Door #18

We seem to be at sort of an equilibrium with the virus of the year.  That still means hand sanitizer and masks in public, but maybe we'll develop a new normal after all.  Got some places to visit for Beermas acquisitions.  It was on a Beermas jaunt that I picked up a Calenbeer, actually, since I couldn't think of how to fit Wychwood's Ginger Beard ginger beer into the song.  I was at Más Que Cervezas, and the people there were doing their best to help me find what I needed, as they always do, but Beermas is a little tricky.  Moreso, in a foreign language.  I guess that's all up to me, but Calenbeers don't have a lot of prerequisites.

It is definitely a beer rather than a ginger ale, what with the dark golden color and slight head.  It has an interesting aroma, with a clear smell of ginger and also that sugary hint that comes with ginger ale, and other sodas.  The taste is kind of a battle between the beer part, with a little lagery bittersweet and grain, and the ginger sugar soda.  It's something like a beer based cocktail, one that would probably come with a candy cane as a novelty stirrer.

Looking at some unorganized days coming up.  Really ought to organize myself.

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.