Holiday Spiced Ale
Mariner Brewing in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Regular|
Score
5.81
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
This is really like a ginger cookie, with lots of ginger and molasses. A bigger, sweeter base would be nice, but it's not bad.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2019
at 23:00
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
On tap at Mariner, pours a clear amber brown with a small beige head. Aroma brings out a pronounced toasted caramel character upfront, with moderate spiciness, and toasted biscuity malt. Flavour is bizarre, with some strange banana-like esters, some strange almost phenolic notes, and light caramel. What the hell were they thinking here? Not pleasant.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jan 2019
at 00:20
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Has a semi-cloudy darker brown body and minimal head. Aroma is a mix of holiday spiced cheer that honestly comes across as floor cleaner mixed with cinnamon. Flavour is cloying and sugary holiday spices, with a mouthfeel to match. It's not a good effort, definitely holiday-ey but not enough is done with that New Year's cheer.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2019
at 18:03