7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a hazy brown color with a small quickly dieing head. No lacing.
The aroma starts off with some toast and earthy notes. Ginger comes through after a bit of warming.
The flavor takes the ginger spice to try and blend with the earthiness and the sweetness. It somewhat does. Spicy ginger to earthy aftertaste with the same sort of finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Ginger isn’t too strong and doesn’t wreck my palate - moveable spicy notes. Harshness seems contained.
Overall, as an English strong ale, well, somewhat. As far as creativity is concerned, I’d say this was good as I’m a big fan of ginger. Luckily, Bent Hill didn’t do something outrageous. I think I tend to like their beers more when they don’t overly do the ingredients.