New Riff Balboa Rye

Nose is honey, vanilla, orange creamsicle, and spicey malts. Taste is brown sugar sweets, peppery spice, vanilla, butter, and cream. Finish is thick, malty, and spicey

Neat. Opened almost a year. This one got lost in the back of my collection but the fall season has really put me in the mood to re-explore some ryes. I know I loved this when it first came out but I can’t remember why. It’s incredibly citrus forward on the nose. Like a lemon orange combo, almost like a cleaning product but not in a bad way. No artificial but really exaggerated. Slight dill. Vanilla buttercream. Charred oak. What is interesting about this nose is that it has this light, bright notes but then these dark notes. Nothing in the middle. A refreshing rye though. Nice oily texture. Cinnamon icing on the tongue. Oh then those bright notes take over on the taste. Vanilla frosting, the orange, the lemon. And finish blends those all together for a nice dreamsicle. The rye on the legs lingers for quite a while. This is a delicious rye. The dessert notes are turned way up and the rye never overwhelms. I need to blind this against some other ryes, but would take this over a MGP.

Great taste, very little burn, sweet

Unique and excellent

Nose is light fruity with a little citrus. Flavor is very full fruity kinda berry coming through. Then you get spices coming through. Not much heat especially for a rye. It finishes with more spice that stays until you take the next sip. One of my favorite ryes to date.

Very fantastic. Best New Rif I've ever had