Collective Project: Berliner Lime & Ginger
Collective Arts Brewing

Collective Project: Berliner Lime & GingerCollective Project: Berliner Lime & Ginger
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From:
Collective Arts Brewing
 
Ontario, Canada
Style:
Berliner Weisse
ABV:
4.4%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.79 | pDev: 10.55%
Reviews:
10
Ratings:
27
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 05, 2019
Added:
Jun 12, 2018
Wants:
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Gots:
  2
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Ratings by kier:
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Rated by kier from Canada (ON)

4.05/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Jul 01, 2018
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Rated: 3.8 by emerge077 from Illinois

Jul 05, 2019
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Reviewed by BGDrock from Canada (ON)

4.03/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pale straw colour verging on honey gold, hazy, airy and thick white head with good retention.
Lime and ginger all the way - immediate sense of ginger beer, sweet with that spicy kick.
Taste is plenty tart, clearly of lime, with a dash of salt that brings to mind a margarita; only a whisper of ginger, might have missed it if not for the aroma; puckeringly dry mouthfeel, you're not gulping this down, but it's super refreshing on a hot dry day and a welcome change from the lager or IPA you're drinking; medium body and carbonation, soft on palate, very easy drinking but not watery.

It's one dimensional, but it's a great dimension. Try with tacos/Mexican, Indian food.
Dec 30, 2018
 
Rated: 3.81 by Chasecrandell from New York

Oct 30, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by Jotora from Canada (ON)

Oct 07, 2018
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Reviewed by TheHammer from Canada (ON)

3.93/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Produced a finger and a half of head that did not lace but did stick around for a decent period of time. The body is a a clear yellow that doesn't show off much carbonation.

Smell: As advertised, as abundant lime to a backdrop of ginger. Not exactly complex, but didn't really expect it. Potency is in high gear from the get go. Warming not needed.

Taste: Once again, as advertised as it starts with a strong our lime with a ginger snap. There's not a lot more to say then that. It's done well, but a bouquet of beer with a swath of range it is not.

Mouthfeel: For something this sour, it does a great job of keeping the aftertaste in check. The carbonation is good, but because the beer doesn't have a lot of range, transitioning isn't really something that can be commented on. I do like how the ginger adds a slight dry touch to the aftertaste.

Drinkability: Refreshing and easy to drink, light bodied and crisp. It's sour but well reigned in and just works. Really my only issue is that it isn't very beer like. Still, it went down right quick.

Final Thoughts: A great summer drinker, but that's really the only time this stuff would be appropriate, which is a bit of the shame. The lime over rides the ginger and the two override the beer. Certainly a great offering, and one of the better sour's I've had.
Sep 30, 2018
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Reviewed by csmrx7 from Canada (AB)

3.71/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
I have never had a beer that presents fresh lime quite like this. It is pretty unique. A little strange for the senses as the nose is heavy ginger but the flavor is heavy lime and that is what brings this down
Sep 28, 2018
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Rated by Ghrymm from Canada (BC)

3.14/5  rDev -17.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
Defiantly not my style of beer. The smell and taste are not for me.
Sep 27, 2018
 
Rated: 3.96 by Tivlavrie from Canada (AB)

Sep 23, 2018
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Reviewed by SpeedwayJim from New York

3.84/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
16oz. can into a Night Shift stemware. Shared with schen9303.

Nose is fresh. Lime and ginger are very apparent with hints of yeast and citrus zest. Tasty. Beer opens tart. Lime, ginger and lemon starburst. Spritzy with a slowly building pucker. Foamy at the finish. Body is light with ample carbonation. Prickly and lively on the palate and goes down dry and filmy. A little too carbonated for my taste.

Decent. The ginger is a little strange for me but the lime profile is spot on here.
Sep 15, 2018
 
Rated: 3.89 by JPNesker from Canada (ON)

Aug 22, 2018
 
Rated: 3.79 by groleau from Canada (QC)

Aug 22, 2018
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Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)

3.99/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance - Pours a pale straw with three fingers of fizzy white head.

Smell - lime, fresh ginger, biscuity malts, spicy earthy hops, and hint of funky yeast.

Taste - Starts off with a pungent zing from the lime and then goes into the ginger. Then the flavour goes to very tart and salty (but pleasant). The spicy hops and hint of funky yeast finish the brew off.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate to high carbonation. Finishes sticky with the tartness and saltiness lingering.

