Whitewater Bee's Endeavour

Spiced with honey and root ginger I can see what they were trying to do, a modern day take on mead (I would assume). I really wanted to like this beer, particularly after having tried the Belfast Lager and confessing that I had been overly hard on the brewery because I as a non stout drinker wasn't fond of their stout. Unfortunately I'm just entirely 'meh' about the Bee's Endeavour.
It's not bad, the honey and ginger flavours are a nice presence and give it a nice nose, and the colour is beautifully rich. It's just after the initial burst of flavour it's lacking in any followup, in our slightly hipster WhatsApp beer group I referred to it as similar to flavoured soda water.
Don't get me wrong, there are worse beers out there (there's a brewery in County Meath that fairly reliably produces nothing but wank), this one just is never going to make it into the regular rotation.
I would suggest that this is a beer you buy because you want to try the combination of flavours, and it is worth trying, expanding your horizons and all that, but then go "Alright, now what's next?". 

Type
Golden Ale

Country of Origin
Ireland (Northern)

Brewer
Whitewater Brewery

ABV
4.8%

Size
500ml bottle

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