Safe Date Ginger Golden Ale
Panda Brew
- From:
- Panda Brew
- China
- Style:
- Herb and Spice Beer
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.19 | pDev: 3.13%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Aug 04, 2019
- Added:
- Aug 09, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.29/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.29/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
BOTTLE courtesy of Silverpig who brought it to me from Shanghai - thanks, mate! 330ml with an uncommon pull-tab aluminum cap. Black and white label art nods towards the panda theme of the brewery. Brown glass.
"Safe Date Ginger Golden Ale." 12 degrees Plato. 5% ABV.
APPEARANCE: Pours a filtered golden body - clear and vibrant. Head is off-white and a bit on the thin side. Cobwebby lacing adheres to the glass' sides as it recedes, which takes a good ~5 minutes.
AROMA: Ginger is unmistakable - very prominent. Aside from that, there's not a lot happening - some 2-row barley/pale malt, some mild floral hop aromatics, a blip of Tripel-like sweet honeyed malt. Clove honey aromatics (from malt).
TASTE: Has a nice ginger presence - enough to make it clear this is a ginger ale, but not so much it's overwhelming. Raw ginger lingers into the aftertaste, finishing herbal and with a bit of bite. Pale/golden malts comprise the malt backbone, with floral hop flavours keeping it from tasting too sweet or simplistic.
It's very no-frills for a ginger golden ale, but it ticks all the boxes it needs to. Not horribly intricately built, but it's pleasant and approachable.
TEXTURE: Smooth, dry, overcarbonated, medium-bodied, and somewhat refreshing. Its dryness renders it parching on the back end.
OVERALL: The ginger could taste more fresh and the beer could be more complex. Depth of flavour isn't impressive, either. It's a drinkable ginger ale that I'm sure is a nice change of pace from Snow beer when in mainland China, but I can't say it's a horribly impressive beer in its own right. Worth trying, sure, but not a beer I'd buy regularly unless I was tired of Chinese macros while traveling.
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Aug 04, 2019"Safe Date Ginger Golden Ale." 12 degrees Plato. 5% ABV.
APPEARANCE: Pours a filtered golden body - clear and vibrant. Head is off-white and a bit on the thin side. Cobwebby lacing adheres to the glass' sides as it recedes, which takes a good ~5 minutes.
AROMA: Ginger is unmistakable - very prominent. Aside from that, there's not a lot happening - some 2-row barley/pale malt, some mild floral hop aromatics, a blip of Tripel-like sweet honeyed malt. Clove honey aromatics (from malt).
TASTE: Has a nice ginger presence - enough to make it clear this is a ginger ale, but not so much it's overwhelming. Raw ginger lingers into the aftertaste, finishing herbal and with a bit of bite. Pale/golden malts comprise the malt backbone, with floral hop flavours keeping it from tasting too sweet or simplistic.
It's very no-frills for a ginger golden ale, but it ticks all the boxes it needs to. Not horribly intricately built, but it's pleasant and approachable.
TEXTURE: Smooth, dry, overcarbonated, medium-bodied, and somewhat refreshing. Its dryness renders it parching on the back end.
OVERALL: The ginger could taste more fresh and the beer could be more complex. Depth of flavour isn't impressive, either. It's a drinkable ginger ale that I'm sure is a nice change of pace from Snow beer when in mainland China, but I can't say it's a horribly impressive beer in its own right. Worth trying, sure, but not a beer I'd buy regularly unless I was tired of Chinese macros while traveling.
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Reviewed by BucBasil from Rwanda
3.09/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.09/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bought from an expat grocery store in Jing'An District in Shanghai, China.
Poured from the 330mL bottle into a pint glass. The beer is a cloudy golden-orange color (a bit like a hefeweizen) with little head that quickly dissipates.
The beer smells a bit like dish soap, with a hint of the promised ginger coming through faintly. More citrusy and a bit bready, but that dish soap tang kind of overpowers it.
The taste is better, with a definite ginger note on top of honey and slight bread flavor. In the finish there is a honey citrusy note that is pleasant and refreshing. A bit stronger taste than ginger ale but not as strong as ginger beer.
A fun experiment here in China, but I don't think I will get this again.
Aug 09, 2016Poured from the 330mL bottle into a pint glass. The beer is a cloudy golden-orange color (a bit like a hefeweizen) with little head that quickly dissipates.
The beer smells a bit like dish soap, with a hint of the promised ginger coming through faintly. More citrusy and a bit bready, but that dish soap tang kind of overpowers it.
The taste is better, with a definite ginger note on top of honey and slight bread flavor. In the finish there is a honey citrusy note that is pleasant and refreshing. A bit stronger taste than ginger ale but not as strong as ginger beer.
A fun experiment here in China, but I don't think I will get this again.
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