O’hare’s Beer Club December 2012 Box
Limited Release
From Victoria BC’s Vancouver Island Brewery comes their “Dough Head Gingerbread Ale” a spiced ale. The colour of the beer is an amber/brown with an off white head. The aroma of this brew consists of overwhelmingly of gingerbread! You also detect notes of ginger, clove, malts and cinnamon on the nose. The flavour of the beer is not far off from the aroma with every sip consisting of an overwelming gingerbread flavour with notes of malts, cinnamon, clove, ginger and an ever so slight hint of hops. This beer is like drinking a gingerbread man! I keep on hearing “Not the gum drop buttons!”. The beer has an alcohol content of 5.5% and an IBU of 25. This is a great beer to share with a friend!
Commercial Description: Mix and pat, and bake in a pan, get this gingerbread ale while you can. Dough Head mixes the best of brewing and baking to create a beer with a touch of spice that is balanced with a malty sweetness. So instead of a trail of breadcrumbs through the dark forest, follow this delicious treat for a pint of perfection!
Food Pairing according to O’hare’s Beer Club notes are as follows: Jerk Chicken or sushi
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I was wondering about this one. Seems I’ve been holding off on the gingerbread beers of late, wonder why.
truthfully I was not going to buy this beer but it came in my Beer Club box this month so I tried it. It is really good to have a bottle and share it with a friend. May be to much for a full bottle at one time by yourself though!
Beer Club? As in free samples in the mail? Or a flat flee followed by samples in the mail? How does one join and what does it entail?
The beerclub is through a pub in richmond called O’hare’s Pub. They usually have 8 to 10 beer in a box. Every two months you pick the box up from their beerstore. It cost around 60 buck each box
Ah, I see. I must investigate to see if there’s a local chapter 😉
I hope there is!
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Sipping on a Dough-Boy Gingerbread right now. It’s incredibly rich, with a very pronounced nutmeg/gingerbread taste. An amazing blend of spices in every. single. sip.
Amazing, really… Februrary, and it tastes like I’m drinking Christmas 😉