Labatt Brewers Collection Rye Ale - Labatt Brewing Company Ltd.

hosehead83

Ohio

3.83/5  rDev +29%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured from an 11.5 oz. bottle into a wine goblet.
Cloudy gold in color, with a decent head of bone-white foam.
Aroma-Subtle spiciness, faint hop note
Taste-Spicy rye, nice hop prescence, smooth flavorfull finish. Nicely balanced, snappy and tasty. A very pleasant surprise. Sessionable. Enjoy with a spicy dish. Certainly worth a try.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2012 17:38:23 | More by hosehead83

mvanaskie13

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Poured into a pint glass, color is gold, head was thick at first but dissipated then clinged the glass nicely.

Smell was very grainy, no rye earthiness or spice, pretty bland.

Taste is very neutral, there is a hint of rye spice/earthiness but hard to distinguish; hop flavor is neutral.

Mouthfeel is very crisp, but not sharp, good for an easy drinking beer.

Overall, a sub-standard rye beer, but better than normal macro beer - more rye and a touch of caramel would do this beer some good.

Serving type: bottle

09-05-2012 00:56:54 | More by mvanaskie13

jwhancher

Pennsylvania

1.5/5  rDev -49.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5

Poured into a standard pint glass. Appears blonde in color but emptied the bottle and surprisingly dumped unexpected dregs into my glass. Lots of little chunks floating around. Didn't read anything about refermentation in the bottle so I'm guessing this is a mistake. Does have a white head that eventually fades to a thin film.

No apparent rye character, just a light peppery note. What pepper notes are there are masked by a sweet malt character. Some diacetyl present.

Tastes like pale and/or pilsner malts with an ample amount of hop bitterness at the tail end. No hop flavor. No rye in taste. Really missing any kind of characterful flavors except some sweet base malt with butter & slight cardboard notes.

Very light bodied, needs more mouthfeel. Feels watery. Slightly bitter.

Overall, this beer is missing on many, many fronts. I'm surprised this is a labeled a rye ale because I get little to none rye character. Even still, this beer does not measure up on any of the other marks.

Serving type: bottle

11-02-2012 02:06:35 | More by jwhancher

fx20736

New York

3.9/5  rDev +31.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Bought as part of a case of Labatt Brewers Collection Summer beers from Southtown Beverages on 4/26/13. Case price $ 10.99.

poured from a 11.5 oz bottle into a glass tumbler, served at fridge temp.

appearance: apricot tinted amber, slightly hazy. 2 finger offwhite head. very nice lacing.

aroma: pale malty with a touch of fruitiness and a faint spiciness which must be the rye.

mouthfeel: decent, just shy of full.

taste: broad maltiness with a touch of hops.

notes: very tasty beer. I've never had a rye beer I didn't like. This is balanced and enjoyable. wish they still made it!

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2013 10:05:54 | More by fx20736