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Atlantic Mount Desert Island Ginger

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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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 porterhouse (1155), Alna, Maine, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 6, 2006  
Draft @ brewery. Pours a semi-dark honey gold with very small off-white head. Good pungent ginger aroma. Mouthfeel light, kind of fizzy. Tastes of ginger and wheat malt. Just about the right amount of ginger to make this pretty tasty and refreshing.


 mephisto (1144), Taiwan
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/104/511/20
Jan 20, 2007  
interesting brew, herbal aroma mixed with ginger and fruits, the color is clear amber. little head and abit spicy, it is light bodied.


 matta (1139), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 22, 2005  
Thanks to my friend Ron Raike for the beer!

The only resemblance I detect to a wheat beer is the appearance? Hazy golden body and a downy white head. The aroma and flavor are vaguely musty, vegetable like, lightly doughy and yeasty, biscuity, and show the essence of the ginger root. The palate is rather buttery but pretty much on the light side of the spectrum… Not bad but not too memorable either!


 DrBayern (1137), Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 11, 2008  
12 oz. bottle. Hazy light amber, medium off white head. Ginger aroma overwhelms everything else. There is some light fruitiness detectable, but the ginger is really front and center. Medium body and a fairly lively carbonation, and a tangy mouthfeel. Seems a little sweet, with just a touch of acidity/sourness with the ginger coming through again in a spicy finish. I’m not totally sure what I think of this. I love ginger ale, but this is no typical "ginger beer." I think it would be best with a meal, as opposed to just drinking it alone, and would fit well in the same context as some of the holiday spiced brews.


 BlackDonald (1127), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Aug 10, 2008  
This was actually pretty good stuff, but you have to really like ginger, because this tastes like the real thing, which was pleasing on the palate. Grainy cereal maltiness, wheaty and citrusy, with great flavors of ginger throughout. Nicely done.


 CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20
Dec 12, 2008  
Crushed with Jakebra. Not grossed out by any means. Kinda appley aroma, almost white wineish. Flavor is interesting, pretty smooth, and unoffensive. Not good, but could be a lot worse.


 ehhdayton (1113), USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 18, 2006  
The pour is a dark golden with a white head and an aroma of light sweetness and giner. The flavor is mildly sweet with noticible ginger and a light finish.


 00cobraR (1098), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/54/102/511/20
Feb 5, 2008  
This is a bit different. Poured out a slightly cloudy amber color with a smaller head. aroma was spicy and full of ginger and rather soapy. flavor wasnt the best. i was expecting a much stronger ginger hit. interesting brew, but not osmething ill revisit



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