Ruth Bitter Ginsburg
Giesenbräu Bier Co.
- From:
- Giesenbräu Bier Co.
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.6 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 18, 2020
- Added:
- May 14, 2020
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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A classic British style Extra Special Bitter brewed in celebration of International Women's Day. It's exceptionally balanced: biscuity, earthy, fruity, and bitter. Named after gender equality warrior, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, this crushable ale is a beer that keeps on giving.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by MNAle from Minnesota
3.6/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I know brewers love their puns, and while this beer is intended to honor Justice Ginsburg, the name seems more like a parody to me!
Oh, well, in honor of Justice Ginsburg, here is the beer:
Aroma is fairly subdued, but has elements of dark fruit and freshly baked bread.
Color is a nice-looking mahogany deep dark amber, clear, with lots of tiny bubbles. The tan-off-white head was about 3/4 inch on the initial pour, but faded rapidly so it took a second top up for the picture, for a 1/2 inch head. Before I could settle down to evaluate the beer, the head was gone, leaving a thin cap that I expect to disappear soon (as expected, no head or any remnants by 1/4 way through... I know this style is supposed to be lightly carbonated, but for the head to collapse so quickly is a bit disappointing, TBH.)
Initial taste makes the English style of this beer apparent: dark fruits (raisins and figs), bread, a subtle sweetness hinting of caramel. Enough going on to keep it interesting. Just a hint of earthy bitterness in the middle. The finish and aftertaste are all malt and English hops flavors, ending nicely balanced with the hops and a smooth feel on the tongue.
Feel is a bit thin, and relatively flat (but not completely so), which is expected for the style.
A solid effort by Giesenbräu. They get the flavor spot on, and the bitterness correct to style (i.e. not particularly bitter by AIPA standards). It is toward the low end for ABV for the ESB style; should perhaps be more properly categorized as an English Bitter (without the ""ES""), but it is at the low end of ESB and high end of EB, so this is a minor quibble. The only truly disappointing aspect was in the ""look"" category with the fast-disappearing head, but apart from that, as I said, a solid effort.
May 18, 2020Oh, well, in honor of Justice Ginsburg, here is the beer:
Aroma is fairly subdued, but has elements of dark fruit and freshly baked bread.
Color is a nice-looking mahogany deep dark amber, clear, with lots of tiny bubbles. The tan-off-white head was about 3/4 inch on the initial pour, but faded rapidly so it took a second top up for the picture, for a 1/2 inch head. Before I could settle down to evaluate the beer, the head was gone, leaving a thin cap that I expect to disappear soon (as expected, no head or any remnants by 1/4 way through... I know this style is supposed to be lightly carbonated, but for the head to collapse so quickly is a bit disappointing, TBH.)
Initial taste makes the English style of this beer apparent: dark fruits (raisins and figs), bread, a subtle sweetness hinting of caramel. Enough going on to keep it interesting. Just a hint of earthy bitterness in the middle. The finish and aftertaste are all malt and English hops flavors, ending nicely balanced with the hops and a smooth feel on the tongue.
Feel is a bit thin, and relatively flat (but not completely so), which is expected for the style.
A solid effort by Giesenbräu. They get the flavor spot on, and the bitterness correct to style (i.e. not particularly bitter by AIPA standards). It is toward the low end for ABV for the ESB style; should perhaps be more properly categorized as an English Bitter (without the ""ES""), but it is at the low end of ESB and high end of EB, so this is a minor quibble. The only truly disappointing aspect was in the ""look"" category with the fast-disappearing head, but apart from that, as I said, a solid effort.
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