Dandelion Ginger Tonic
Scratch Brewing Company in Ava, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Gruit Regular|
Score
7.29
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500mL bottle, undated as far as I can tell, drunk 2/2/24. Clear, deep bronze. No head, fizzling out immediately. Caramelized ginger with lemony herbal notes and more chicory and caramel on the finish. Some specks of lactic acidity but somewhat light on the culture. Clean. Malty, tart, ginger-forward but not dominated. Lots of chicory character. Mixed culture is round, mellow, pleasingly tart. Caramel and malt sugars abound creating a great balance. Ginger is lovely. Upped my score by the end of the bottle. The flavors are really well-done, especially for its size.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2024
at 01:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. A- Floral, ginger, earthy. A- Gold color, clear liquid, minimal white head. T- Ginger, floral, bright. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- Another weird one. I like these hop free sours though. Lots of grass and prairie flower aromas on the nose. Might need an allergy pill after this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2023
at 21:18
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jun 2023
at 17:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thanks to explosivedog: pours copper with white head. Aroma is flowers and loads of ginger. Taste is artisinal ginger ale. Weird.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2021
at 00:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, at share, thanks to me. Pours orange. Ginger, floral, earthy, sour, funk, strong ginger. More like a tonic than a beer. Medium body. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2020
at 22:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a clear copper with an orange hue and a white head that starts at the edges and dissipates completely. Aroma has tart lime, flora and ginger with a bit of a light earthy funk underlying. Flavor has a nice floral funk and ginger note with a strong sour lime note growing through the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2020
at 21:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle. Aroma is very floral, spicy ginger, apple cider vinegar, fresh cut grass. Pours hazy orange with a one finger bone-white head that settles into a ring after a minute. Taste is highly sour (10/10) and acidic with flavors of dandelion and ginger and sour culture. Another crazy beer from Scratch that works despite every evidence to the contrary when reading the label.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2020
at 06:50
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2018
at 19:49
7/10
Tried
on 04 Jun 2017
at 16:39