Traditional Ginger Beer
Williams Brothers Brewing Company

Traditional Ginger BeerTraditional Ginger Beer
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From:
Williams Brothers Brewing Company
 
Scotland, United Kingdom
Style:
Herb and Spice Beer
Ranked #81
ABV:
3.8%
Score:
80
Ranked #26,037
Avg:
3.41 | pDev: 15.25%
Reviews:
9
Ratings:
26
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 04, 2024
Added:
Jan 08, 2011
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  5
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Ratings by salvo:
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Reviewed by salvo from Indiana

3.92/5  rDev +15%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Looks like a lighter lager with a crisp white head that foams and disappears. Smell is assertive spicy ginger and mild grains.

Expecting sweeter and more soda-like, this is a happy surprise: spicy hot ginger warms the mouth and throat with enough carbonation to delight. Sugar and lemon added in the brewing neither over-sweetens or over-sours.

Mouthfeel is light, like soda, like the dry ginger ale that mimics it.

Highly drinkable and a welcome alternative to soft drinks or even a mixed drink. Would like ot try accompanying a fiery Indian or Thai meal. Well done.

Best before October 2012 on label.
Jun 07, 2011
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland

2.51/5  rDev -26.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
500ml bottle:
Pale amber with a half cm, foamy white head. Nose & taste are both dominated by ginger & spice with some faint honey flavours & some pale lager malts with the taste. Well carbonated & lively with some background spice.
Jan 04, 2024
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.28/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
500 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 3.8%. Brewed without any hops at all, but with substantial amounts of root ginger. Golden colour, pours quite fizzy, moderate to low head. Aroma of ginger and citrus. The flavour has a distinct ginger burn from start to finish. Definitely not your usual beer, but nice for a change of pace. Feels much stronger than its moderate ABV.
Jul 24, 2022
 
Rated: 4.4 by sorsh_a_ghlinne from Scotland

Jan 19, 2021
 
Rated: 2.47 by Macamah from England

Oct 21, 2018
 
Rated: 3.9 by cknoch from Canada (AB)

Aug 22, 2017
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Reviewed by bmaslakov from Russian Federation

3.35/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
The color is a nice and clear amber becoming paler when poured into the glass. The nose has no hints of yeast or barley, but a lot of ginger; there are also some hints of honey, flowers, and apple. First tastes a little sweet and then hits you with ginger, tingling your palate and throat. Light carbonation compliments it nicely while oily body soothes your mouth afterward. The absence of distinct aftertaste leaves you perplexed and disappointed.
Best served with a Thai meal or seafood.
Aug 08, 2017
 
Rated: 2.5 by AlexAfonin from Russian Federation

Nov 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by bigred89 from Maryland

Jun 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by sachie23 from New York

Jul 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by BrickOneal from South Carolina

Apr 11, 2014
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Reviewed by gillagorilla from Maryland

2.53/5  rDev -25.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75
16.9 oz. bottle poured into a Burley Oak snifter (best before 11/13)

A: A hazy and grayish straw color with only a collar, no lacing and no head.

S: Just Ginger!

T: Very light with very little flavor. I love ginger and the spicier the better, so I am always on the lookout for any new ginger beers, especially alcoholic ginger beers. Watery with just a stale ginger flavor and only a hint of that characteristic ginger spice on the backend. I realize this brew is old, but I don't see it tasting much better. This is like the pale ale version of a ginger beer.

M: Prickly and bubbly.

O: Give me a Crabbie's over this, where the ginger is stronger.
Apr 10, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Jah_Json from Sweden

Feb 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by leitmotif from Romania

Jan 27, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by dcmchew from Romania

Nov 10, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by baklo from North Carolina

Jul 08, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by Ciocanelu from Romania

May 27, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by His_Royal_Hoppiness from England

Apr 24, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by Hultkrantz from Sweden

Mar 23, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by aztraz from Sweden

Sep 12, 2012
Traditional Ginger Beer from Williams Brothers Brewing Company
Beer rating: 80 out of 100 with 26 ratings