4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours bright gold into a tulip. Fluffy white head recedes to hug rim. Dusty peach aromas. Sweet caramel upfront with a dry, lasting pit fruit finish.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
750ml bottle. Thick, murky golden-tan color with a nice off-white head. Lots of floaties. The aroma is light and refreshing, with some honey, coconut, and mango tones. The ginger is quite apparent, but the mouthfeel is creamy and yeasty enough to take it all in and balance it out. Mild grapefruit notes as well, but not in the overbearing Cascade way, more in a sugary mellow dessert way. Impressive in that it maintains a nice mouthfeel and dangerously sessionable taste, while fully displaying the Ginger flavor as well. Exceptional balance. A great beer, a ginger lover’s dream come true.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Botella de 330ml servida en copa Túlipa.Saboreada en feb´11
Color amarillo platano.Cabeza blanca y túpida de burbuja pequeña.Persistente pero sin encaje.Aromas florales. Sabores de manzana granny smith,hierbas y especias.Picante y refrescante sensación en boca.Suave amargor.Cuerpo medio bien carbonatado.Retrogusto afrutado.Muy buena asimilación.
330ml bottle served into a Tulip glass. Enjoyed on feb´11
Banana yellow in color. White dense head with small bubbles.Lasting but no lacing left.Floral aromas.Granny smith apple, herbed & spicy flavors. Crispy & refreshing mouthfeel. Smooth bitterness. Well carbonated medium body.Fruity aftertaste. Very good drinkability.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tasted at Extreme Beerfest. Lemony yellow with a white head. Beautiful ginger nose. Ginger and beer flavored with a splash of pepper at the end.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
33 cL glass bottle. A dark yellow-brownish colour with unevenly distributed haziness. The head is not very stable and dissipates too fast. Very pleasant, strong fruity (orange?) aroma. Taste is complex and fruity, and the high alcohol content well camouflaged by this and the sweetness. Hops barely noticeable in the flavor. A very good beer.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled - St Albans Beer Festival. A superior ginger beer with plenty of it in both the aroma and the taste. Light golden in colour and good balance of the alcohol and the spice.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Hazy golden with a big creamy head and a lot of sediment, too. Refreshingly spicy aroma- ginger seems to work very well. Flavours are more of the same- the sweetness is nicely paired and the result is a very refreshing beer. Warming alcohol. I never thought I would rate a spiced beer so highly.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750ml capped and foiled bottle from Dranken Geers. Peachy haze with a fine lacing veil of suds; nose all ’kruiden’ and ’epices’: I’ve had a good rummage in the spice cupboard working out what (my Dutch is shit), and settled on ground ginger and coriander seed. There is also that enticing waft of creamy sweetness, lemon sherbet. perfume and oatmeal I associate with Tripel Karmeliet. Flavour unabashed ground spices and perfume, balanced attractively with biscuit malts, spruce-accented hop, lemon barley and pineapple esters. Really overripe fizzing pineapple on the burp. Hugely likeable, medium-spicy brew: easily the pick of the De Graal stuff I’ve tried, and even better, 2 quid a pop. Discreetly spicy and quenching: forget soap-flavoured Kentish-’Indian’ lager or IPA, THIS is what should be compulsorily served in the curry houses of England. Fill your boots when in Gent.
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