Wynkoop Gruit Ale
Wynkoop Brewing Company

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From:
Wynkoop Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Gruit / Ancient Herbed Ale
ABV:
Not listed
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
2.43 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 13, 2003
Added:
Jun 13, 2003
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
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Reviewed by Mitchster from Michigan

2.43/5  rDev 0%
look: 1.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1
A type of ale made without hops, this beer is instead "spiced" with rosemary, myrica gale, and yarrow. Evidently, gale contains toxic flavonoid glycosides. Yumm. Frontal labotomy...bottle in front of me? Hrmmmm. Cloudy, dark brown without a head with no retention or lace. Aroma is minty, with notes of sage, ginger, and sasparilla. Taste is extremely herbal, spicy with alternating bouts of malt and medicine. Dry with a lasting malty finish. Mouthfeel is very syrupy and cloying with a potent kick of alcohol. Different, interesting, but not at all drinkable.
Jun 13, 2003