Ginger Shot
Brouwerij De Molen

Tasty, real nice ginger flavor, but too thin. It needs more body. It's at 4.2%. I'd love to try an imperial version at 7% or 8%.

As refreshing as ginger tends to be, its inclusion in the craft beer scene is highly welcomed. Seamed together with what seems to be British pale ale, its low and saturating sweetness is more than enough to support both the woodsy hops and the spicy ginger root.

Pouring a dense camel-amber color, its hazy appearance allows for a patient release of a creamy and dense blanket of froth. Those spicy aromas of ginger are unmistakable and dominates the nose and early flavors right from the start. Caramel, biscuit and pecan frame the sweet maltiness that wraps around the ginger spice comfortably.

The ale really opens up in the middle while the malty sweetness seeps deeply into the palate and buffers the prickling spice of ginger. Its creamy and medium weighted body tempers the peppery spice and the bitterness that creeps in that later portions of taste.

Spicy and heated in finish, the ginger is met with the classic broad bitterness of noble English hops for a tea-like and fruity presence once the remnants of sweetness subsides. The beer dries beautifully with the aid of hop resins, ginger spice and moderate alcohol. Echoes of ginger, horseradish and herbal tea alternate in aftertaste.