Forbidden Root

Forbidden Root Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

Brewed at/by: 5 Rabbit Cervecería
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey Regular Out of Production

Score

6.60

ABV: 4.2%

IBU: -

Ticks: 3

Forbidden Root returns to that lost era. Malt and a pinch of hops are topped by a generous dollop of botanic ingredients which includes: wintergreen, vanilla, cassia cinnamon, fennel, nutmeg, cardamom, black pepper, ginger, clove, star anise, tarragon, basil, capsicum, patchouli, sandalwood, balsam of Peru, licorice root, yerba santa, cocoa, molasses and finally aged with oak to round off the flavor. As a result, the rich complexity and a long clean taste tells you this is not a soda, but traditional brew that is a delicious window into another age.

Forbidden Root is splendid with full-flavored or spicy foods from Yankee pot roast to Kansas City-style ribs to California tri-tip on the grill.

Join Us

Show

All Activity

Only Reviews

6.4

McDermottDrink (4568) reviewed Forbidden Root from Forbidden Root Brewing Company 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Smell has a little bit of sassafras to it, but then a note of malt and spice, kind of like an English brown ale. Then the nose picks up some roasty stout malt as well. Beer in the glass is cloudy brown, with a root-beery layer of foam. Taste is a bit tart and yeasty. I get some root beer to it, but there are a lot more spices. A bit of watery mouthfeel. I am going to seek this out on tap and hope to get a better impression.

Tried from Draft on 25 Jan 2017 at 22:11

6.2

nuplastikk (10387) reviewed Forbidden Root from Forbidden Root Brewing Company 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

12oz bottle. Really different. Root beer, cinnamon flavors all the way, of the more natural sort I suppose, but really has a ton going in terms of herbal tones. The base beer is thin, sweet, pretty weak for a beer really, but it suits the style here well enough. There really is a fascinating depth of botanical action. Oak, vanilla smooth it all out. Worth a try, good for a tasting, not really something I’d want to drink much of though. Certainly unique.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2016 at 00:17

6.9

Sledutah (12196) reviewed Forbidden Root from Forbidden Root Brewing Company 11 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

GABF 2014
Dark brown with a medium sized tan head. Aroma and flavors of a well made root beer that is malty, some chocolate and vanilla
A nice, clean beer.

Tried on 06 Oct 2014 at 16:43