St. Peters Strong Ale

esprit · Post by **esprit** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:10 pm

For what it's worth, the Lemon & Ginger Spiced Ale is the most asked for St. Peter's beer in our history of selling St. Peter's in Ontario. It's been quite a few years since the LCBO bought it but I get calls from people to this day. I would have preferred that this brew be more "lemony", however, there are many people out there who loved it...just goes to show you!

pootz · Post by **pootz** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:03 pm

esprit wrote:For what it's worth, the Lemon & Ginger Spiced Ale is the most asked for St. Peter's beer in our history of selling St. Peter's in Ontario. It's been quite a few years since the LCBO bought it but I get calls from people to this day. I would have preferred that this brew be more "lemony", however, there are many people out there who loved it...just goes to show you!

This sounds like a natural as a sort of spring tonic type of ale....what is the ABV and the body like is it a lighter ale for spring/summer sipping or is it more substantial?

Jon Walker · Post by **Jon Walker** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:26 pm

esprit wrote:For what it's worth, the Lemon & Ginger Spiced Ale is the most asked for St. Peter's beer in our history of selling St. Peter's in Ontario. It's been quite a few years since the LCBO bought it but I get calls from people to this day. I would have preferred that this brew be more "lemony", however, there are many people out there who loved it...just goes to show you!

There's a big demand for Miller Genuine Draft too. Demand doesn't necessarily equate to quality.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:33 pm

Well wait a sec - how can we compare ANY thumb-sucking Beer Store swill (MGD) to a fleeting seasonal Craft Beer that the public barely has a chance to notice?

We may not all LIKE the Ginger-Lemon ale but it's still great any time a 'niche market' product draws such a huge interest, in spite of our buggered-up LCBO system.

I know guys who buy EVERY St. Peters release and I respect THEIR taste far more than the Miller-SAB crowd. The BMC and MolBatt drinkers are the exasperatingly stupid Bottle Babies you can flambé if you like - they NEVER try anything good, right?

Cheers,
JK

pootz · Post by **pootz** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:06 pm

Well I'd certainly like the oppertunity to try the lemon-ginger before I decide if it's not for me.

As for getting back to the original strings topic reviewing the Saint Pete's Strong ale, I was really puzzeled by this one...it is not bad or offensive...it's actually well made and has some quality raw materials but I just could not figure out what the brewer was going for here....it is certainly a little weak in alcohol to give the full warming of a strong ale, on the other hand it had a thick malt body unlike thiner ales like ESB or pale.
Taste wise it wasn't stale or off just lacking in something to make it seem fresh or boyant.

Just can't figure this one...maybe it is great from cask and the tank-conditioned and cold filtered bottle version does not work well with this recipe.

grub · Post by **grub** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:18 pm

pootz wrote:Just can't figure this one...maybe it is great from cask and the tank-conditioned and cold filtered bottle version does not work well with this recipe.

that's exactly what i've been told. a friend of mine had it on cask at the brewery and said that it's heavenly on cask but only a disappointing shadow of its former self in bottles.

Andicus · Post by **Andicus** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:39 pm

I did try mine, but I found it fairly bland. Initially, I thought it was off because it had a kind of skunky smell to it. It didn't taste skunky, though. Just not very flavourful.