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Bowman South Sea Spice

Score
4750
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Brewed by Bowman
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Southampton, England

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RATINGS: 14   MEAN: 3.13/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.01   EST. CALORIES: 117   ABV: 3.9%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Occasional.
Dark Amber Beer brewed with fresh root Ginger.


2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Christian (8548) - Odense, DENMARK - NOV 12, 2011
Hazy golden with a small white head. Grainy aroma with apple and honey. Sweetish grainy and fruity flavour

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
madmitch76 (6180) - , Essex, ENGLAND - OCT 8, 2011
4th August 2011
GBBF. Cask. Hazy gold beer with a tidy small white head. Light dry palate. Sweetish pale malts. Some citrus and something that tastes like ginger. Trace of banana. Fresh and minerally but dry. Alright.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Leighton (4095) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - SEP 20, 2011
Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 3. Pours amber-gold with a small, soft head. SOme spices in the nose. Moderately sweet flavor, more spices, some ginger. Light bodied with fine carbonation. More spice to finish, some caramel malts, very faint bitterness. OK.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
fonefan (24928) - VestJylland, DENMARK - SEP 5, 2011

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.

Clear medium orange colour with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, dule, strange spicy, ginger - herbal. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, light peppery - ginger. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110804]

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Dedollewaitor (10292) - Odense, DENMARK - AUG 24, 2011
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours cloudy golden with a off white head. Spices and butter. Ginger and hay. Medium to thin body. Flat.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Theis (9217) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - AUG 16, 2011
Cask at GBBF 2011, Wednesday. Clear amber - white head. Light bitterness, orange, fruity, knækbrød, ginger, licoirce, spicy, citrus.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
oh6gdx (16042) - Vasa, FINLAND - AUG 11, 2011
Cask@GBBF2011. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, wooden, mildly earthy and caramelly as well. Flavour is ginger, some fruits, mild earth and some slight herbal and malty notes as well.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
yespr (22204) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - AUG 10, 2011
From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is grassy, citrusy and light herbal. Citrusy, grassy and light bitter dry finish. Ends dry and bitter.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
joergen (14985) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - AUG 7, 2011
Cask at GBBF 2011. Clear golden coloured with a small white head. Fruity aroma of caramel, marzipan, grass and hops. Fruity flavour of caramel, grass and hops. Hoppy finish.

4.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
dhnicoll (3) - SCOTLAND - JUN 27, 2011 does not count
Had this very recently at The Bow Bar in Edinburgh and absolutely loved it. Very refreshing and teh ginger isn’t overdone but definitely adds a nice bite to the palate


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