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Gingersnap
Short's Brewing Company
- From:
- Short's Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- English Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 7.8%
- Score:
- 76
- Avg:
- 3.3 | pDev: 19.39%
- Reviews:
- 17
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 11, 2018
- Added:
- Jan 11, 2013
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 9
Dark English Brown Ale brewed with ginger, cinnamon, and molasses
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Ratings by superspak:
Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
3.41/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.41/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 10/24/2013. Pours nearly opaque dark brown color with a 1 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of huge ginger root, cinnamon, molasses, toast, biscuit, nutmeg, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Decent aromas with some solid complexity and good strength; but has way too much ginger going on. Taste of ginger, molasses, toast, biscuit, toffee, cinnamon, cocoa, nutmeg, light roast, herbal, and toasted earthiness. Minimal bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of ginger, molasses, toast, biscuit, cinnamon, nutmeg, cocoa, light roast, and herbal earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice balance and robustness of spices and dark malt flavors; with a good malt/spice balance and minimal cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a creamy, slick, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a solid spiced brown ale. Good robustness and solid balance of spice and malt flavors; and smooth to sip on for the ABV. A fairly enjoyable offering.
Dec 15, 2013More User Ratings:
Rated by Eziel from Ohio
4/5 rDev +21.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +21.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Perfect beer after getting off the slopes!
May 21, 2015Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan
4.08/5 rDev +23.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +23.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This pours a cola caramel with a thick creamy head.
The aroma is like a strong Christmas tree, with a herbaceous piney blend of goodness coming across.
The flavor is sharply bitter without being hoppy.
There’s a blend of Christmas spices, herbal and medicinal.
I like that flavor profile and the combination. Works for me.
Apr 02, 2014The aroma is like a strong Christmas tree, with a herbaceous piney blend of goodness coming across.
The flavor is sharply bitter without being hoppy.
There’s a blend of Christmas spices, herbal and medicinal.
I like that flavor profile and the combination. Works for me.
Gingersnap from Short's Brewing Company
Beer rating:
76 out of
100 with
117 ratings
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