August 14, 2005 - #36 of 365
Brewer: Dogfish Head Brewing Company (Delaware, USA)
Beer: Pangaea
Style: Dogfish (i.e., random)
abv: 7%
Background: Bottle from Once Upon a Vine in Richmond. Dogfish Head claims to have made this one with an ingredient from each of the seven continents. Chinese Ginger is the one they make the most mention of. I’m guessing they used Antarctic water.
Appearance: Brownish-amber with a small head composed of extraordinarily large bubbles. The head quickly disappears, but some of those huge bubbles hang to the side of the glass and gradually become regular-sized bubbles. There is also a Pangaea of bubbles that remains in the middle.
Aroma: Ginger is the most pronounced smell (though maybe only because they mention it on the bottle), but there’s a lot of crap in there—salt, raisins, molasses, vinegar, soap, alcohol.
Flavor: Like a watered-down barley wine (apparently they melted down the entire Ross Ice Shelf), but with an almost sickeningly sweet finish that is no where near balanced by a slight ginger bite. Leaves you thinking you just drank a soda. As it warms, the finish gets drier and the ginger is more noticeable.
Notes: On the one hand, it’s an interesting idea and a unique beer, but on the other, it isn’t good. They get points for creativity, though.
Rating: 3.1 out of 5
Beer: Pangaea
Style: Dogfish (i.e., random)
abv: 7%
Background: Bottle from Once Upon a Vine in Richmond. Dogfish Head claims to have made this one with an ingredient from each of the seven continents. Chinese Ginger is the one they make the most mention of. I’m guessing they used Antarctic water.
Appearance: Brownish-amber with a small head composed of extraordinarily large bubbles. The head quickly disappears, but some of those huge bubbles hang to the side of the glass and gradually become regular-sized bubbles. There is also a Pangaea of bubbles that remains in the middle.
Aroma: Ginger is the most pronounced smell (though maybe only because they mention it on the bottle), but there’s a lot of crap in there—salt, raisins, molasses, vinegar, soap, alcohol.
Flavor: Like a watered-down barley wine (apparently they melted down the entire Ross Ice Shelf), but with an almost sickeningly sweet finish that is no where near balanced by a slight ginger bite. Leaves you thinking you just drank a soda. As it warms, the finish gets drier and the ginger is more noticeable.
Notes: On the one hand, it’s an interesting idea and a unique beer, but on the other, it isn’t good. They get points for creativity, though.
Rating: 3.1 out of 5
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