Rye'm Or Treason Imperial Rye Ale - 10 Barrel Brewing Co.

Gobzilla

California

4.25/5  rDev +6%

01-27-2013 01:04:10 | More by Gobzilla

oldp0rt

Quebec (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev -6.5%

04-28-2013 15:49:54 | More by oldp0rt

jrohrbacher

North Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +12.2%

04-13-2013 01:34:06 | More by jrohrbacher

TheEarl

Washington

4.3/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

I had Rye’m or Treason, poured into a snifter, from a waxed 22 ounce bottle, on March 22, 2013.

Appearance: This beer poured a deep orange/brown with a sturdy but thin head of off-white foam. The liquid looks slick—almost like mercury or oil in water.

Aroma: The aroma is booze (from the whisky and the beer), yeast, and earthy hops. The yeast character is almost reminiscent of a Belgian quad.

Taste: The taste is dominated by spicy grain from the rye, caramel sweetness, and bitterness on the finish. This beer tastes like an intense hybrid of Bigfoot and Ruthless Rye.

Mouthfeel: The bottle advertises the viscosity of this beer as being extreme, and it is. The alcohol is much more present than most beers in this ABV range. However, overall, the mouthfeel is quite good and very much in line with other great barleywines.

Overall: I loved Rye’m or Treason—apparently more than most people thus far. This is certainly not a balanced beer but, I don’t think balance was the goal. For me, the spice, paired with the sweetness and the yeast, cut by the alcohol, made this one of the more interesting beers I've had in a long time.

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2013 22:22:44 | More by TheEarl

nkeckhar

New York

4.5/5  rDev +12.2%

03-04-2013 01:05:52 | More by nkeckhar

LiquidAmber

Washington

4.28/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a dark, hazy reddish caramel amber with a half finger light tan head with good retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel malt, whiskey and rye sourness; faint hops. Flavor follows aroma, caramel malt, dark dried fruit, whiskey and nice spicy, slightly sour rye. Flavors are nicely melded so the rye compliments the malt and whiskey. Medium bodied with pleasant creaminess, great mouth feel. A very nice combination of barleywine character and rye ale. I wondered why they would wax a rye ale, but now I'm thinking about getting another bottle for the cellar; there are definite aging possibilities here.

Serving type: bottle

03-02-2013 04:22:26 | More by LiquidAmber

bespin15

Washington

4.5/5  rDev +12.2%

02-28-2013 04:50:40 | More by bespin15

strongaf

Washington

3.75/5  rDev -6.5%

02-20-2013 05:30:11 | More by strongaf

Brad007

Vermont

3.99/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Pours a cloudy darkish-amber with a thin head into my glass. Since there's no "imperial rye ale" category, this is under an ABW.

Very strong whiff of rye and whiskey (from barrels) upfront. 3 different kinds of rye. A good mix of sweet, spicy and "hot".

A festival of rye here with plenty of rye character. The whiskey part is appropriately subdued as to allow the complexity of the rye to shine through. Raisin/date also comes to mind.

Lingering sweet, spicy rye with a touch of raisin. Very clean and the alcohol stays in check, just as I like it.

I'm tempted to buy another bottle for aging. Something for the rye lovers among us. They even took the time to wax the bottles so all you need to do is stash them in a cool,dry spot.

Serving type: bottle

02-08-2013 16:42:54 | More by Brad007

chippo33

Vermont

1.75/5  rDev -56.4%

02-03-2013 03:14:31 | More by chippo33

TheRuss9585

Vermont

3.75/5  rDev -6.5%

02-02-2013 19:50:24 | More by TheRuss9585

esbauer68

Washington

4.25/5  rDev +6%

02-02-2013 17:42:29 | More by esbauer68

Hopmodium

Washington

4/5  rDev -0.2%

01-26-2013 20:14:23 | More by Hopmodium

HuskyinPDX

Washington

3.95/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Bottle opened on 1.22.13

A - Pours a carmel brown with a two inch light tan head with good retention and streaks of lacing left on the glass.

S - Dank hops, rye, malts, whiskey.

T - Sweet biscuity, booze, then light carmel and a touch of fruit.

D - Good carbonation with a light body.

O -Boozy, light and lots of rye.

Serving type: bottle

01-23-2013 07:07:56 | More by HuskyinPDX

honkduh

Oregon

4.25/5  rDev +6%

01-09-2013 05:08:28 | More by honkduh

AxesandAnchors

Oregon

4.25/5  rDev +6%

12-16-2012 21:32:56 | More by AxesandAnchors

JohnGalt1

Idaho

4.13/5  rDev +3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

From the bottle, "This is a strange beer from a strange brewer. Containing three varieties of rye, the beer is as viscous as Motor oil - just how we like it. We used Rye whiskey barrels from High West Distillery in Park City, Utah and aged the beer for 6 months at temperatures that weren't exactly by the book. It's anything but ordinary, just like Bobby."

Small Tank Project beer picked up at Bier Thirty for about $12. Poured into my slim tulip... deep red... thick.... good tannish head is sticky and leaves nice lacing.

Wow.... The nose is thick... Tons of whiskey... caramel notes.. "spicy", but almost in a cinnamon way... The hops are there, but seem like a floral quality.

Flavor thankfully is not as sweet as the aroma led me to believe... Great grainy, almost nutty notes... plenty of wood and alcohol... bitterness never really manifests itself until the finish and there it lingers oily with the whiskey. Interesting, but needs to be smoothed out a bit... Not sure, but I believe it could use a touch more residual malt sweetness to help blend the very distinct qualities.

Also the beer isn't as "viscous" as advertised... instead has a palate on the slight plus side of medium that is accentuated by a soft small bubble carbonation.

I dig this one.... Not sure that it will age well, but I think a little time in the bottle will round out the flavors better.

4.5,4.5,4,4,4

Edit: not sure this should be in the American Barleywine category, but it definitely should not be in the "rye or roggenbier" because it is just too damn big and Americanized... Also, I don't think "American Strong Ale" is right either, so I went with ABW.

Serving type: bottle

12-06-2012 03:30:23 | More by JohnGalt1