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Atlantic Mount Desert Island Ginger

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1792.89/5.02.89/5.05.2%39.5Lager glass, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
A refreshing wheat beer spiced with fresh ginger root. The process of making this wheat beer has been nicknamed "special ginger tea", due to the fact that we add over 20 lbs. of fresh ground ginger root into the boil. We use pale malt, and wheat, as well as Target and Whitbread Goldings Variation hops to flavor this light, summer ale. Island Ginger is particularly popular during the warmer summer months, though thanks to the ginger kick it has, it would also be warming in the cold winter months.
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 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 09/25/1995
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

Light and refreshing, good ginger smell and taste, ginger may be too strong
-------- /> Date: 06/08/2005
Words: Bottle
Words: Tasting

clear amber, big fresh ginger aroma, good ginger flavor like a ginger ale (ha!), light spicy bitter finish, refreshing
-------- /> Date: 08/31/2005
Mode: bottle

bitter finish builds up a bit too much by the end of the glass,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Score: *4
-------- /> The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.


 argo0 (6891), Washington DC, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/511/20
Oct 18, 2006  
(12oz bottle) Small off white head atop a clear amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, ginger, peach, some cereal. Taste is medium sweet, ginger, some cereal, light herbal bitterness. Light body, some crispness.


 hopdog (5552), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Apr 12, 2005  
Poured a medium, cloudy golden color with a smaller white head. Aromas of ginger and almost a sweet honey aroma. Sweet tasting with a spicy bite to it. Thin and weaker body.


 bu11zeye (5442), Frisco, Texas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/511/20
Dec 23, 2008  
(12oz bottle, courtesy of Lumpy) Pours a clear golden body with a small white head. Aroma of ginger, mustiness, and metallic. Flavor of ginger, toasted grain, and cereal.


 Cletus (5052), Connecticut, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/514/20
Aug 16, 2005  
I was told that this one was being locally used to barbeque steak with. That sounds like something this one could potentially be applied to. On tap at the brewery. Poured dark gold with almost no head to speak of. Smelled strongly of ginger and wheat. Taste was strange with some clove notes that numbed my tongue a bit along with ginger holding up strong on the finish.


 MartinT (5050), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 14, 2006  
Any first impressions?
-There is decent foam retention to cover the transparent tan golden.
-Humble cereal sweetness topples ginger in the nose.
-Gingery fruitiness collaborates with the caramel/cereal sweetness.
-The well-constructed body remains quaffable due to the lively carbonation.

What if you dig deeper?
-A furtive citrusy hop bite dries off the ending.
-Wheat plays an important role here, and keeps the beer far from the gimmick zone.
-A decent meal accompaniment, or estival quencher, this ginger beer won’t wow most but will surely please those looking for novelty.

Bottle; no date notched.


 ¾ (4999), Colorado, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Aug 18, 2006  
Bottle. Slightly hazy yellow and orange color. Fresh, peppery ginger-ale nose, sweet smelling. Up front it’s mildly peppery, but has a basic wheat/golden ale malt sweetness, with the ginger fairly light, which is nice, actually.


 Cornfield (4928), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/59/20
Aug 6, 2006  
Perhaps if the base beer had more character I would appreciate the brew more. As it is, pretty much all I’m getting from the nose and taste is a whole lot of ginger and little else. Other than that, the hazy light amber body and short lived head make it appear much like most other American wheat ales. Thank goodness for beer stores with single bottle purchases available.

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