Creepy Ginger
Maplewood Brewery & Distillery in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.84
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Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Almost amber color under a steady layer of foam. Smell had a lot of that Belgian malt, just a thin note of ginger. Taste is a pretty full Belgian Strong: pretty hearty and malty. Slight spice of Belgian beer is matched to a subdued thread of ginger, not hot like a ginger ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Slightly hazy copper and light orange coloured body with a very faint off-white head. Aroma of metal, light powdered ginger, malt and a touch of belgian yeast. Medium-bodied; Bitter malt and yeast flavours at first with a pronounced powdered ginger flavour and a light grain note, all with some metallic twangs on the finish. Aftertaste shows a good deal of ginger, but not full ginger, just powdered, along with a metallic flavour and some harsher malt notes, all capped by a noticeable belgian yeast flavour. Overall, a decent beer with some acceptable flavours, but nothing great nor worth searching out, in this nice city of beer. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from West LakeView Liqours in Chicago, Illinois on 14-November-2015 for US$9,95 sampled at home in Washington on 02-February-2016.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours a hazy gold wit ha white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a nice balance between ginger, sweet grains and a bit of light fruit and Belgian yeast supporting. Flavor has sweet ginger and sweet grains with a supporting Belgian yeast note.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours golden yellow white head. Nose/taste of mostly ginger, spelt, bubblegum, light citrusy fruit and light spice - medium body.