Arcadia Sky High Rye

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

On tap at the brewery in Kalamazoo
Pours clear dark golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Aroma of tropical fruit and mild citrus. Flavor is fruity, oranges and pine, rye spice
Solid Pale Ale

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Medium statured tan head, good retention, decent lace. Hazy amber orange color. Nose is spicey, lightly hoppy, piney with some citrus notes as well. Lightly medium bodied, light resiny notes, good carbonation level, crisp. Lightly sweet malty flavors with some spicey rye notes, lemony and piney, grainy notes. Almost dry, spicey finish. An easy quaffer @ 6 % ABV. Bomber procured @statelineliquors.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

More enjoyable than my numbers may dictate. A drinkable, delicate brew with nice citrus fruit overtones and a spicy rye finish. Modest hop aroma. Good bitterness and a dry pale malt content. This has me looking forward to Summer, when I will likely revisit this tasty beverage.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Poured a nice foam top,straw yellow color.The rye came through nicely for a pale ale style beer.No overly bitterness, nice beer.I would recommend it .

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Sampled April 2009
A standard pour produces a three finger thick, light tan colored head that is long lasting and leaves some nice lacing on the sides of my glass. The beer is a clear, copper-gold color that gets a shade lighter when held up to the light. The aroma is definitely nicely hoppy with notes of tangerine, orange-zest and lychee being quite noticeable. The is a backdrop of toasty pale malt character, some grassy grain notes as well as a spicy whole grain character; this last is definitely nice as I like being able to smell the rye influence. The finish actually has quite a bit of grain character to it and can even drown out the hop notes at times.

A clean, ample, biting bitterness cuts through the palate here. There are hints of malt sweetness that accentuates a light hop fruitiness (some sweet citrus, lychee and a touch of tropical fruit notes). There is a nice level of spiciness here in the flavor that is a mix of piney, herbal hop notes and the spicy grain / rye flavors. This has a fairly light body, but has enough fullness to keep things in balance; it is definitely a quaffable brew though.

The hoppiness could be a bit fresher here, but it is still quite vibrant. I really like that the rye plays a noticeable role here, in both flavor and aroma. This is a nicely enjoyable beer.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Poured a light golden color with average head and bad lacing. Aroma was of citrus hops, Flavor was much the same missing the rye in my bottle i guess tasted like a run of the mill IPA. Would have been a good grass cutting beer.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Poured a pale yellow color, decent initial head, splotchy lacing. The aroma was citrus hops, some piney notes under it all. The flavor came across like a pale ale to IPA, not a lot of rye, except maybe in the finish, but could easily be confused with the hoppy dry finish if I didn't see "rye" written on the bottle. Mouthfeel was moderate to light, clean finish, some grains and bready elements coming through. An ok pale ale, imo.