Cinnamon Girl
Brew Revolution
- From:
- Brew Revolution
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Herb and Spice Beer
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 29, 2024
- Added:
- Dec 29, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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The biscuity, malty base of a brown ale aged on Ceylon cinnamon and Madagascar vanilla. 20 IBU
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.52/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.52/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
473 mL can, Day 7 of Nita Beer's 2024 Advent Calendar; no canning date and served slightly chilled.
Pours a muddy sienna brown colour with brick red highlights, producing nearly two fingers of foamy, beige-tinted head that lasts for the better part of five minutes. A decent smattering of stringy lace is deposited onto the glass, with a tight collar and patchy cap lasting on. Plenty of cassia cinnamon on the nose, with vanilla also difficult to miss - beyond that, I'm getting toasted nuts and bready malts, with shades of brown sugar and root beer.
Tastes fine at first, but the finish and aftertaste are overbearing. Hints of brown sugar, toasted nuts and biscuity, bready malts give way to vanilla and significant cassia spiciness by mid-sip; the spiciness lasts through the finish and beyond, lending a drying, almost astringent feel to the aftertaste. Light in body, with moderate carbonation that provides some crispness; the mouthfeel is watery and a little thin. Tiresome to drink - one serving is more than enough for me.
Final Grade: 3.52, a B grade. With apologies to Neil Young, I would not be happy the rest of my life with this Cinnamon Girl. You could argue that this belongs in the (American) brown ale category, but the cinnamon is so heavy-handed that I can't seriously consider this to be anything other than a spiced ale, or maybe a poor man's winter warmer. Unbalanced even for a spiced beer, and unusually thin-bodied considering the "snickerdoodle" gimmick. It really didn't do much for me, and I'm not sure I'd recommend it to other BAs - at least not those without a serious affinity for cinnamon.
Dec 29, 2024Pours a muddy sienna brown colour with brick red highlights, producing nearly two fingers of foamy, beige-tinted head that lasts for the better part of five minutes. A decent smattering of stringy lace is deposited onto the glass, with a tight collar and patchy cap lasting on. Plenty of cassia cinnamon on the nose, with vanilla also difficult to miss - beyond that, I'm getting toasted nuts and bready malts, with shades of brown sugar and root beer.
Tastes fine at first, but the finish and aftertaste are overbearing. Hints of brown sugar, toasted nuts and biscuity, bready malts give way to vanilla and significant cassia spiciness by mid-sip; the spiciness lasts through the finish and beyond, lending a drying, almost astringent feel to the aftertaste. Light in body, with moderate carbonation that provides some crispness; the mouthfeel is watery and a little thin. Tiresome to drink - one serving is more than enough for me.
Final Grade: 3.52, a B grade. With apologies to Neil Young, I would not be happy the rest of my life with this Cinnamon Girl. You could argue that this belongs in the (American) brown ale category, but the cinnamon is so heavy-handed that I can't seriously consider this to be anything other than a spiced ale, or maybe a poor man's winter warmer. Unbalanced even for a spiced beer, and unusually thin-bodied considering the "snickerdoodle" gimmick. It really didn't do much for me, and I'm not sure I'd recommend it to other BAs - at least not those without a serious affinity for cinnamon.
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