Silk Road
Around the Bend Beer Co. in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
6.62
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Frothingslosh (19444) reviewed Silk Road from Around the Bend Beer Co. 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Orange with a large white head. Bitter and a bit earthy with piney and fruity hops and a light ginger note. Long finish. Medium body.
superspak (10160) reviewed Silk Road from Around the Bend Beer Co. 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours moderately hazy medium orange/amber/light copper color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, ginger, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops, galangal spice, and dark/bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, ginger, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy bitterness; and galangal spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, ginger, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops, galangal spice, and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance; and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness/spiciness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/sticky, and slightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 5.9%. Mildly increasing spice heat after the finish. Overall this is a delicious American pale ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops, galangal spice, and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and pretty refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish, never aggressive. Well restrained on galangal spice, not overwhelming to the base style. Nice hop profile from Chinook, Simcoe, Ahtanum, Amarillo, and Citra. Well balanced juicy/dank hop complexity, with a nice bready Munich/Victory malt backbone. Not overly sweet. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
nuplastikk (10543) reviewed Silk Road from Around the Bend Beer Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
12oz bottle. The galanga/l definitely takes it in a really odd direction. The hops tones are covered up by what tastes like a sweetened galanga blend...not really gingery or bitter, more sweet and earthy. Something in the aroma is odd. Not really an enjoyable beer. A lot going on, with very little finesse.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Notes from July 2016: As I poured the beer into my glass, I got a mix of hop in my nose, vaguely spicy and citrusy, but not quite distinct. The beer in the glass is a hazy brown with gold edges, the haze coming from some sediment in the bottle that I just poured right on in. The head\ is sudsy, but remains stiff for a few minutes, and helps offer some of the galangal smell. You know how, with some ginger ales, it seems you’re just drinking plain old sugar water, but then a jolt of ginger spice brings you out of that notion. That’s how I’d describe the nose. Even after the head subsides, there’s still a good nose of crystallized ginger chews. I can question whether, when you are using an unusual ingredient in your beer, you should also throw in a boatload of hops. The galangal is there, suggesting not only ginger, but cinnamon sticks, lemon, and flowers. It seems a lot stronger than in other beers with ginger, but is that also the work of those extra hops. They also worked in some darker roast malts and a bit of wheat to add more complexity.
ben4321 (11632) reviewed Silk Road from Around the Bend Beer Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at Beercade. Clear orange with s small head and some streaky lacing. Spice, ginger, herbal hops, and some lemon. Decent.
andyhwcinc (2108) reviewed Silk Road from Around the Bend Beer Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Purchased at Bottles and Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home while watching football. Appearance is a reddish Amber with a moderate white head. Aroma is like a hoppy ginger beer. Taste is really heavy on the special spice, at first I wasn't a fan but it's kind of growing on me, isn't too bad.