This is our first beer from Kiuchi Brewery in Ibaraki, Japan. We tried it mainly because of our love of a good ginger beer—Mount Island Desert Ginger from Atlantic Brewing Company is still the benchmark here, although I still miss the old label, which was so much cooler.Real Ginger pours a clear caramel with an ivory tan head. The nose has a sweet candy caramel malt aroma coupled with some spicy ginger coupled. Flavors open with soft caramel and a bit of toffee before moving into a clean creamy middle with more sweetness and some herbal ginger flavors. The finish starts sweet, but dries out quickly, and has a slighty chalky or minerally characteristic and has a bit of a spicy ginger bite. Real Ginger has a medium body with a soft,
creamy, and bready mouthfeel. The carbonation is medium, but there is not much of a presence across the profile. There is also a bit of an herbal spicy tang on the back of the throat as well, which corresponds to the spicy, dry bite in the finish. Real Ginger is a well-made, interesting beer; it’s the first Top 1o Best contender of the new year.From the bottle: “Fresh ginger roots added to the brewkettle create an intriguing balance of ginger-spicy, sweet-malty and hop-dry flavors and aromas.”
From the Hitachino website (I think this is the most succint description from a brewery’s website that we’ve ever seen): “This Ginger Ale is brewed using fresh fragrant raw ginger.”
ABV: 7.0%
Malt: Marris Otter, Munich, Crystal, & Chocolate
Hops: Chinook, Perle, & Styrian Golding
IBU: 18
Specialty: Ginger
(7/6/2010)
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