Brewer Patriot Collection - Traditional Ginger Honey Ale - Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)

Guinness4me

Florida

1.63/5  rDev -49.5%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

It smelled like wet fowl. It tasted like burnt hair. I won't be drinking this again. Ever.

If this was how beer was brewed back in the days of our forefathers, I'm glad I was born in 1965.

Maybe this beer is true to it's style? I have no clue. I usually like oak-aged ginger ales like Vernor's, but this beer was ever sweeter.

Serving type: bottle

08-12-2006 01:18:49 | More by Guinness4me

Kelp

New Hampshire

3.5/5  rDev +8.4%

04-23-2013 06:20:01 | More by Kelp

beertardis

Rhode Island

2.75/5  rDev -14.9%

03-18-2013 12:10:08 | More by beertardis

matjack85

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +31.6%

02-11-2013 23:19:53 | More by matjack85

Huffs

New York

4.23/5  rDev +31%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Had this beer in April of 2006:

Appearance: Light body and opaque. Golden color with a mildly lasting head.

Taste: Excellent balance of sweet and spice. Ginger overtones are perfect. Slightly hoppy taste.

Comments: Super refreshing beer, grear semmertime beer..

Serving type: bottle

01-28-2013 13:38:43 | More by Huffs

cliff1066

Virginia

3.25/5  rDev +0.6%

12-11-2012 02:47:45 | More by cliff1066

ms11781

Massachusetts

2.75/5  rDev -14.9%

06-30-2012 01:49:31 | More by ms11781

Wally1912

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev +8.4%

06-07-2012 15:26:01 | More by Wally1912

UncleJon206

Massachusetts

1/5  rDev -69%

05-31-2012 14:56:51 | More by UncleJon206

OldTime

Georgia

3.25/5  rDev +0.6%

02-11-2012 22:56:10 | More by OldTime

jfcaa193

Connecticut

1/5  rDev -69%

01-30-2012 02:26:25 | More by jfcaa193

bonbini26

New Jersey

2.5/5  rDev -22.6%

01-11-2012 21:55:13 | More by bonbini26

THECPJ

Delaware

3/5  rDev -7.1%

11-29-2011 19:26:57 | More by THECPJ

rab53

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -7.1%

11-25-2011 04:36:10 | More by rab53

nickfl

Florida

4/5  rDev +23.8%

11-17-2011 05:48:38 | More by nickfl

magictrokini

California

3.45/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Very interesting brew. Pours cloudy gold with a fluffy white head. Smells very lemony with ginger. A little soapy, but like one of those soaps your wife would buy. Nice honey sweetness up front that moves into the ginger and malt back. Reminds me of an herbal/homeopathic tea you would drink for a cold, but with beer mixed in. Tingly carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

01-05-2009 23:24:13 | More by magictrokini

mugglesandhops

California

3.95/5  rDev +22.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

My favorite of the collection. This is the only one i actually enjoyed drinking. Poured nice golden color. smelled of ginger, honey and lots of lemon. tasted strong of lemon as well. this is a very drinkable brew, i wish i could say the same of the others in this collection but i can't

Serving type: bottle

10-29-2008 15:02:02 | More by mugglesandhops

Golden2wenty1

Wisconsin

3.6/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

From notes. 12 oz bottle from Brewer Patriot 6 pack.

Pour: hazy light gold with tangerine highlights, under a finger of snow white foam that fades to a soapy skim.

Nose: very light - ginger, allspice, and lemon

Taste: Pungent ginger spice, clover honey, wintergreen and vanilla. They should make a candle out of this stuff.

Feel: light yet creamy with velvety carbonation.

Drinkibility/Overall: spicy and sweet, it remains surprisingly drinkable and is strikingly similar to Summer Ale, with a ginger infusion.

Serving type: bottle

02-21-2008 06:22:38 | More by Golden2wenty1

deltatauhobbit

Maine

3.53/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Taken from my old notes.

Pours a pale yellow, not much head.

Smells mostly of honey, with of course some ginger spice, and a little bit of lemon. Really interesting smelling beer.

The honey is most predominant with the taste, but with some herbal undertones. Fairly spicy and sweet. Tad too much carbonation but not over done to ruin it.

Serving type: bottle

01-06-2008 03:08:31 | More by deltatauhobbit

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

2.68/5  rDev -17%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Off notes from 10-2006. Pours a cloudy gold with a lot of large chunks of sediment floating around. Nose is strong like perfumed hand soap. No kidding. That was the first thing I thought - hand soap. Taste is very odd. Effervescent on the mouth with a tangy sweetness. Leaves a honey residue on the tongue. Mouthfeel is good, but not enough to save this one. Might be interesting to try but not to keep around.

