Atlantic Mount Desert Island Ginger

Brewed by Atlantic Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Bar Harbor, Maine USA

this beer is awful in every respect...golden in color with tiny head...aroma is indistinct, only picking up wheat...flavor sucks...very metallic in nature

Different. Aroma of ginger root. Pours an orange amber color with a thin white head. On the palate is mostly ginger with some spice and wheat.

Rated 1/24/06: Pours a rich gold color with little head that soon turns into no head. Mild if not poor carbonation to this one. The aroma was slightly sweet and definately malty. The first couple of drinks hinted at a touch of ginger, but as this beer sat a while and warmed up a bit the ginger really came through. Toward the end not a single bubble of carbonation could be found and the ginger was overpowering. I think this would still be a weak wheat beer even if the ginger was removed from the recipe. Each sip reminded me more and more of asian stir fry and less and less of beer.

This is a wheat beer by style, that is spiced with fresh ginger root. It is brewed with pale and wheat malts, then hopped with Target and Golding hops. Now here is where it get interesting. During the boil 20lbs of fresh, ground ginger root is added, giving this already outstanding beer, another dimension. Fresh ginger root is pungent in aroma, and hot and spicy on the palate. Novices to ginger being used in a beer might be shocked, but I can assure you it is a very pleasant surprise. Island Ginger pours to a beautiful, bright, deep golden color with a thick white head and a lively carbonation. The nose on this beer is fantastic with a potent punch of spicy ginger aroma. The palate is firm with a really nice tart, thirst quenching wheat character paired with a very apparent hot and spicy ginger flavor. Island Ginger finishes with more tart wheat malt up front, then ends with a spicy ginger heat that warms and tickles the throat as it goes now. A fantastic beer just perfect for the warmer months, and a phenomenal beer to match with Asian inspired fare such as Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, or Indian.

Pours a hazy dark macro yellow with an insignificant head. Smells ambitious. Sushi ginger! Even has that slight pickled sort of smell that I guess might be coming from the alcohol, there’s also a certain sweetness. This is smooth in the mouth with a warming not coming from the alcohol, but rather from the ginger I think! That wheaty feel is there, but short of the aftertaste, the wheat just doesn’t make itself known. This is really just like drinking sushi ginger. Huge ginger flavor with a bit of sweetness (just like sushi ginger). There’s a touch of light malt inthe background and a bit of english hops peaks out from the back of the main flavor. The aftertaste is wheaty, and of course, the ginger is inescapable. I wouldn’t get this beer again, but damn, this is something unlike anything else I’ve ever drank--bonus overall point for that one.

12oz bottle, purchased at the brewery. Pours hazy pale yellow-golden, capped with a moderate sized white head. The aroma is primarily ginger, with some wheat and white pepper. Ginger flavor is not as pronounced as I expected, at least not initially. The flavor is primarily cereal and wheat, with ginger ale and orange flavor toward the finish. Ginger hangs around for a fairly long finish, but it’s not too intense. Interesting beer, but the flavor just doesn’t work for me.

Light golden colored beer with a thin head. Aroma wafts of mild ginger aroma. Beer is light and crisp, but tastes very gingerlike. Not too unsellting, but it is definitely a strong flavor.

Off whtie cream colored coming out of the bottle. Smells like cream soda from far away. From closer up smells like staunch ginger root. Looks kinda like cream soda too. Big 1.5 inch very thick dense pure white foam head. Tastes like pale, strong ginger malt beer that has a distinctive spice and very long lingering ginger aftertaste. Almost like a tea instead of a beer, just not my cup.