Ginger Man Ale

Tap at Bobbique, Patchogue, NY - a very light, mildly estery belgian ale, with some semi-dry, crackery malts and dusty yeast character that compliment the mild ginger character - a light it of banana sweetness in the finish, but otherwise clean, tart, and mildly spicy.

64oz growler at the DC Local tasting. Pours a totally transparent cream soda color with zero head. Big ginger aroma, sugar, smells like ginger ale with some herbs. Flavor is big on Belgian sugars, yeast, ginger, herbs. Medium bodied with a clean finish. I thought I’d hate this and then I liked it.

Growler courtesy of Andy at DC local tasting - thanks! Orange. Aroma of ginger root coated with dirt. Taste is, unsurprisingly, ginger, but more on the smooth side, and not overbearing. Tasty enough.

@Peekskill–on tap-pours a white head and yellow/gold color. Aroma is perfumy-honesuckle, ginger, medium malt-caramel. Taste is ginger, light malt-caramel, light body.

Location: On tap at the Ginger Man in NYC, 4.5 oz glass as part of a flight, 6/27/09

Aroma: Mostly a malty nose, fruity, a little spice, and of course, the ginger
Appearance: Clearish orange color, light head
Flavor: Solid tasting beer, nice malty sweetness to it, definitely strong on the Belgian yeast flavor here
Palate: Medium bodied and a nice smoothness to it
Overall Impression: This was a pretty solid beer, the sign told the story, it is the Ginger Man's House Beer, and it is brewed by the brew master from Capt Lawrence, a brewer I have not had the pleasure of trying too many things from, but one that I have heard good things about. This was definitely a nice beer, and I'd like to get my hand on more stuff from this brewery soon.

Imperial pint pour at the Ginger Man. Pours with a large pillow-y head, which sits atop a clear copper body. Aroma is strong with Belgian yeastiness and an estery-fruitiness. Comes of as strawberry. There are plenty of hops in there as well. They come off very vine-y and green. All together its a weird mix. Taste is very similar. It’s a succession of spikes of esters and then hops. It doesn’t "meld" at all, instead its two competing sides to the beer. However, it works well enough and interesting in its own way. It ends with yeast sweetness and rubbery hops. I enjoyed it but I can easily see the ratings going the other way.