Serving type: bottle

12-30-2007 06:05:45 | More by RblWthACoz

mat5175

Texas

2.9/5  rDev -10.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

This didn't produce enough head for my taste. Given the copious amounts of yeast in this bottle, i opted to decant this. The resulting appearance is a fairly clear golden color.

The nose is interesting but unimpressive. Ginger is certainly present as is something sweeter, though i would be hard pressed to guess honey if it wasn't on the bottle.

The ginger is only slightly present in this one, at least to my taste. That suits me quite well as the sweetness overtakes the ginger in my opinion. i admit my bias however, as ginger is not my favorite. The finish isn't all that remarkable. i wish i could say how this stacks up to the style in general, but i think this may be the only one of the type i have come across. Overall this was an enjoyable glass.

This has a lively carbonation that coupled with the sweetness worked quite well in my opinion. Other than that this is pretty average on the tongue.

i actually think that this would be pretty easy to drink multiples in a row and it would remain pretty enjoyable. But given the total lack of availability i just couldn't score it higher.

Serving type: bottle

12-11-2007 05:42:24 | More by mat5175

DoubleJ

California

3.15/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I couldn't believe it, but a liquor store near my school carried a few boxes of the Brewer Patriot Collection. So that means... welcome everyone to the Brewer Patriot Invitational! The four samples in my box will be tasted in order by their recipe number. Recipe #1 is the Ginger Honey Ale. Ii have one Invitational note, I'll be consuming these beers at about room temperature for a more authentic experience. Lead it off well for us:

Dark cloudy yellow body with yeast floating around. The head is puffy and white, and retains pretty well. Ginger and spice in the nose. Upfront in the taste, it tastes like lemon and ginger. There's some sweetness, almost cough drop like. The feel is a little flat, though I probably shouldn't be surprised given this has a best by date for last year. The aftertaste is somewhat messy, but not astringent.

Not bad for how long it's been sitting on the shelf. I hope the same can be said when the other beers get their chance. George Washington Porter will be next in the invite.

Serving type: bottle

12-04-2007 03:23:15 | More by DoubleJ

ism

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5

Cloudy orange with lots of free-floating sediment, topped with a frothy 1-finger head. Subsides and leaves patchy lacing. Sweet ginger in the nose, a bit of clean citrus zest. Slick and medium-bodied, sweet honey balancing the ginger, with lemon peel apparent. Goes down smooth and finishes honey sticky sweet. Like a heavily-sweetened ginger tea, and quite refreshing for a summer day, but too sweet and too oddball to consume regularly. Great effort in recreating it and best enjoyed as a historical artifact.

Serving type: bottle

10-19-2007 22:15:41 | More by ism

rowew

Colorado

3.38/5  rDev +4.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Presentation: 12 oz longneck, old style label to match the rest of the batch. Best by date of Oct 2006, obviously I am well after that, but it has been refrigerated since I bought it.

Appearance: Hazy yellow orange color with some chunks - medium head fades to just a bit of lacing.

Smell: Citrus dominates - slightly sweet lemon with some candied ginger aroma.

Taste: Interesting .. definitely strange, but still enjoyable. Tastes a bit medicial, but I think that is the combination of ginger, lemon, and honey. All flavors taste very authentic and not at all cloying.

Overall impression: Well, I certainly couldn't drink many of these - but it is quite enjoyable. Lots of different and interesting flavors.

Serving type: bottle

05-28-2007 19:43:52 | More by rowew

pmcadamis

Illinois

2.15/5  rDev -33.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

A - Semi hazy honey-hued brew with a thin white head that disappears quickly. Spotty suds, but no real lace at all.

S - Candy sugar and honey for sure. Ginger is there, but only in a sweet candy sort of way.

T - Herbal funk with some ginger, molasses, licorice, lemon, and mint flavors. Much like Lipton's Brisk Iced Tea. Herbal, minty, and much too lemony . For some reason this "herbal tea" taste worked in the root beer brew, but it seems weird here.

M - Refreshing, but awkward. Again, very tea-like, Gritty and old, like a mediocre beer thats been in the back of your fridge for years.

D - Poor. This is a very bizarre brew indeed...so was the root beer brew, but this just isn't doing it for me like that one did. I appreciate what they are trying to do with the rustic feel and all, but damn...this is pretty nasty.

Serving type: bottle

05-12-2007 08:28:51 | More by pmcadamis