Our final Nebraskan beer stop is in Omaha which the Upstream Brewing Company website explains is “Derived from the Native American meaning of Omaha,“upstream” or “against the current”..”,
They have been around since 1996 and now have two locations in Omaha to serve their year-round beers and these two seasonals, both with rye that caught my eye. (I apologize for the awful rhyming.)
Rye Lemonade
“Available only at our Legacy location. Upstream Brewing Company’s Rye Lemonade Lager has a distinctive, refreshing flavor; rye’s main contribution as an ingredient is its enhancement of the overall complexity of the beer’s flavor. Although the crisp, slightly spicy rye flavor does emerge somewhat distinctly (usually at the finish), and makes this beer a well balanced rye lager with a nice refreshing flavor that holds a nice lemon zest flavor and aroma due to the addition of lemon and orange zest in at the end of the boil in the brew kettle. This is a great beer on the patio after a long hot day.”
Gianduja Imperial Rye Brown Ale
“Pronunciation: zhahn-DOO-yuh. Gianduja is the name given to a European style of chocolate made from milk chocolate and hazelnut paste. This unique rye beer was created with this fantastic European chocolate in mind that starts with a delicately dark malty background that includes four different types of malted rye for an in depth layered rye backbone to start things off. Look for flavors of milk chocolate from the additions of lactose (milk sugar), coco nibs and hazelnut paste added to the brew.”