Good Juju (Ginger Ale) | Left Hand Brewing Company
Brewed by:
Left Hand Brewing Company
Colorado, United States
lefthandbrewing.com
Style: Herbed / Spiced Beer
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.50%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by BeerAdvocate on 10-27-2001
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Ratings: 1,306 | Reviews: 429
3.11/5 rDev -8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.59/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
L: poured from bottle into a frosted pilsner glass. Slight white head. Color yellow/gold.
S: ginger comes through, also other spice, malt.
T: immediate ginger then nutmeg and pumpkin spice
F: medium light, perky carbonation.
O: very different composiin and taste. Interesting but not a favorite.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
L: poured from bottle into a frosted pilsner glass. Slight white head. Color yellow/gold.
S: ginger comes through, also other spice, malt.
T: immediate ginger then nutmeg and pumpkin spice
F: medium light, perky carbonation.
O: very different composiin and taste. Interesting but not a favorite.
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3.83/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.23/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
12oz can poured into a pint glass
A: Pale brown with a thin head
S: Light malt/brown sugar/ginger
T: Light flavors that match the nose
M: Light-bodied, a touch of spice
O: I was hoping to use this in a cocktail that called for ginger beer but it doesn't have nearly the intensity of other ginger beers whether with alcohol or NA that I've had. As is not bad for the spiced beer category just not very complex or bold
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
12oz can poured into a pint glass
A: Pale brown with a thin head
S: Light malt/brown sugar/ginger
T: Light flavors that match the nose
M: Light-bodied, a touch of spice
O: I was hoping to use this in a cocktail that called for ginger beer but it doesn't have nearly the intensity of other ginger beers whether with alcohol or NA that I've had. As is not bad for the spiced beer category just not very complex or bold
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4/5 rDev +17.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This was poured into a nonic. The appearance was a glossy to hazy burnt off orange to bent amber color. Some transparency. Light carbonation could be seen rising at a moderate pace. Filmy little bit of a white head. The smell had the spicy ginger root up front. Sly little bit of citrus hops. Nicely "carrying" sweet caramel to toffee malt backing up to rye aroma nicely. The flavor takes all of the aromas to blend at a nice pace. Rides all together on into the aftertaste and a semi-quick finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. Fairly decent sessionability about it. Overall, as a "ginger" beer, I see nothing wrong with it. Me, I’d definitely come back to this.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This was poured into a nonic. The appearance was a glossy to hazy burnt off orange to bent amber color. Some transparency. Light carbonation could be seen rising at a moderate pace. Filmy little bit of a white head. The smell had the spicy ginger root up front. Sly little bit of citrus hops. Nicely "carrying" sweet caramel to toffee malt backing up to rye aroma nicely. The flavor takes all of the aromas to blend at a nice pace. Rides all together on into the aftertaste and a semi-quick finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. Fairly decent sessionability about it. Overall, as a "ginger" beer, I see nothing wrong with it. Me, I’d definitely come back to this.
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3.71/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.58/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.14/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.38/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
4.29/5 rDev +25.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Amber, Darker than Saison au Miel, lighter than Sawtooth. Solid head of small bubbles, no lacing. Aroma of sourdough, ginger, spice. Palate of ginger, nutmeg, hay, pumpkin, caramel, toffee, wheat bread; finish of lightly sweet candies ginger. Pros I love ginger, sweetness is balanced (off dry). Cons of complexity. 87/100
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Amber, Darker than Saison au Miel, lighter than Sawtooth. Solid head of small bubbles, no lacing. Aroma of sourdough, ginger, spice. Palate of ginger, nutmeg, hay, pumpkin, caramel, toffee, wheat bread; finish of lightly sweet candies ginger. Pros I love ginger, sweetness is balanced (off dry). Cons of complexity. 87/100
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3.75/5 rDev +10%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz. Bottle
Pours a pretty nice yellowish color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy/foamy white head, which leaves some sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, yeasty, with some spice notes, ginger. The taste is malty, yeasty, spicy, ginger, Medium body. Overall, a pretty tasty brew.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz. Bottle
Pours a pretty nice yellowish color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy/foamy white head, which leaves some sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, yeasty, with some spice notes, ginger. The taste is malty, yeasty, spicy, ginger, Medium body. Overall, a pretty tasty brew.
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3.96/5 rDev +16.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.42/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
2.85/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours the delightful color of Ginger Ale with...almost no head :-( a slight puffy ring develops but it's not much in the way of substance.
Aromas of fresh ginger, cinnamon, and some garbage.
Mostly flavorless, with slight hints of ginger and vinegar, some slight spice rack action going on.
Feel magically disappears as soon as it hits the palate. Almost like it fizzles and evaporates.
Overall, Good JuJu is a big boo-boo. The club soda flavors mixed with hints of unfavorable tastes results in a poor experience.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours the delightful color of Ginger Ale with...almost no head :-( a slight puffy ring develops but it's not much in the way of substance.
Aromas of fresh ginger, cinnamon, and some garbage.
Mostly flavorless, with slight hints of ginger and vinegar, some slight spice rack action going on.
Feel magically disappears as soon as it hits the palate. Almost like it fizzles and evaporates.
Overall, Good JuJu is a big boo-boo. The club soda flavors mixed with hints of unfavorable tastes results in a poor experience.
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3.89/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
look: 2.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3/5 rDev -12%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A gifted beer that I wasn't overly enthralled about trying, but that I actually found mildly interesting. Pale yellow and translucent, the nose finds a mild spiciness from the ginger. Taste is light and somewhat fizzy, with a mild note of ginger ale on the palate. Neither particularly sweet or bitter, the overwhelming recollection I had was a bottle of Corona with the obligatory lime wedge jammed into the neck. Not that it tasted exactly like that, but there was something vaguely familiar / representative of that combo: I.e. a thin-low ABV beer with an additional note on top.
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look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A gifted beer that I wasn't overly enthralled about trying, but that I actually found mildly interesting. Pale yellow and translucent, the nose finds a mild spiciness from the ginger. Taste is light and somewhat fizzy, with a mild note of ginger ale on the palate. Neither particularly sweet or bitter, the overwhelming recollection I had was a bottle of Corona with the obligatory lime wedge jammed into the neck. Not that it tasted exactly like that, but there was something vaguely familiar / representative of that combo: I.e. a thin-low ABV beer with an additional note on top.
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3.28/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Good Juju (Ginger Ale) from Left Hand Brewing Company
3.41
out of 5
based on 1,306 ratings.
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75