Great Waters Stingo

Formerly brewed at Great Waters Brewing
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Yellow, corn-like color, slow moving carbonation, little head. The first whiff was butter, then lemongrass. Very muted spices in tehh flavor. A bit of mid-palate warmth from the ginger, and the a lightness that I didn’t predict from the visual carbonation. Refreshing in feel and the danger is going to far with such a recipe (too much ginger sucks)...but here it might be accused of not going far enough. A lemon-ginger mineral water? Not bad though. (on tap at brewpub)

Clear yellow color with a thin head. Very strong lemongrass aroma and dang does it ever pour on strong in the taste! The wheat is just barely detectable and the ginger is completely buried by the lemongrass. A little floral hop is there. I like lemongrass and all, but the amount in this one tends to make it one dimensional. Still, it’s damn good as just a ’lemongrass beer’.

UPDATED: SEP 9, 2007 Hazy straw yellow in appearance. Spicy wheat aromas. Champagne, lemon meringue and butterscotch. Sparkly flavors like candied lemon, almond and dry wheat. Light bodied but packs a powerful flavor.

Lovely hazed golden look...big, fresh bone-white head...pretty in the glass. Spicy, wheaty aroma...I forgot for a moment that this is "a wit with a twist"...heavy spice on top of refreshing wheat...ginger and lemongrass are used, they tell us, but it feels like more... Taste: brisk, refreshing, goes down with exceptional ease. Lemongrass is in there, citric taste, grassy texture, ginger spice sparkles. Just enough grit in the swallow for interest. Lightish body, long, citric. spicy finish. Delicate at heart, but substantial in flavor, and quite memorable. A unique accomplishment, a growler I’ll enjoy emptying. And I’ll make a note to stop into St. Paul more often if they keep making intriquing brews like this.

On-tap at the brewpub: Darkened lemon yellow color. Small, frothy white cap of dusty white foam sits briefly. Broken spotty lacing sticks across the glass. Aroma is a fairly rounded in lemony citrus and wheaty tang with a stirring of ginger spice added to the mix. Much like the ’Skip and Go Naked’, minus the lemongrass, add the ginger. Not as much oatyness or bread tone to it though. Taste is about the same as the smell. Quite wheaty, fresh, snappy, with a milding dullness that keeps it under a decent control as the lemon tones are soothingly set. Ginger spice is evident and makes for a decent blend along the way. Highly herbal and kinda minty with a glossy leafyness in its ginger spice. Not all that captivating as the ginger is there with a presense thats not overbearing, but bearing enough for it to be a skad unbalanced. Fans of ginger will like it, those who don’t like ginger won’t like it. Feel is about a medium body; smooth, fresh, round, and tangy, with a certain lemony punch, and the mix of ginger to spice it up. Ginger beer is not my favorite, this ain’t half bad, the ginger presense is enough to either push or pull one in directions the palate may not enjoy all that much. Drinkability is drawn within the likeablity and tolerance of ginger as it tilts away from its wheaty base.