Grind-N-Shine
Ghost River Brewing Co.
- From:
- Ghost River Brewing Co.
- Tennessee, United States
- Style:
- Cream Ale
Ranked #148 - ABV:
- 5.25%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #31,758 - Avg:
- 3.55 | pDev: 11.55%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 14, 2025
- Added:
- Mar 17, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.67/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Draft at Ghost River. Poured a clear, golden orange color with a small, khaki-colored head of foam. It left sudsy lacing. It smelled of roasted coffee, caramel and toffee. Nice roasted coffee notes with caramel and a mld bitterness.
Mar 31, 2025
Reviewed by jadpsu from Georgia
3.26/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.26/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Yikes a best on date of Jan. 2020. so ten months past that.
LOOK: Pours a very clear but thin looking light orange with an off white head. Head retention is average.
AROMA: Definite coffee with cream in it aroma. Not much else.
TASTE: Nope, not for me. Too thin, and the coffee flavor is poor and as a beer or ale this one fails to deliver.
Nov 01, 2021LOOK: Pours a very clear but thin looking light orange with an off white head. Head retention is average.
AROMA: Definite coffee with cream in it aroma. Not much else.
TASTE: Nope, not for me. Too thin, and the coffee flavor is poor and as a beer or ale this one fails to deliver.
Reviewed by hoptheology from South Dakota
3.22/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.22/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
12 oz can, best by Feb 2021 (oops.)
Bearded Iris Homestyle glass.
Toasted orange color with a stable finger of head. Leaves lacing as it is swirled. Passes the test.
Aroma of funky cheddar, yeast, coffee, and blonde malts. Maybe a hint of berry.
Flavor is basic blonde ale with a hint of infection and virtually no coffee. Okay, maybe some. But barely. Some floral notes pop up here and there. Berry-twang-infection-injection. This isn't going to last long.
Feel is crisp, carbonated, slightly starchy, mild alcohol heat.
Overall, a dumper. Sorry Memphis, your game is wack. Won't revisit.
$2.29 @ Red's Wine
Jul 09, 2021Bearded Iris Homestyle glass.
Toasted orange color with a stable finger of head. Leaves lacing as it is swirled. Passes the test.
Aroma of funky cheddar, yeast, coffee, and blonde malts. Maybe a hint of berry.
Flavor is basic blonde ale with a hint of infection and virtually no coffee. Okay, maybe some. But barely. Some floral notes pop up here and there. Berry-twang-infection-injection. This isn't going to last long.
Feel is crisp, carbonated, slightly starchy, mild alcohol heat.
Overall, a dumper. Sorry Memphis, your game is wack. Won't revisit.
$2.29 @ Red's Wine
Reviewed by Coolguy_chris from Tennessee
2.79/5 rDev -21.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
2.79/5 rDev -21.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
This beer disappointed me as I’m a big fan of Ghost Rivers Grindhouse cream ale...
Poured from a can into a Pint glass.
Golden colored with some haze.
Not much on the nose for me...
Taste was somewhat raw, like Unfermented homebrew, which isn’t bad honestly, but not what I was expecting. I personally didn’t get any coffee flavor, maybe some very subtle vanilla.
Not a bad beer, but will not buy again.
Apr 03, 2019Poured from a can into a Pint glass.
Golden colored with some haze.
Not much on the nose for me...
Taste was somewhat raw, like Unfermented homebrew, which isn’t bad honestly, but not what I was expecting. I personally didn’t get any coffee flavor, maybe some very subtle vanilla.
Not a bad beer, but will not buy again.
Reviewed by chris826 from Mississippi
3.85/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.85/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is Ghost River's variant of Grindhouse cream ale with added coffee and vanilla.
L - hazy straw with thin cap
S- malts with hints of coffee and vanilla
T- follows the nose with vanilla up front followed by a slight coffee finish
F - medium bodied leaving a little stickiness
Overall this is one of my favorites from Ghost River. I really like the twist on their normal cream ale adding to the depth of flavor. Coffee isn't just for stouts anymore. I like the experimentation and would gladly pick up another sixer.
Mar 17, 2019L - hazy straw with thin cap
S- malts with hints of coffee and vanilla
T- follows the nose with vanilla up front followed by a slight coffee finish
F - medium bodied leaving a little stickiness
Overall this is one of my favorites from Ghost River. I really like the twist on their normal cream ale adding to the depth of flavor. Coffee isn't just for stouts anymore. I like the experimentation and would gladly pick up another sixer.
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