Bad Panda Ginger Pale Ale
Northwest Brewing Company in Redmond, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.29
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This lushly flavored pale ale is brewed with ginger, galangal in addition to premium malts, Nugget hops, and our house ale yeast. The aromatic spices combine to create a perfect accompaniment to Asian Pacific cuisine. Close your eyes and let the captivating flavors transport you.
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4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bomber, labeled as "Trade Route Ginger Pale Ale" - I’m a big fan of brewers that use non-traditional ingredients in creative ways, so I picked this up, and their mango hefe - the hefe was underwhelming, and this is even less interesting - ginger is very potent, so if you’re going to use it in a beer, you have to restrain yourself, and give the beer some other pronounced characteristics for the ginger to work in concert with - that is not the case here - all I smell is ginger - the flavor is also mostly ginger, with a little bit of grain/malt on the back - incredibly thin - extraordinarily boring - tastes like ginger ale with most of the sugar taken out of it - this is one gimmick brewer that I think I am done with.
Tried
on 23 May 2009
at 21:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Copper pour with a small beige head. Just standing there shooting the breeze I notice this massive aroma of ginger floating through the air. Wow! The doesn’t have that same ginger potency, but still is rich with spices and florals. Some mild maltiness. Thanks Jordan.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2008
at 10:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Hazy moderate amber with a nice yellowish tan head. Big ginger and apple aroma. Sweet malty and plenty of ginger in the flavor as well. A bit much on th pe ginger, but the sweetness madw it a bit moee lit soda pop than beer. Weird but ok. Soft carbonation and smooth.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2008
at 22:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22 oz bomber courtesy of the former lurker now known as bvc. Pour is hazy golden orange with a nice two inch dirty white head and a bunch of carbonation bubbles. Head noisily settles in, leaving behind some decent lacing. Aroma is ginger. My goodness, I was expecting this to smell like ginger of course, but it REALLY smells like super fresh ginger. Behind the ginger is some orange juice and yeast. Taste is spicy sweet ginger, mandarin orange citrus tartness and bitter citrus peel. As with the nose, this tastes exceptionally fresh. Somehow the taste in this is not overpowering, really nicely melded actually. Palate is medium with very lively carbonation. I can say, without a doubt, I have never tasted a beer like this. Fun and refreshing. Thanks for sending this one my way Brandon!
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jun 2008
at 16:33