Gold in Rye Beer
Red Cat Rye Lager
Beach Cat Brewing, Bellingham, WA
- Category
- Rye Beer
- Entries
- 30
- ABV
- Not Found
- IBU
- Not Found
- Style
- Rye Beer
- Malts
- Not Found
- Yeast
- Not Found
- Adjuncts
- Not Found
Hops
Not Found
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Hop Profile
No hop profile is on record for this beer.
Research Notes
Red Cat Rye Lager is a rye lager from Beach Cat Brewing, a cat themed waterfront brewery with locations in Birch Bay and Bellingham, Washington.
Award
| Category | Medal | Entries | Brewery | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12, Rye Beer | Gold (1st place) | 30 | Beach Cat Brewing | Bellingham, WA |
Specs
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Style | not published (category name used) | Not Found |
| ABV | Not Found | Not Found |
| IBU | Not Found | Not Found |
| Hops | Not Found | Not Found |
| Malts and grains | Not Found | Not Found |
| Yeast | Not Found | Not Found |
| Adjuncts, fruit, spices | Not Found | Not Found |
| Other | Not Found | Not Found |
Brewery Description
No brewery description of the beer was found.
Tasting Notes
Not Found
Ingredients
Nothing about ingredients is published beyond what the beer's name implies (rye, lager fermentation).
Hop Profile
Not Found
Brewing Details
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Color (SRM) | Not Found | Not Found |
| Original gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Final gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Water | Not Found | Not Found |
| Process | Not Found | Not Found |
Style Context
As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline for Rye Beer says "The grist should include sufficient rye so that rye character is evident in the beer," accepts a wide range of color, and lets ABV and IBU vary with the underlying style. No published specs exist to compare.
Awards History
| Year | Competition | Category | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Great American Beer Festival | Rye Beer | Gold |
Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.
Brewery Context
Beach Cat Brewing is in Bellingham, WA. Brewery type in Open Brewery DB: Microbrewery.
Links checked 2026-10-14: Website.
Related
- Brewery: Beach Cat Brewing
Links
Gaps
- Not Found: Description, Tasting notes, Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hops, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Malts and grains, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water, Process. Checked beachcatbrewing.com, beachcatbrewing.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, taphunter.com, web search 2026-10-14: Beach Cat Brewing Red Cat rye lager, beachcatbrewing.com, beachcatbrewing.com, bellingham.org, cascadiadaily.com, washingtonbeerblog.com, washingtonbeerblog.com.
- Not Found: ABV, IBU. Checked beachcatbrewing.com, beachcatbrewing.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, taphunter.com, web search 2026-10-14: Beach Cat Brewing Red Cat rye lager, beachcatbrewing.com, beachcatbrewing.com, bellingham.org, cascadiadaily.com, washingtonbeerblog.com, washingtonbeerblog.com, Catalog.beer search by beer and brewery name.
Research Notes
- The brewery site is a script rendered page; its home page and tap list returned only titles when fetched, and the raw page source contains no beer names. The paths /beer, /beers and /menu returned HTTP 404.
- BeerMenus search, Untappd search and a guessed Untappd brewery page found nothing.
- The web search budget for this session ran out before a press or Untappd search specific to this beer could be run.
- No 2026 medal announcement from the brewery was found.
- Researched 2026-10-13.
- Second pass 2026-10-13: Exact-name, ABV, Untappd and medal searches found award coverage but no additional beer specifications. No matching beer page with ABV, IBU or named ingredients was found.
- Field pass 2026-10-13: A specification focused exact-name search found competition and Washington medal coverage but no ABV, IBU, brewery beer page or hop names.
- Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the tap list, TapHunter and a web search found no Red Cat Rye Lager listing.
- Brewery site scrape 2026-10-14: found nothing new; 3 pages tried (robots.txt obeyed, one request every few seconds per host).
- Second deep dive pass 2026-10-14 (web search, TapHunter, Washington beer press): found nothing new; 5 pages tried. No source names Red Cat Rye Lager; TapHunter (403 on re-fetch) lists other Beach Cat beers only. Nothing recorded.