6

A bit of spiced character, but it still tastes just a little too much like a Guinness Extra Stout, which takes me out of it.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pretty thinnish, but dark brown coloured body with only about 20 per cent opacity and a thickish, three centimetre tall light brown and deep tan head that fades very quickly and doesn't leave much up top at all. Aroma of ground ginger, earth, toffee, grain, light bread and yeast with a little bit of alcohol and pungency coming through and a noticeable amount of caster sugar and even some squash noticeable. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong ground ginger notes show at first with a light dose of allspice and canella, but the malts cover up the spices almost immediately but make this relatively simplistic and soft, somehow. Aftertaste shows a good deal of sweetness from the toffee and caramelised sugars with a noticeable amount of spices still on the edges, but this one goes down pretty easily and is quite complex for the alcohol and body here. Overall, a surprisingly nice and subdued beer that has a good deal of spices but isn't cloying and shows some nice and soft notes that make this good for the season. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from Wegman's [grocery] in Alexandria, Virginia on 13-November-2021 for US$1,99 (as part of a mixed six pack) sampled in my hotel room here in Parsipanny, New Jersey on 17-December-2021.

7

Dark black body small creamy tan head. Ginger roasty aroma. Ginger earthy spicy.flavor. medium body moderate carbonation. 7/5/6/3/14 3.5