a gift!

While out and about experiencing the craft bar scene you meet some nice people.  Some of them like to share stuff with you.  Stuff like more beer!  This particular beverage is a ginger beer, promising a light and complex flavor.  It almost sounds like a tropical drink or cocktail on the bottle.

"Crabbie's"?  It's scary how people know me

The sharp, sweet smell of ginger is evident immediately.  The head is very normal for a beer, although the color is unusual - tannish and transparent rather than the typical yellow.  I think it's darker than other ginger beers I've had, although they all had the vaguely crystalline color.  At first it's on the sweet side, like a ginger ale, but a more natural spiciness comes out soon after.  It's an interesting mix of sugary lightness and limey tang with a somewhat heavier ginger spice and just a hint of bitter at the bottom of it all.  It's more like a cider than a beer, in fact, with more fruit in the taste, very summer and uplifting.  But, the fullness of the ginger warms the soul, even on chilly days.  There could be a place in the seasonal line for such a beer.