Overall - A bold and zingy brew that displays the lime and ginger very well. It almost reminds me of having a ginger beer but yet again, the folks at Collective Arts seem to stretch the boundaries and deliver another solid brew.
Aug 18, 2018
 
Rated: 2.2 by quadmad from Canada (ON)

Aug 18, 2018
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Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland

3.72/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from the can into a wheat ale glass. Canned May 16th 2018.

Lots of soft foam out of the can with a bit of a gush. Chunk soft towers of white foam, that does settle down nicely, into a good pencilled collar. Nearly straw colored body, with a touch of opaque lemon haze. Good amounts of visible carbonation.

Aroma touches a little bit of lactic souring acid, and a mix of ginger that it comes off smelling more like Canada Dry Gingerale. Lots of Roses Lime cordial like touches on this also, with very little malt or yeast character.

Palate makes some better inroads. Light bodied, with a touch of seltzery club soda quality flavors. Rocky and mineral with lime sourness mixing in with a faint touch of wheat and light malt. Flirts with a little bit of bakery bread but doesn't quite get there. Refreshing, almost crispy and tangy but with a surprising amount of lengthy flavors and depth.

Pretty interesting take and a good quencher.
Aug 08, 2018
 
Rated: 4.01 by polloenfuego from Canada (NB)

Jul 31, 2018
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)

4.16/5  rDev +9.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
473 mL can from the LCBO; dated Jun 12 2018 and served slightly chilled.

Pours a turbid, pale yellow colour, generating 1/4 of an inch of loose, bubbly white froth that fizzles itself right out of existence within a minute's time. A thin collar sticks around for a little while longer, but eventually the surface is left barren, with no cap or lacing. Not the most attractive glass of beer I've ever seen, but hey, sometimes that comes with the territory - and besides, the aroma makes up for whatever it may lack visually. Ginger root is the most prominent feature on display, accented subtly by hints of lime zest, lactic acidity and wheaty pale malt sweetness. Kinda reminds me of my favourite non-alcoholic ginger beer; good stuff so far.

This is a very solid sour spiced beer, with its ingredients playing off one another to superb effect. The lime, in particular, provides a pleasant, juicy citrus note that gets the sip started off, but also helps to blunt the lactic acid sharpness (which might otherwise dominate, as it often does in unflavoured 'base' BWs). The wheaty pale malts do manage to provide a little bit of grainy background sweetness, but it's the adjuncts that take over towards the end of the sip - that's where the ginger spice really starts to assert itself, lasting through to a sour lemon-lime finish with briefly lingering candied ginger notes. Light-ish in body, with lively carbonation that prickles the palate continuously, resulting in a crisp, refreshing texture that is well-suited for this brew's sour lime/spicy ginger duo.

Final Grade: 4.16, an A-. Berliner Lime & Ginger is one of the most easy-drinking, enjoyable Berliners I've tried to date. Despite being a fairly low abv style, I often find BWs to be too tart and palate-exhausting to be viable session options... but this one solves that problem brilliantly, as the lime gives the flavour profile a fruitier, far less sharp tone, whilst the ginger provides a spicy kick that really hits the spot. I'm an admitted cheapskate, but I'll keep paying $4 a can for the rest of the summer, because this is just that good.
Jul 31, 2018
 
Rated: 4.09 by bixby1971 from Canada (ON)

Jul 22, 2018
 
Rated: 3.76 by wordemupg from Canada (AB)

Jul 15, 2018
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.92/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
473ml can - the ingredient list on the label does not contain limes. Are there hops that can do that, like with orange, grapefruit, and lemon esters?

This beer pours a hazy, pale golden straw colour, with three fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and fizzy eggshell white head, which leaves very little in the way of lace anywhere near the glass as it quickly evaporates.

It smells of fresh ginger root, lime juice, gritty and grainy cereal malt, and a bit of earthy bitterness. The taste is salted lime margarita sans the tequila kick, a kind of vegetal ginger thing, grainy and crackery pale malt, wet salty Wheat Thins, and more well-understated earthy, musty, and floral noble hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly active in its palate-pinging frothiness, the body a so-so medium weight, and sort of smooth, with a bit of lime acridity and ginger heat making problems for the locals here. It finishes trending dry, for the same reasons just mentioned.

Overall - I'm guessing that the lack of mention of lime was simply an oversight, as there is plenty of that flavour spread throughout this offering. This is a crisp and refreshing tipple, one which pairs well with another sunny July afternoon in good ol' Wide Rose Country.
Jul 12, 2018
Collective Project: Berliner Lime & Ginger from Collective Arts Brewing
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 27 ratings