Gingerbread Stout | Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
Brewed by:
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
Virginia, United States
hardywood.com
Style: Milk / Sweet Stout
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 9.20%
Availability: Fall
Notes / Commercial Description:
Brewed with baby ginger from Casselmonte Farm and wildflower honey from Bearer Farms, Hardywood Gingerbread Stout captures the terroir of central Virginia in a rich, creamy libation with a velvety mouthfeel and an intriguing evolution of flavors from milk chocolate and vanilla to honeycomb and cinnamon to a snap of ginger in the finish.
Deep, dark chocolate in color with a mahogany tint and a frothy, caramel colored head, Hardywood Gingerbread Stout offers aromatics of holiday spice originating from the ginger, and balanced with a generous dose of whole Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans and Vietnamese cinnamon. Milk sugar (lactose) contributes to the full body of this stout and tames its roasty character, while oats lend a silky quality. Enjoy fresh, or cellar for a special occasion. We hope Hardywood Gingerbread Stout contributes to your merriment this season.
55 IBU
Added by TechTriumph on 12-08-2011
HISTOGRAM
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Ratings: 1,438 | Reviews: 200
4.43/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.5/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
3.96/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
One of my first beers. Foams up well when poured and settles down to a ring. Very dark brown in color, it looks like its heavy. As soon as you pour you can smell the ginger and cloves. It smells like Christmas as you'd expect, but heavier. Warms you up with each sip, and is almost chocolatey. Hops on the aftertaste. Made me want to try more from Hardywood.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
One of my first beers. Foams up well when poured and settles down to a ring. Very dark brown in color, it looks like its heavy. As soon as you pour you can smell the ginger and cloves. It smells like Christmas as you'd expect, but heavier. Warms you up with each sip, and is almost chocolatey. Hops on the aftertaste. Made me want to try more from Hardywood.
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4.29/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.89/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.23/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
750 ml bottle poured into a tulip glass.
L---Deep, dark brown. Opaque. Big, thick light brown head that faded quickly, but left good lacing.
S---I get sweet Guinness. Some burnt malts. It's clearly a stout with sweetness, cinnamon & light gingerbread.
T---Gingerbread is more prominent in the taste, as is the cinnamon. Very nice.
F---Lighter than I would have expected. High alcohol lends no harshness. Creamy & smooth.
O---Damn good stuff. My wife's aunt gave this to me as part of a Christmas package. This is going to be the 2nd best one from the bunch,
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
750 ml bottle poured into a tulip glass.
L---Deep, dark brown. Opaque. Big, thick light brown head that faded quickly, but left good lacing.
S---I get sweet Guinness. Some burnt malts. It's clearly a stout with sweetness, cinnamon & light gingerbread.
T---Gingerbread is more prominent in the taste, as is the cinnamon. Very nice.
F---Lighter than I would have expected. High alcohol lends no harshness. Creamy & smooth.
O---Damn good stuff. My wife's aunt gave this to me as part of a Christmas package. This is going to be the 2nd best one from the bunch,
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4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.5/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.03/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Poured at 52 degrees into a tulip. Near-black with 2+ fingers of tan head that fade to a ring.
The nose is ginger, cinnamon, cola, root beer, and buttery pie crust. Hints of cherry and butterscotch.
The taste opens with cinnamon and ginger, becoming buttery and cookie-like mid-palate, before some char and bitterness ride out on the finish. The mouthfeel is medium minus. Bordering on thin, which causes a beer that's otherwise tasty to be a little less round than it should be on the backend. Hints of red fruit, licorice, and cola.
Overall, an enjoyable beer but the mouthfeel is lacking. 8-/10
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Poured at 52 degrees into a tulip. Near-black with 2+ fingers of tan head that fade to a ring.
The nose is ginger, cinnamon, cola, root beer, and buttery pie crust. Hints of cherry and butterscotch.
The taste opens with cinnamon and ginger, becoming buttery and cookie-like mid-palate, before some char and bitterness ride out on the finish. The mouthfeel is medium minus. Bordering on thin, which causes a beer that's otherwise tasty to be a little less round than it should be on the backend. Hints of red fruit, licorice, and cola.
Overall, an enjoyable beer but the mouthfeel is lacking. 8-/10
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3.5/5 rDev -18.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Gingerbread Stout from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
Beer rating:
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1,438 ratings
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