Ginger Bee
Crabtree Brewing Company
- From:
- Crabtree Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 76
- Avg:
- 3.2 | pDev: 24.38%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 24
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 07, 2017
- Added:
- Feb 26, 2007
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
76
Okay
76
Okay
* Brewed with Fresh Hand-Cut Ginger!
* 60 lbs. of CO Orange Blossom Honey in every batch!
At Crabtree we're a hive of activity, creating great beers that are the bees knees! This light and crisp blonde ale is a balanced flavor of fresh cut Ginger and Orange Blossom Honey. Feel the buzz!
* 60 lbs. of CO Orange Blossom Honey in every batch!
At Crabtree we're a hive of activity, creating great beers that are the bees knees! This light and crisp blonde ale is a balanced flavor of fresh cut Ginger and Orange Blossom Honey. Feel the buzz!
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Reviewed by Suds from Missouri
3.12/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.12/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
So, I had my doubts about this brew before trying it...it pours a very hazy, light straw colored liquid with a fluffy white head. The smell is strange..at first I thought that it was skunked, but it is actually the ginger. Potent spicy ginger, backed with a touch of malt. the taste is slightly sweet...honey and malt...with a ginger hotness...it is a strange jumble of flavors. Interesting, but not great.
Nov 22, 2015
Reviewed by ANIMOUL from California
3.64/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Tasted via growler obtained from the brewery.
Interesting combination of Honey and Ginger (duh). Though advertised as a pale ale, the honey & ginger neutralizes any hoppy characteristics. Worth trying. Different.
Aug 15, 2015Interesting combination of Honey and Ginger (duh). Though advertised as a pale ale, the honey & ginger neutralizes any hoppy characteristics. Worth trying. Different.
Rated by Sigerson from Colorado
3.09/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.09/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Weak sauce. Where's the ginger and honey? I've enjoyed Reed's Ginger Brew recently and that is ginger. This is weak in every way.
Aug 13, 2015
Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming
3.07/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.07/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Hazy light gold colour, about an inch of foam, nice sticky lacing.
Lots of wheat and honey in the nose, light spice, earthy.
Same dominance in the taste. Wheat, honey, earthy, some ginger that I notice more in the finish than anywhere else.
Pretty thick mouthfeel.
The smell initially reminded me of some sort of weird Saison. The taste too but not so much. Interesting combination of flavours; not sure they work all that well.
Feb 14, 2015Lots of wheat and honey in the nose, light spice, earthy.
Same dominance in the taste. Wheat, honey, earthy, some ginger that I notice more in the finish than anywhere else.
Pretty thick mouthfeel.
The smell initially reminded me of some sort of weird Saison. The taste too but not so much. Interesting combination of flavours; not sure they work all that well.
Reviewed by BeerWithMike from Nebraska
4.41/5 rDev +37.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev +37.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Sampling right now on 6/13/14. Bought this 1 pint (16 ounce) bottle at one of the Hy-Vee's in Omaha for $3.39. Bottle chilled down to 36 degrees F in my beer cooler and poured into large weissber vase glass.
Pours a hazy straw-yellow with about a half-finger white head that last along time actually. Some sediment is left in the bottom of the bottle. Spotty lacing is seen with each sip. The aroma is very pleasant of grains, grass, honey with a hint of ginger. The taste is very smooth with the flavors mentioned about coming together nicely with the perfect amount of honey and ginger in the mix. Nothing was over powering at all and very easy to drink. No bitter or harsh aftertaste at all. REALLY like this one as I wasn't sure before I opened it. A great summer brew!
Jun 13, 2014Pours a hazy straw-yellow with about a half-finger white head that last along time actually. Some sediment is left in the bottom of the bottle. Spotty lacing is seen with each sip. The aroma is very pleasant of grains, grass, honey with a hint of ginger. The taste is very smooth with the flavors mentioned about coming together nicely with the perfect amount of honey and ginger in the mix. Nothing was over powering at all and very easy to drink. No bitter or harsh aftertaste at all. REALLY like this one as I wasn't sure before I opened it. A great summer brew!
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