Ginger Joe

Brewery: Stone's
Beer: Ginger Joe
4% 0,33l


http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/stones-ginger-joe/176712/

Stone's ginger beer is another of the treasures found in the aforementioned store. (Not to be confused with the Helsinkian Pub of the same name..) As I love Ginger ale in the non alcoholic variant I figured I should give it's alcoholy cousin a try.
The foam reminded me of sprite and dissipated fast leaving but a small isle of bubbly goodness on the drink.

Im not really sure what to expect.. something sweet? Something spicy?

It's bright golden and filtered, not cloudy at all, so no visible yeast.
Looks like a generic pub beer, maybe a tad bit darker with some slight red tones.

It smells like it's non alcoholic variety, with some medicinal undertones. Very sweet, hints of citrus but also faint cinnamon traces and some spicy notes in the end. As I am expecting something highly carbonated it shall be interesting to sample... let's get going..

In a blind test I'm not sure I would have indentified this as beer. It's very sweet, alas not unpleasantly so (unlike the Cookie beer froma  few days before). You can only guess that there is alcohol in it fro the aftertaste and even there it isnt very distinguishable.
I wonder whether this is truly BREWED with the ginger or simply mixed with some stuff later on. Sadly the bottle doesn't say.
The carbonation is not as high as I expected and blends in nicely with the giner/cinnamon taste.
It's prolly a nice summer afternoon drink, though lacks most of the beer taste... a bit like a German Radler or an English Shandy when mixed with too much soda.
I'd drink it again out of novelty reasons. I'd say go and try it if only to be able to say that yay you did... beware, however, that it is, indeed, sweet.

DMW

Bad Windsheimer Freilandmuseum Zwickel

Bad Windsheimer Freilandmuseum Zwickel
0,5l 4,8%

Brewed in one of the oldest Brewing places in Germany, this unfiltered Kellerbier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellerbier) has apparently been made in an open air museum. It's darker than what I expected of a Kellerbier (Zwickel/Kellerbier being my current favorite kind of beer). The middle strong foam dissipated very fast, but leaves a fine layer of the white bubbles on top of it. This bottle is another of the ones I found at the Guinness Book leading beer shop around the corner.
Its definitely darker / browner than a Pild and has some slight reddish / orange hues.
It smells very fresh and fruity, no yeast tones but even some hints of orange and citrus fruits. Even after a few minutes the fine foam layer is still there, alas no huge head.

It's mild carbonation is just perfect and not too strong to get painful. It surprises with shades of bitterness in the back palate, while the rest of the tongue is bathed in goodness. All in all a very good beer and a rare gem again... I wonder how much they brew at a museum...

DMW

Cookie Beer

Name: Cookie Beer
Brewer: Brasserie D'Ecaussinnes
8% 33cl

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/4260/38642

After a visit to a shop with worlds largest beer selection I found this interesting piece. It pours with a lot of foam, which dissipates quickly. the foam is cream colored and not white and the beer itself is reddish brown with a noticeable amount of yeast in it. (It's a Belgian beer and I never fully understood whether you are supposed to drink the yeast or not..) Anyways, I also chose a classical Pils tulip glass for it which prolly wasn't the best choice but yeah..

Olfactory this indeed smells slightly like German Spekulatius / finnish Piparkakku/ Gingerbread. The clove smell is mixed with a crisp citrus smell and slight tones of yeast and cinnamon. The cinnamon smell increases as the beer gains warmth.

I have been looking forward to this one for a few days now and so far postponed it because of the 8% alcohol content and I didn't feel like it till today.

Time to try the beauty...or not.. the huge yeast amount sorta made me want to let it stand for a moment longer to get the yeast to settle.

At first the taste is a strong disappointment.. the amount of sugar in it is overwhelming and coupled with the malty bitterness not one of my favorites... the before smelled spices can't really fully be tasted besides maybe the cinnamon. The rather high alcohol content can't be tasted but I can feel it in the head pretty quick.

Even after a couple of gulps I can't get myself to like this.. the taste is almost medicinal for me. It's a bit sad as I was expecting something really nicely exotic but one can't win every day. Looking forward to some of the other beauties I bought though...

DMW

Riedenburger historisches Emmer Bier
Riedenburger Brauhaus
0,5l 5.1%




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmer
www.emmerbier.de



I found this bottle in the local eco-fair trade- whatever Supermarket and I liked the label (As I am collecting those I had to get it)
I originally thought that Emmer is the name of the brewery but once I started my research I found that it is indeed the name of a VERY old grain...I also found some mouthblown beerglasses in a fleamarket shop for 2 euros .. you can see it in the picture. This held a lot of yeast which I had to get detached from the bottom of the bottle first.. pouring this filled the room with a yeasty smell... not my most favorite... also the color reminds me of a dark yeast beer...it had a rich creamy caramelish head of foam which dissipated semi fast.. but that could be because of the glas. Olfactoric this is rather neutral. It smells fresh, not as yeasty as I thought... the color still is sorta eww.... like mixing cola with orangejuice or very lightly brewed coffee... let's try this.. rather sour with bread tones.. not at all what I had expected. As it is lacking the yeast taste again.. so definitely not like a dark yeast. I like the bread taste in it I must say. It is crisp and tart it actually partly reminds me of Berliner Weisse... Weird. It's a definite summer beer that holds different interesting layers and a huge surprise.
-DMW

Eisgrub Märzen

Coming with a fine small foam, this Märzen was bought by me in a local brew-pub which I used to frequent a lot while I was still actively studying... The unfiltered beauty has a long lasting very fine white foam.
It smells fresh and crisp with some fruity yeasty side tones. Colorwise there is a slight red hue but it is far away from the usual red color a Märzen would have. Like most beers brewed directly at the point of sale it is very fresh and slightly fruity. It's perfect to take the thirst and starts the wish for more.... another favorite I have... a rare gem that I almost had forgotten about.
-DMW

Juhannus alkakoot!

Pyynnöstä liityin mukaan tähän hupaisaan blogiin uudeksi kirjoittajaksi!

Ensimmäinen postaukseni kohde on nimeltään Mariestads (5,3%). Enpäs ollut ennen kyseistä merkkiä bongannut mistään joten pitihän se keissi napata mukaan.  Ensimaultaan kyseinen tuote ei kyllä yllätä yhtään makuhermoja, onhan kyseessä siis laivalta tuotu export tuote ja sillehän se pääasiassa maistuukin, eli laimealle suomalaistyyliselle nelosoluelle... mutta kyllä tällä Juhannuksen starttaa työpäivän päätteeksi!



Jospa ensi kerralla ois jotain aidosti hyvää tarjolla, niin kuin sain maistella Belgian puolelta haettuja lomamatkalla :) Alla kuva Belgian kaupasta, voin sanoa että viihdyin...

-H

Slottkällans Zero IPA : 0,33 : 6,5 %

Jälleen kerran, kysyttäessä "Mitä sais olla?", vastasin "Humalaa."

Ja sitä tuote tosiaan tarjoilee, säilyttäen silti tuhdin hedelmäisyyden ja tukevuuden.

Jälkimaussa rasvaisuutta ja ylpeyttä.

-T