Gingers Beer
Kompania Piwowarska

Clear yellow color with a poor, thin head. Strong ginger aroma. Taste is sweet, with notes of ginger and lemon . Light acidity and bitterness. Not for me.

330 ml green bottle, as "Classic Gingers Beer / Piwo Imbirowe". Courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. Original gravity 11.8%, ABV is 4.1%. Admixtures: E300 anti-oxidant, caramel E150c-colour, apple acid E296 acidity regulator. Contains barley malt, sugar and sweetening substances: glucose syrup, E950, E951. Contains a source of phenylalanine. In other words: not quite "Reinheitsgebot" .... Good grief! Crystal clear pale golden colour, with relatively big bubbles. Fizzy and foamy head that dies out completely after a while. Strong sweetish aroma of ginger, glucose syrup and disgusting chemical stuff. The flavour is also very sweet, but not really disgusting - it has a lot in common with the softdrink / mixer ginger "ale". There’s just a weak notion that the basis of this drink is actually a beer. People who really like "ginger ale" might like this beer too. I’ll pass, thank you.

 

 

Consumed on July 19th out of a 0.5mL can bought in Poznan, Poland. I guess this one doesn't make it back to the states since I had to add it to BA. Poured like a Euro lager, golden with a white head that doesn't last. Smells like a lager, too. The taste is actually pretty decent. It's a hair too sweet which brings it down from a 4. Clean, crisp lager taste and sweetness in the middle. A noticeable ginger flavor in the end. Becomes a hair strong when warm, but overall a tasty brew.