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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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 edden (927), cow- lumbus, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/514/20
Feb 24, 2006  
2/23/06: Bottle.
Bright orange-yellow body with no head/lace. Ginger aroma. Flavors include hop, ginger, and spice. Bitter finish.


 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!


 Tmoney99 (4742), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 20, 2006  
Bottle. Clear amber with large frothy white head that diminished slowly. Heavy hoppy ginger aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation. Moderate sweet ginger flavor with a small bitter finish. Drinkable brew.


 dp (512), uniontown, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Feb 24, 2006  
A sweet aftertaste that turns not unpleasantly sour. think of a type of applesauce with ginger rather than cinnamon. Could see drinking this under the christmas tree. goodbye gingerbreadman, hello island ginger.


 TheBeerOrg (1577), Kentucky, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/512/20
Jan 14, 2006    Updated: Jun 20, 2006
Pours hazy light golden with a fully receding white head. Aroma of citrus and ginger with mild fruitiness and a note of alcohol. Taste is spicy and fruity with a dry finish. Mouthfeel is thin bodied with medium carbonation. No major flaws, but just not enough to satisfy my expectations of ginger greatness.


 DuffMan (2757), the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jul 20, 2008  
Hazydeep brassy gold, thick dense white finger-thick cap. Aroma of grainy cereal and fresh ginger. Flavour is wheaty with natural ginger flavour in good balance, and a nice lemon oil accent. I was pleasantly surprised with this one.


 alobar (1019), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jun 9, 2009  
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.


 thornecb (1774), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Aug 20, 2008  
Pours gold into a shaker. White head quickly recedes to hug rim. Sweet malt and mild ginger aromas. Sweet full malt upfront with a cloying ginger finish.



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