Half Acre Ginger Twin India Red Ale

Brewed by Half Acre Beer Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Chicago, Illinois USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle, 6.5%. Has that typical HA yest scent right off the bat, you can smell it in mostof thier beers. IT also has a bright and fresh hoppiness. It smells like a Half Acre beer through and through, slight bit of specialty malt. Flavor is a mix of specialty malt and hops, like an east coast ipa, but with an ample bitterness and slightly dank hops.

Bottle @ home via trade. Pours a hazy reddish brown appearance with a creamy brown head. Quite spicy, piney, herbal hoppy, toasty malty, caramel aroma. Light toffee, sweet, a bit burnt, caramel, fairly rich malty, spicy, herbal, resiny hoppy flavor. I probably should have drank this a bit more fresh but tasty nonetheless.

Poured from a bottle bought at the brewery into a pint glass. Nice amber colour with cream head Smell is sweet & malty with grassy hops. Heavenly. Think I am going to like this...Dang! Wanted this to taste better. Too dry & thin. But understandably this a style many others enjoy. Good flavor but so many other better brews to have from Half Acre.

Bottle from tasting. Pours a dark copper color ith a medium sized off hite head. The aroma has citrus hops, caramel and mild toasted bread. The flavor is citrus and resiny hops, caramel, toasted bread, moderate bitterness. Creamy mouthfeel with a lingering bitterness.

Poured into a snifter. Big thanks to Urbancaver for this. 4.0 A: Opaque amber brown color. Three fingers of frothy beige head. Retention is pretty good and a good bit of lacing is left. 4.0 S: Big toastiness with earthy and citrusy hops. This really isn’t any hoppier than most amber ales, so they could have just called it an amber. Big hit of caramel with a dusty graininess and a solid neutral malt sweetness. 4.0 T: Taste is much like the nose. Toasty and grainy malts with caramel and a solid neutral sweetness. Hops are citrusy with focus on orange and earthy. Very tasty. 4.0 M: Medium body. Good moderate carbonation. Reasonably creamy and super smooth. 4.5 D: Super easy to drink with a wonderful toasty flavor. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 08-23-2012 23:39:15

Clear red pour with a single finger head with a little lace. Aroma smells like the brewery. Lots of grain with a slight spice in the nose. Taste is sugary and sweet. Mouth is a little thin. Finish is dry.

Pours hazy amber with light hop notes that blend into a generous malt backbone while keeping bitter grapefruit throughout the finish.

Cloudy orange amber color with sticky off white lacing. Citrus hop aroma with candy and caramel notes. Some underbrush and wood notes can be found on the nose as well. The malt is there to make it an appreciated red and there is some citrus to follow up the candied feel. Not too heavy on the palate to over weigh the palate. Probably would be ok with just one though.

Interestingly deceptive. Bomber. Pours a rich amber with a thin white head. This looks and smells like it will be a heavier, sweeter example of the style than it actually is (on the contrary, it’s quite dry and crisp). Caramelly malt and a faint hoppiness in the nose, malt and a low-bitterness on the palate with a quick finish. Decent.

Really nice beer. . . Aroma is fairly understated, a little bit more skunkiness than you’d expect from a red. Appearance is lovely-- medium head and a dark orange that is just slightly clouded. Really nice looking. Taste is big, and goes in 3 main directions-- the "red" malty base which has a nice twang to it here, the sharp, bitter hops that balance that out, and then just the slightest gingeriness. I don’t think there’s actual ginger in there, but I swear I taste it a little. Note my bottle sez 6.5% abv, not 7% as above. . . however, I would bet it’s closer to 7. Really nice beer-- probably my new favorite from Half Acre (although it’s really hard to say much bad about Daisy Cutter)