Mellody Brewing Ryeghteous Brown Ale

Another in Sean Mellody's Tasting Jawn is his Ryeghteous Brown Ale. The style is what you'd expect (mostly) in that it's a brown ale brewed with rye along with some smoked malt (update: no smoked malt). I'll note that if Sean is interested in making this one of his flagship beers, he's going to need to change the name. Sixpoint has already sent a cease & desist letter to one brewery so they definitely won't let this stand.

Smelled of toasted nuts and roast. Not much from the rye or the smoked malt but the smokiness may have blended into the roast. Body followed with more roast and more toasted nuttiness with a bit of cherry fruitiness in the finish. The roast was aggressive but not too aggressive. If you've ever had Cigar City's Maduro Brown Ale, it's pretty similar to that. My wife is a big fan of brown ales and liked this which is a good sign. Very pretty beer too, nice clarity. It doesn't really affect the flavor but it's still nice.

Of the three beers he gave us this time, I am your Patersbier, Sour Cherry Patersbier, and Ryeghteous Brown, I liked this one the most. Not terribly surprising, though, since this is the closest to my preferred styles but still.

Mellody Brewing I Am Your Patersbier

Another beer in Sean Mellody's Tastingjawn is 'I am your Patersbier'. This is a representation of an Abbey table beer so lighter in ABV and body. Also, the name automatically makes me think of Star Wars, don't know about you.

Kind of a grassy, fruity, toasted malt nose. The fruitiness is the most obvious note but the malt in the back comes through as well. Similar flavors followed in the body with a fruity, berry like flavor being first and foremost followed by a bit of yeastiness and some sweetness. Considering this was brewed as an easy drinking dinner beer, it hits its mark for sure. Not really something I'd grab a lot of since I lean towards heavier things, but it was nice being able to try it twice.

Mellody Brewing Sour Cherry Patersbier

I was given a few of Sean Mellody's beers as part of what he calls the "Tasting Jawn." Very Philly, I know. The Sour Cherry Patersbier is, predictably enough, his patersbier aged on sour cherries.

Light cherry nose with a bit of bready maltiness in the finish. The beginning and middle had a ton of black cherry tartness which kind of overpowered everything up until the finish. There were hints of the base beer (which I drank earlier in the week but haven't written about yet) in the back but the cherries were by far the strongest flavor throughout. If you like this type of cherry, you'd probably quite like this since it tastes pretty similar. It's also just tart and not crazy funky or weird so this could appeal even to people who don't like sours too. Overall, I can definitely see it being polarizing but that's not surprising with fruit anyway.