fresh, clean flowery and clean citrus bursts with a touch of spicy hops and bready malts. Flavor is floral and light clean citrusy hops. well blended with bready and slightly toasted malt qualities. Pretty nice. Head really lingers.
Bomber bought at the brewery. Clear and amber with a big beige head that has good retention. Tangerine fruit and light caramel in the aroma and a bit later rye is noted. Rye is definitely the lead flavor. It brings spice and some stickiness. Fruit behind that along with caramel and bread. That rye leaves a long lasting spicy bitter aftertaste. This is all about the rye and it is nicely done.
On tap at the brewery during a RBWG stop
Clear golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing. Aroma is floral, tastes is floral, citrus and rye
Decent
Draft at the brewery taproom during RBWG 2014 - Asheville. Pours clear russet with a creamy head. Some bready malts in here with light pine, grains, orangey citrus. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Lightly toasted bread to finish, moderate sweetness, some pine and ripe citrus. OK. Tasty but simple.
22oz bomber and XL yellow T-shirt purchased during RBWG 2014. Poured a clear slightly orange but mostly brown body with a smaller foamy super light beige foamy head. Aroma of rye, spice, toast. Body is nice with a full feel overall combined from a medium to stronger body and a supporting carbonation that never goes above average but that is always there throughout the entire sip. Flavor of rye, drak breads, some older fruits, touch of earth and maybe even a kiss of chocolate and a finish of distant citrus rind bitterness. It’s okay but I wish this beer was as good as the brewery itself or even the T-shirt I bought, I look great in yellow.
On tap at French Broad. Pours a copper color with white head. Hoppy, grassy, spicy, rye flavors. Pretty damn nice.
Tap at the brewery. Pours clear amber with a medium, frothy off-white head, long retention with excellent lacing. Aroma is rye malt, earthy, pine, and resin hops with biscuit malt and pear esters. Flavor is heavy hops and bitterness with spicy rye malt, fruity esters and a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation.
Draft to taster at French Broad during RBWG. Looks good; a transparent copperish orange with fomy off-white head and lively carbonation. Smells of bitter hops and rye spice with a fairly sweet backbone. Tastes like it smells with a solid mouthfeel. Enjoyable.
Draft at brew pub copper gold. Nose spicy pungent grassy hop. Taste hop comes through mid as bitter,not as aromatic. Mid palate sweet and then spicy malt finish
On tap @ French Broad. Pours a dark orange appearance with a dark golden appearance with a white head. Light citrus and spicy rye in the nose. High bitterness. Lots of rye and grainy notes. OK.
Taster on tap at the brewery. Clear orange color. Thin off-white head, decent dots of lace. Good, citrusy hop, and bigger spicy rye notes. Smooth, lighter carbonation. More dry finish. Medium to bigger body. Moderate bitter taste, a hint of citrus zest, light sweet. Very nice rye pale ale. Great, smooth, crisp texture to it. Easy drinking stuff, but satisfyingly flavorful.
amber color; grassy, citrus, and rye aroma; a dry, crisp, hoppy beer; grassy, citrusy hops and dry rye on a bready malt base with a dry, bitter finish bitter
It poured a dark orange color with a small white head. The aroma was of rye, spiciness, tart grapefruit and caramel malt. The taste was of rye bread throughout with malts and grapefruit hops. Nice.
Bomber->tumbler. Dark copper with a medium offwhite head. Spicy/peppery hops and grains over a malt and bread base. Moderate bitterness. Pretty good.
Bready. That’s about all I can say about this particular beer. Aroma and flavor: bready.
thank god for rye. helps to prop up otherwise bland beers. dry, spicy, a little bright citrus. good deal.
Strongly bitter with a slight spicy note. Orange golden with a white cap. Long bitter finish.
Sample at the Memorial Day Deck Beers tasting on 05/27/2013: Clear copper color with a medium off-white head that diminishes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of hops and grainy malt. Light to medium body with flavors of peppery hops and bready malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a spiced rye hops aftertaste. Decent overall.
Very nice dark amber with a thin lacing head. The aroma has a malt sweetness with some bread. The flavor is not sweet at all, more peppery with some bitter hops. The finish is very clean and crisp.
Dark amber with a white head. Aroma is rye, orange and toffee. Flavor is bitter oranges with some pine, rye and toffee. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.
Growler from Blind Murphy’s. Nice copper color, with a small, off-white head. The aroma is mild rye, resin, herbs, and pine tar. Malty-sweet flavor, with a relatively mild bitterness through the finish. A metalic twang in the aftertaste. Light to medium body, a little acidic, crisp, and clean. Overall, this is a mild and drinkable rye IPA, but nothing special.
Bottle 22fl.oz.
Unclear matt medium amber orange colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, rye, moderate hoppy, citrus, orange - citrus. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, rye, hoppy, light earthy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130315]
Bottle @ Papsoe tasting. Hazy amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, oak, little fruit and notes of spices. Flavour is malt, caramel, hop, fruit, notes of spices, little sweet and a little bitter.
Orange with white head. Rye, malta nd hops nicely balanced. Good beer. I’m not a rye fan and this was decent.
Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Clear amber - white head. Nice malty, toasted, spicy rye, nice hoppy, citrus, resin, piney, caramel, toasted, earthy notes. ok bitter finish.
Bottle @Papsø. Pours clear dark orange with nice lacing frothy off-white head. Aroma is tangerine, grass, grapefruit, spices, pine, pollen, flowers
Taste is medium sweet and bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, and carbonation is medium. Finishes bitter and hoppy.
Bottle at Papsø.
Clear orange coloured with a small white head.
Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, hops and pine needles.
Sweet and fruity flavour of hops and pine needles with notes of rye.
Hoppy finish.
22 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is grassy and grapefruity. Bitter, citrusy and crisp hoppy. Crisp hoppy and lingering smooth fruity finish. Bitter and citrusy finish.
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of hops, rye, and barley. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, and rye, leading to a dry finish.