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kerstbierfestival essen 2015

6.4

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Ging'le Bells (by Brasserie Grain d'Orge):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5

19/III/17 - 75cl bottle from Kestbierenfestival 2015 (Essen) @ home - BB: 3/IX/17 (2017-393)

Clear purple brown beer, small aery beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet, soft roast, some caramel, bit spicy. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty spicy, ginger, little sourish, some chocolate. Aftertaste: spicy, soft roast, little bitter, spicy, dried finger, more spicy.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

33 cl bottle. Pours deep amber and brown with a small tan head. Aroma is ginger and cardemomme. Spiced, herbal. Dry and breadish to caramelish dry. Breadish and roasted finish.

6.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

At Kerstbierfestival 2015. Pours unclear amberbrown, smell is sweet, spiced. Taste is sharp, spiced, herbal, bit spiced, mild bitterness. OK, better than the other ging’s but still not very good.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle sampled at Essen Winterbier festival 2015. Appears hazy brown with a small cream head. Aroma of herbs, malt, caramel, speculaas and light overripe dark fruit. Flavour is over moderate sweet and light moderate bitter. Above medium bodied with soft carbonation.

5.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Sampled @ Kerstbierfestival Essen 2015. Hazy red color, medium to full sized soapy off-white to beige head. Smell and taste malts, herbs and spices, sweet-bitter. Don’t like it. Not my thing at all.

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Thank you! Sampled 750 ml. bottle @ Kerstbierfestival Essen 2015. Apparently uses ginseng just like the other beers from the Ging series which appears to be a new contract brewer. The question here is of course bloody why? Deep red amber, little tanned head. Nose is sweet chemical cleaning agents, licorice, herbal, bay leaves,… Taste is cleaning agents, industrial, herbal, sweet, cough syrup, overly sweet,… Solid herbal body. Far too industrial & the excessive spices make it taste a bit too much like cleaning products. Ginseng doesn’t seem to like a spice that you should go crazy with.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle at the Essen Winter Beer Festival, 2015. Poured a hazy medium brown with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is spicy malt, light fruit. The flavour is moderate sweet with a dry sugar, spicy, yeast liqourice bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.