 porterhouse (1148), Alna, Maine, USA
Dec 17, 2008 Draft at the brewpub...Pours dark reddish brown with one finger of tannish head that recedes a little but is well-retained. Aroma of ginger and spice. Nice light rings and sheets of lacing in the shaker. Texture is medium-full, fairly smooth and a little sticky. Taste is lots of ginger and spice, a bit candyish. They really piled the ginger on in this version. Glad to see this is classified as a spice beer here because it is hard to find anything porter-ish about it. Hardly a trace of the 6.75 ABV.
BitchesBrew (710), Berkeley, California, USA
Dec 15, 2007 [draught @ the brewpub] Dark brown, reddish in color. Very minimal head. Sugary malt aroma, with some mixed spices. Flavors are somewhat sweet-- nice and malty. Brown sugar, some molasses.. nutmeg, cinnamon, plenty of ginger. Overall, a well made beer.. a nice porter, but a bit too heavily spiced for my tastes.
hophead75 (1945), Boonton, New Jersey, USA
Dec 2, 2007 on tap at the brewpub. Dark brown in color with some ruby highlights at the bottom of the glass. Aroma of ginger, molasses, chocolate, burnt sugars. Taste is ginger up front, but subtle enough to not overpower the other flavors- caramel/molasses, chocolate, burnt brown sugar. Light to medium body. Finishes with some lingering chocolate and light roastyness.
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