Bell Ringer - RJ Rockers Brewing Company

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rAvg: 3.75
pDev: 12.8%
Reviews: 158
Hads: 89

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RJ Rockers Brewing Company

South Carolina, United States

Style | ABV
American Strong Ale | 8.50% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (153), on-tap (5).

Notes:
Our high gravity offering weighs in at 8.5% ABV and is delightfully loaded with malt and hops. This is an ale worthy of your sturdiest goblet or most treasured stein. Ring it!

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Reviews by acrawf6:

acrawf6

Louisiana

3.98/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours out a dark brownish amber with some haze and a small tan head.

Smell. Strong citrus hoppiness, mostly of grapefruit. Nice aroma with good contrasts of the grapefruit tartness and caramel sweetness.

Taste. Flavor is hoppy, but the bitterness is surprising relatively low. Notes of fruit, spices and chocolate are what i first get going with the hop flavor- i still get the grapefruit, but not nearly as much as from the aroma. As it warms, it gets a little buttery, like buttered pecan ice cream or butterscotch. Aftertaste has a drying aspect, with a roasted character to it that is just slightly smokey.

Mouthfeel. Body is full, but not as full as others. Nice level of carbonation, and good balance.

Overall, a good beer that is interesting, and still has a good level of drinkability. Smells like a double ipa, but tastes like an american strong ale, I think this one would fit fine for many extreme beer drinkers no matter what side they prefer- hops or malts, as I think this one has good amount of both. Maybe this is a mild double english ipa...

Serving type: bottle

12-18-2008 01:23:57 | More by acrawf6

More User Reviews:

mattkoon

South Carolina

3.45/5 rDev -8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75

i have had this on tap before- but this is the first i have had "bell ringer" in a bottle. it pours cloudy and brown with a nice almost red tint. the smell is almost non existent. its not unpleasant, just not very potent. the taste starts off pretty hoppy and finishes with a strong alcohol finish. i like this beer. it lives up to its name.

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2013 00:38:33 | More by mattkoon

ChefBenhase

Georgia

4/5 rDev +6.7%

05-18-2013 19:50:07 | More by ChefBenhase

madatr

South Carolina

3.75/5 rDev 0%

05-15-2013 22:16:39 | More by madatr

NoCurse2012

South Carolina

3.5/5 rDev -6.7%

05-05-2013 19:05:50 | More by NoCurse2012

MLKincer

Ohio

3.5/5 rDev -6.7%

05-05-2013 02:42:42 | More by MLKincer

SmellsofMahagony

Texas

3.25/5 rDev -13.3%

05-04-2013 13:13:05 | More by SmellsofMahagony

Danno48

West Virginia

3.5/5 rDev -6.7%

04-21-2013 00:41:51 | More by Danno48

BucBasil

South Carolina

3.86/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75

Poured from the 12oz bottle into (as suggested) a goblet.

A: The beer is a rusty amber sort of color. Blood orange and cloudy with a 2 finger thick off white head that sticks around for a few minutes and then settles to a half finger layer that stays around for much of the remainder. Nice looking beer.

S: Very malty up front with lots of bread, caramel, toffee, toast. A buttery note in the middle. Has a nice twinge of sweetness in there with apricot and some other fruit. Indeed balanced.

T: Beginning is nice and balanced with light malts getting the palate warmed up. Very boozy/strong up the middle, then finishes strong with a nice blast of hops to the back of the tongue. Finish is of piney hops, and a pleasant way to end an alright, if a bit strong tasting, ale.

F: Very smooth, nice velvety texture up front but then leave a drying sensation near the end that keeps you wanting to back for another sip.

Overall: Lives up to its name. This thing will knock you around a little bit, but a good offering from a solid SC brewer.

Serving type: bottle

04-20-2013 00:00:06 | More by BucBasil