After the disappointment with the Phillips Ginger Beer, and Crabbie's still unavailable, I was pleased to see this beer on the shelf of my local beer store. In my opinion, ginger beer should have a real bite of ginger along with some of the heat that ginger naturally has. On with the review!
Penpont pours into the glass a beautiful gold colour with absolutely no head. When I looked at the beer in the glass the first time, there was a fair amount of carbonation, but when I went to drink it just a minute or less later, there was virtually none. This beer goes flat in no time at all. My first whiff reveals a light scent of ginger and a light scent of malt and not much else. My first sip yields a slightly fruity taste and a faint taste of ginger. There is no bite of the ginger, nothing that makes you sit up and take notice. I suppose I should be glad that unlike in the Phillips Ginger Beer, this one doesn't taste like it didn't wash the ginger; no earthy tones at all. With little in the way of hops, and no real ginger bite, the sweet flavours really take over this beer, leaving it taste very sweet, almost syrupy. In the end, Penpont Ginger beer isn't any better than Phillips Ginger Beer. I have noticed that as I rate more beers, it takes more to get a very good rating. If I were to rate the Philips for the first time now, it would probably receive a similar rating to the Penpont.
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May your glass always be full of good beer!
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