Monday, April 27, 2020

QUICK BITE:. Rye Farmhouse Ale

The third in my series of large bottle format beers.  This is a farmhouse ale called Rustic Sunday from Birds Fly South, a brewery in Greenville South Carolina.    Farmhouse Ale is not really a style of beer so they vary alot from state to state and country to country.  The origination of the term comes from Europe where farmers would brew their own beer using whatever grains they had that summer.  The taste would generally be described as "funky" or "earthy*.  In Belgium you will see a saison style (high carbonation, lower alcohol with fruits and spice) which is often considered to be a farmhouse ale but they also have biere de garde which is a high alcohol pale ale and also a farmhouse ale. 

Rustic Sunday had the deep yellow color of a lager with high level of carbonation.  It had a faint essence of banana, reminiscent of a hefeweisen.  It poured cleanly without any lingering yeast.

The taste was earthy with a bit of ripe bananas. Where I was expecting a bit of bite from the Hallertau Blanc hops, there was none.  It was a little boring on the pallette. Even as it warmed up to room temperature, I didn't get any additional redeeming notes on my pallette. 




Stay tuned for more of the series. 

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