Billabong Ginger Beer

Brewed by Billabong Brewing
Style: Specialty Grain
Myaree, Australia

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Bottle from Mane Liquor. Not bad quaffing ginger beer. It leaves that touch of a bite at the back of the throat which is always nice I suppose

330ml bottle. Murky and cloudy with a colour that resembles dirty dishwater, complete with a scattering of soapy looking bubbles that pop and disappear. Very strong earthy ginger aroma and a strong ginger flavour to match. It leaves a burning aftertaste in the mouth and throat.

Bottle (330ml). Poured a muddy yellowed brown (resembling bore water) with a small, fizzy, off-white head which was fully diminishing. A spicy aroma with powdered ginger dominating, earthy/tree root notes, 5 spice powder and a dash of lemon juice. Flavor was equally spicy with freshly chopped ginger, gingerbread, a light bitterness, some earthy/bark notes and weeds in the finish. Light bodied with medium carbonation, a slightly thick/syrupy texture and an average finish

Big beaded head which told me it probably wouldn’t last too long but it just managed to hang around. Murky, dull straw coloured body. Taste is fairly sweet and mainly ginger but is there a hint of pear and or apple in there. Body is just above medium and on the finish just a bit of a bite. One of the better Gluten free beers that I have tried though one was enough.

Gluten-free beer now available mainstream at a few places in and around Perth. Mine, a bottle from the Beer Store Morley.
Into a shallow chalice fresh chilled from the fridge. I let it known I love Ginger root anyway, so a bias goes towards anything made with it include. It pours an opaque, sandy yellow. A few reluctant bubbles grip the side of the glass, the others, conditioned and well trained, trace a silent path to the top, releasing up to a short, loose, bubbly pad of white that manages to stick around for dessert. Aroma of Fresh ginger is seemingly mulled, and plentifully spicy, ripe, woody and sweet. There is an extra spice there in the aroma hinting at Caraway seeds, rather fragrant. Quite sweet in the mouth as I expected. The ginger has a tough battle but pulls it off, this is very sweet, tangy and juicy but fairs clear of becoming cloying. Big spice of ginger in back , very woody and quite drawing with a long, sweet, equally woody ginger flavoured swallow and aftertaste. The carbonation is quite soft, the body firm and in charge. Quite refreshing I must say. Sessionable? I reckon it would pass at that too!!! (33cL, 1324)