Organic Gingerbread Ale
Bison Brewing Company in Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Winter Out of Production|
Score
6.42
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Brewed with 2-row, caramel, chocolate, roast barley, black malts, ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle - Spicy cinnamon ginger, malty and dark sugars. Deep a,beer with a light beige head. Light bitter toffee and some spice with a touch of ginger. OK but nothing special.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Drank a bottle shared with the family. Smells like mild stout, dark too. Perhaps some spices in the back of the olfactory. Decent co2 and mild stoutish flavors in there. Ginger yes, but its not in yer face. No burn and its just layen around in the background barely perceivable. Not overdone in the spices and I appreciate that.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
12oz bottle. Poured a medium brown, almost cola-like color with a small off-white head. Aroma was some light spices and sweet malt characters, some light ginger notes. Flavor is cocoa, toasted malts, and some thin notes of gingerbread. A bit disappointing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft. Clear dark brown color, tan edge head. Aroma of lightly spiced brownies. Taste is gingerbread.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On draft at Galaxy Hut in Arlington VA. Pours a ear cola brown with a tan head. Aroma of cloves and cinnamon. Only a hint of ginger. Light to medium bodied. Short dry finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
This spiced organic porter was brought back from Las Vegas, by Lilihel. Pours a dark brown, cola-like, with a beige frothy head, good retention and somewhat creamy lace. Ginger aromas with notes of grain, cinnamon and outside green, from the hop. Mild creamy mouthfeel, but a little on the thin side. The hop seems to take over in the taste, still on the mild side, but with the light porter characteristics, and the spices showing a little in the finish. Roasted malt in the aftertaste with the hop lingering. Wish the spices and porter-side was a little more powerful, than the hop, and the palate a slightly heavier.
CLW (16859) reviewed Organic Gingerbread Ale from Bison Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12oz bottle. From the Party Source. Nearly pitch-black with thin white head that left spotty lace down my tulip. Smells does remind me of gingersnap cookies or the ginger bread men. Flavor to me is honestly more chocolate than gingerbread, yet the gingerbread shows itself in a subtle way in the finish. The body is for sure a porter, rather then a stout. Sweet yet not cloying. This is pretty interesting, not something you want on a regular basis but a nice holiday brew without doubt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Ginger, nutmeg, molasses and chocolate malt aroma. Deep mahogany with a small tan head. Smoky/peaty malt and ginger flavor with a roasty bitter finish. Medium body and carbonation.
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13
Bottle. Hazy, deep brown body with a frothy, light brown head, mostly diminishing. Light aroma of ginger, nutmeg, caramel, toasted grain with a hint of roasted malts. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Spiced tastes, but not overpowering. Roast bitterness lingers into the finish. Average winter ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from The Caboose in Ashland, VA. Pours a dark brown color with a thin creamy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of ginger, spice, caramel and bready notes. Faint roast and chocolate as well. The taste is roasted malts, spices and a hoppy finish. Thin-medium bodied. Decent.