De Graal Gember

Brewed by De Graal
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Brakel, Belgium

Never thought much of ginger beer so this was a most pleasant surprise. Lovely beer for a summer evening but be careful. It is stronger than it feels like.

(Bottle 33 cl) I believe this was De Graal’s first beer. And -atypically- it’s a ginger beer. Very beautiful, amber colour, hazy with a large amount of yeast-sediment. But it’s the completely massive head that leaves the biggest impression. It stands an inch high in the glass and never disappears completely. Unusually welldone. Ginger beer can be a mixed delight, but this might be the best I’ve ever had. The ginger adds a piquant edge to an already good ale. High carbonation. 010203

So it is possible to make a beer with ginger that tastes good! Very fruity aroma: sweet citrus and apple. Golden color, white head, good lace. Sweet, fruity, ginger, light bitter. Medium body, little sticky, warming and soft.

ZBF 2005. Pours golden with a white head. Aroma is spicy mostly ginger. Taste is ginger, some malt and yeast

Fruity, peppery aroma. Flavour is fruity with a hint of yeast and pepper.

Zythos Beer Festival, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium 2005. Hazy golden colour with a white head. Spicy fruity aroma and a sweet fruity, ginger taste. Medium body and a sweet finish.

(Bottled) Hazy golden color with a smallish head. Citric-lemony-ginger, fruity aroma. Fruity ginger flavor, quite pleasant. Medium-bodied, quite low-carbonated palate. A very pleasant and refreshing brew.

Ginger and citrus in the nose. I can understand de lavender notes, but i do not share them. I’s quite ’flowery-spicy’ though. Hazy, orange coloured with a creamy, off-white lasting, thick head. Quite good lookin’. Again much ginger in taste. initially sweet and bitterness evolves towards the finish. Slightly metalic and watery. Not really fantastic.