{"id":2835,"date":"2015-06-18T14:24:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T18:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=2835"},"modified":"2015-06-18T14:24:20","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T18:24:20","slug":"review-schramms-small-batch-ginger-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/06\/18\/review-schramms-small-batch-ginger-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Schramm\u2019s Small Batch Ginger (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6708,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/18649032440&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190115102109\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/18649032440\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 19:58:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-10 20:15:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 22:31:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 03:34:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-13 23:38:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-22 02:58:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-28 20:14:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 02:40:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 04:02:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 04:02:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6709,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/18839421781&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190125132615\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/18839421781\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 19:59:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-10 20:15:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 22:31:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 03:34:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-22 02:58:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 02:40:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 02:40:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Schramm\u2019s Small Batch Ginger&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/18649032440\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Schramm\u2019s Small Batch Ginger\"  width=\"480\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3708\/18649032440_3f1a953e2e_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.9<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big>8\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big>4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big>7\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big>4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big>16\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Only 50 bottles made. Looks like this test mead is slightly better than the regular ginger. It was intense and really only enjoyable in small quantities.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Golden yellow, a little haze \/ tiny sediment. Looks much darker than regular Ginger had side-by-side.<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; Smells spicy, oily, very faint ginger with unsweetened melon.<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; is is very spicy compared to the other ginger. Almost intense, spicy, oily, really a ton going on here. Straight up ginger but this super spicy taste.<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Dense, thick, not overly sweet.<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; I enjoyed this considerably more than the other. Still wish I loved Ginger.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Schramm\u2019s Small Batch Ginger&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/18839421781\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Schramm\u2019s Small Batch Ginger\"  width=\"480\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3889\/18839421781_2757809bdb_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3.9 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a016\/20 Only 50 bottles made. Looks like this test mead is slightly better than the regular ginger.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:12:14Z","apple_news_api_id":"ae134ec1-46ff-48e1-96f2-3c6404e371dd","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:12:14Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ArhNOwUb_SOGW8jxkBONx3Q","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-reviews","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-JJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2833,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/06\/17\/review-kuhnhenn-oh-snap\/","url_meta":{"origin":2835,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Kuhnhenn Oh Snap!","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"3.3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a03\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a012\/20 Bottle in a trade. 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