ABV: 6.2%
IBU: 20
SRM / Coloring- Deep brown, though fairly low and translucent
Most holidays have a specific identifier associated to them. New Year's eve is riddled with confetti and partying with an occasional splash of smooches if you 're in the right place. Valentine's day has everything arranged in pink and red heart shapes, and I tend to think of those chalky little hearts everyone hates to love with dumb little phrases like 'UR 2 Cute.' St. Patrick's Day (which will be amazing this year with all the breweries celebrating) has green, irish, and booze to go with it; perfect for a ginger such as myself. The fourth of July has heat, hell yeah Americana, and of course the bevy of sparklers, snakes, and other fireworks.
Yes all holidays are marked by touch, smell, sight, and feel, but strangely enough though, only a few holidays universally have the fifth sense associated with them; taste. Halloween of course has chocolate, sugary sweetness. Thanksgiving is undoubtedly turkey mixed in with stuffing and mashed potatoes. The other holidays are more generalized with how people may celebrate, but these specifically focus on a few key flavors and tastes, and Christmas is marked with eggnog, turkey, and of course gingerbread.
It starts to get cold outside and the holidays begin to fully rev up, lights go on the houses and the malls become packed with frantic shoppers, and for whatever reason I crave that spicy sweetness of gingerbread. My mom always made intricate gingerbread houses when I was younger covered in candy and frosted icing, and despite how nice the presentation was you always just wanted to rip it apart and snarf it down. I get the same feeling when drinking Triton's gingerbread beer, this time it's just liquified.
The gingerbread brown is a deeper brown lager infused with that spicy characteristic associated with gingerbread cookies. It's a medium bodied beer, which is nice because most winter associated beers are ales and thus full bodies and super thick. This one has the spicy smell and gingery taste of gingerbread and comes off sweet and clean just like the cookie. It's not likely to top egg nog as the pure christmas drink, but it'll do everything but disappoint.
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