3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Dark brown, foamy tan head. Nose is rather intrigueing: minty, leafy vegetal notes, parsley, cinnamon and something sweet and candyish. Body is also vegetal, finally after deliberating for a good 10 minutes I figured out that the dominant taste and aroma was curry. Various spices are present, leafy and minty notes are prevalent as well. Finishes with a light hop bitterness. A very interesting brew altough I’ve never been a huge fan of curry. Funny, I didn’t recognize ginger as playing an active role.
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: NOV 12, 2009 Sept, 2002 BottleThe ginger spice is the outstanding quality in this beer, though it does vary from bottle to bottle. Other flavours come through at different points, depending on the dispersal of the ginger in the liquor - generally dark fruits, marmalade especially, but plenty of malty sweetness and some interesting hoppy bitterness. The finish is extremely long and complex. [3.2]
Nov, 2009Cask, JDW Rochester Pleasant chocolately strong ale - this is a Strong English Ale, though I think that Americans might term it a Brown Ale. Lots of flavour and well balanced. A damn good drink. [3.6]
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Very bizarre beer, I’m surprised this is not from the Williams brothers. Obvious cinnamon/ginger taste a little to dominant to make this a great beer.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Smells a bit wierd. Garnet colour with a creamy head, thick & smooth. Almost no bitterness & a bit of a ’tonic’ taste in the rich maltiness. It didn’t seem out of place. I liked it but I’m a malthead.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Kind of tasted too much like ginger ale, i couldn’t pick up much else, just ginger, a bit of malt and i really couldn’t detect much hops. This didn’t do much for me.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Ginger and cinnamon dominate throughout, deep ruby red with a short lived muddy brown big bubble head.dry spicy finish lingers long past its welcome.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Thick thick foam. Dark red, almost a purply brown. Interesting spiciness to it. I couldn’t recognize what it was while drinking it, but it was ginger. Very interesting beer to drink at room temperature.
3.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark brown; ginger and dark malts (mostly coffee, but some vienna malt as well) join forces here. Fairly sweet beer, with the ginger playing the balancing role. If you’ve ever dabbled with ginger brown ales as a homebrewer (as I did), this is an example of how to do it right.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
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