LowRYEder IPA - SweetWater Brewing Company

    LowRYEder IPA is SweetWater Brewing Company's (Atlanta, Georgia) take on a Rye India Pale Ale. The SweetWater website proclaims that their beer is made with a massive 25% shot of rye malts in addition to the normal malts found in beers.

    The Rye IPA pours a hazy orange color and creates a thin off-white head with low retention, though high lacing.

    The beer smells mainly of citrus hops with other fruits more subtly present. There is an earthy, grassy smell to the beer as well as a slight spice, presumably from the rye.

    LowRyeder is slightly thicker than medium bodied and has a medium level of carbonation. The carbonation seems to quickly fade \to a lower lever, however. At 6.2% ABV, LowRyeder has only the slightest bit of alcohol character, mainly just a slight warmth.

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    SweetWater's Rye IPA is bitter right up front, though it quickly mellows out thanks to sweet caramel malts. The rye flavors come in towards the end with a bit of a peppery spice. Pine and grapefruit flavors from the hops accompany the beer's bitterness, as do slight tropical fruit flavors.

    I've never really understood low riders. To me, they look a bit like someone blew up a child's toy car to full size. I can't image that the vehicles are very practical. I mean, can you drive over railroad tracks, or any bumps at all really, without ripping off your bumper? Regardless, LowRYEder is much less silly of a beer than lowriders are vehicles. I do find myself wishing that SweetWater's Rye IPA had a bit more of a rye flavor, but overall everything is quite balanced. LowRYEder falls on the much sweeter side of American IPAs though, so don't go in expecting a classic IPA.

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Exodus Porter - SweetWater Brewing Company

    Exodus Porter is a Porter created by SweetWater Brewing Company which is located in Atlanta, Georgia. This beer got its name due to the first batch being brewed on Bob Marley's birthday.

    The Porter pours a dark black color which lets very little light pass through the glass. A finger of khaki head can be seen after pouring with no lacing on the glass being apparent.

    The beer smells lightly of coffee and cocoa. There is a huge roasted malt scent and only the slightest bit of hops aroma.

    Exodus is medium bodied with a medium-high level of carbonation. I would prefer the beer to have a bit lower carbonation as it would feel smoother rather than bubbly on the palette. The high level of bubbles does, however, make the body seem thicker than it would otherwise feel. The beer has an alcohol content of 5.9% ABV.

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    Exodus is more lightly flavored than some Porters I have had. The first flavor is that of roasted coffee beans followed by chocolate. There is definitely the flavor of roasted malts in the beer, though it comes in secondarily to the other flavors. There is only the tiniest bit of hops bitterness to the Porter, almost nothing perceptible.

    Personally, I don't usually like Porters very much. The main thing that turns me off about them is their "blackness", or the amount that the beer tastes like coffee. I don't know why it bothers me, but I really don't like my beer to taste like coffee. Maybe it is the same reason that I have always hated the coffee flavored jelly beans. Exodus Porter actually comes off as pleasurable to me, even with its coffee flavor. The lightness of the flavors in the beer keep the coffee flavor from overwhelming me and I can still taste the roasty malts and chocolate flavors in it. Overall, not a bad showing from SweetWater Brewing Company.

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