Ginger Pale Ale
Little Valley Brewery in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Regular|
Score
5.41
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Light and fresh with a hint of ginger and citrus, makes a delicious aperitif or perfectly accompanies any spicy Indian or Chinese meal. Our first Fairtrade real ale.
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4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. It’s a clear, golden beer with a small, dense, off-white head. The aroma is dominated by ginger, with some lemony hints and a generic spicyness. There’s some cloves in the flavor, a touch of lemon, but mostly it’s ginger and ginger and ginger. Medium to thin on the palate, dry and quenching, but overall it’s way too dominated by ginger. Like most ginger beers seems to be, especially the English ones. 121219
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2012
at 10:33
4.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle courtesy of Deanso. Well, it looks awful, truly awful. It's flat with no head and no life at all. There's ginger in the aroma and in the flavour, but not much else. It's worse than a bad ginger beer I used to drink as a kid. At least that had some bitterness and life to it. I don't think I'd go out of my way to buy this. If you don't like ginger, you will like it even less! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2012
at 11:51
3/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottle shared. Pours murky orange with almost no head. Aroma of shandy and ginger. It’s just like drinking a ginger shandy. Really not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2012
at 11:47
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle shared. Ginger aroma. Hazy blond pour. Ginger taste. An ok beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2012
at 11:44
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
500 ml. bottle, shared. Golden, slightly hazy colour with a small, white head. Hoppy aroma with grapefruits, lemon and lots of ginger. Bitter taste with citrus and lots of ginger. Light body, oily texture with a lively carbonation. Finishes spicy, hoppy, with some soap and the ginger gives the finish quite a kick. If you like ginger, this is the beer for you. For others this beer might be more unbalanced flavourwise.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2012
at 04:59
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Hazy golden white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and heavy ginger. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Dry and spicy finish. The ginger leaves a small bite in the throat almost like mild chili. 290512
Tried
on 29 May 2012
at 10:31
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Bottle. Clear golden with small white head. Aroma is malt and ginger. Flavour is malt, ginger, dry, sweet, bread, herbs, peppery and watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2012
at 10:29
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from D Byrne & Co, Clitheroe. Ginger aroma and taste, but this can also feel somewhat overbearing after a while.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2012
at 07:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Brdr. Schmidt. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich ginger, so if you dont like that - keep away because there is lots of it. There is also some malt, notes of flowers and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2012
at 14:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Rerate No.2, 500 ml bottle as Little Valley Radical Roots, Light & Gingery Pale Ale, from Meny Løren. ABV is 4.0%. Deep golden colour, moderate white head. Moderate grainy aroma, a hint of ginger. Light bodied. Medium dry flavour with notes of ginger and moderate earthy hops. Rerate No. 1, 500 ml bottle, from Bris Ølutsalg, Jørpeland. ABV is 4.0%. Clear deep golden colour, moderate white head. Aroma of malts and ginger. The flavour is moderately malty but not sweet, with distinct notes of ginger, also fairly distinct bittering hops. And it is NOT very sour / infected! Ginger warmth in the aftertaste / throatfeel. I'm upping the score quite a bit. Original rating: 500 ml bottle (a gift), as Little Valley Organic Bottle Conditioned Ginger Pale Ale. And yes, it is \"fairtrade\" and vegan - and \"CAMRA says this is real ale\". My oh my - you don’t even have to drink it. BUYING it is apparently enough to ensure your passage through the pearly gates. ABV is 4.0%. \"Best before\" February 2010 - that might explain a lot. Cloudy golden colour, large to moderate white head. Strong aroma of ginger, sweetish fruity and sugary notes. The flavour is really sour, lemony and acidic from the first to the last sip (yes, I mean really SOUR - probably far more than intended by the brewer), with a moderate ginger burn. Dryish finish. Probably infected - certainly not something I would pay good money for. But I am a polite fellow - somehow I managed to finish the bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2012
at 15:29