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Green Tea and Ginseng Ale
Submitted by Bruce Ticknor on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 19:02
Brewery Name:
Beer Style:
Specialty Ale
Serving Style.:
650 ML Bottle
Alcohol Content:
4.2% ABV
Where Purchased?:
L.C.B.O.
Green Tea and Ginseng Ale
A very thick, slightly off-white head which reduces fairly quickly to a clumpy, rocky layer.
The colour of this ale is amber and quite cloudy. Looks full and heavy.
Aroma is a sweet sour smell, some caramel notes and a pickle like sourness.
The feel is very rich and creamy, full and satisfying like a good oatmeal stout feel.
The taste is quite sour at first hit. A sauerkraut type of sour, not unpleasant at all. There is a tannin bitterness toward the end of the taste, like you find in tea. I don't overtly taste any tea but the drying tannin feel reminds me of it.
There are some vanilla notes buried in there and a bit of citrus hoppiness. For me, this beers best point is the fullness of the mouthfeel. It feels like a meal, like a good rich stout.
The tastes blend together very nicely and add to the whole experience. I really can't say I taste the green tea, and I don't even know what ginseng is supposed to taste like, but I like the overall combination of flavours in this beer.
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Dragon Stout
Click on the Title to Comment on this review.| reviewed by: John H.  | Serving Style: 300 ml. bottle Where Purchased: L.C.B.O. Beer Rating: |
Dragon Stout
Black with a thick tan head.
Citrus and chocolate nose.
Sweet molasses like flavor to start with citrus undertones. Bitter middle with a creamy mouth feel. Ends with a citrus tingle on the tongue.
Not bad but not great.
Dragon Stout
Click on the Title to Comment on this review.| reviewed by: Bruce Ticknor  | Serving Style: 330 ML Bottle Where Purchased: L.C.B.O. Beer Rating: |
Dragon Stout
A dark tan coloured medium sized head on a very dark, almost black coloured, stout.
The aroma is quite citusy with some noticeable chocolate overtones.
This is a very citrusy tasting beer with lots of coffee/chocolate tastes. There is a hint of alcohol taste in the finish.
The carbonation is quite high and there is a strong sweetness which is almost overpowering.
The tastes change quite a lot as the beer warms, citrus tastes recede and then return again later. The molasses like sweetness stays the course and a slight and not very pleasant bitterness becomes pronounced and lasts in the aftertaste.
Not my favorite stout.