Gingerbread Porter
Cowbell Brewing Co.
- From:
- Cowbell Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.29 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 31, 2024
- Added:
- Oct 29, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
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Brewed with dark, toasted, intense malts and complemented by molasses, ginger, nutmeg and a touch of natural flavour.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.29/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.29/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
473 mL can from the LCBO, included in Cowbell's Winter Mixer; dated Aug 31 2023 and served barely chilled.
Pours an opaque cola brown colour with glints of ruby red 'round the edges of the glass. Nearly two fingers of foamy tan-coloured head rises from the surface, wilting within two minutes or so; a modest collar and some filmy patches on the surface are all that remain. Strange aroma - kind of rubbery, like a new pair of boots, with hints of nutmeg, baker's chocolate, boiling malt extract/wort and ginger.
Its flavour is disjointed, and not particularly representative of gingerbread. I'm getting chocolate syrup, cherry cola and molasses, with ginger and nutmeg spiciness gaining steam by mid-sip. Finishes a little sweet, with roasted malts and molasses fading into an ashy, slightly spicy aftertaste that loiters on the tastebuds. Light-medium in body, with low carbonation and a smooth, slick mouthfeel that might be the highlight of the session; fair drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.29, a C+. The can is exactly 7 months old today, so maybe Cowbell's Gingerbread Porter just aged very poorly - but even granting the fact that it's likely past its prime, there is nothing here that screams "gingerbread" to me. This one misses the mark: most obviously on the nose, but also in terms of the flavour profile, i.e. what it was going for in the first place. Not Cowbell's best work... I usually like their beers, but even when they don't impress me, they're typically better than this.
Mar 31, 2024Pours an opaque cola brown colour with glints of ruby red 'round the edges of the glass. Nearly two fingers of foamy tan-coloured head rises from the surface, wilting within two minutes or so; a modest collar and some filmy patches on the surface are all that remain. Strange aroma - kind of rubbery, like a new pair of boots, with hints of nutmeg, baker's chocolate, boiling malt extract/wort and ginger.
Its flavour is disjointed, and not particularly representative of gingerbread. I'm getting chocolate syrup, cherry cola and molasses, with ginger and nutmeg spiciness gaining steam by mid-sip. Finishes a little sweet, with roasted malts and molasses fading into an ashy, slightly spicy aftertaste that loiters on the tastebuds. Light-medium in body, with low carbonation and a smooth, slick mouthfeel that might be the highlight of the session; fair drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.29, a C+. The can is exactly 7 months old today, so maybe Cowbell's Gingerbread Porter just aged very poorly - but even granting the fact that it's likely past its prime, there is nothing here that screams "gingerbread" to me. This one misses the mark: most obviously on the nose, but also in terms of the flavour profile, i.e. what it was going for in the first place. Not Cowbell's best work... I usually like their beers, but even when they don't impress me, they're typically better than this.
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