Spunky yellow fruited sunshine and zesty lemon spritz gain phenol hop spicing over white bread spine for decent summertime lawnmowing fodder.
Tag Archives: summer ale
FAT ORANGE CAT KITTENS SUMMER ALE
On tap at Pompton Craft House, easygoing pale wheat ale with mild lemon-candied grapefruit tartness contrasting spritzy orange peel sweetness as wispy currant and juniper berry snips flutter.
CAPTAIN ZIG SOUND SUMMER
On tap at Hop & Vine Taproom, dry summertime pale ale lets spritzy grapefruit, orange and pineapple tropicalia pickup skunked cannabis waft settle above mild sourdough breading.
SAMUEL ADAMS SUMMER CITRUS WHEAT ALE – 2023
Easygoing lighter, brighter ’23 version retains lemon lime zesting of yore and white-peppered grains of paradise spritz of not long ago. Softly fizzed lemon-candied brining perfect complement for seafaring events.
ANDERSON VALLEY SUMMER SOLSTICE CERVEZA CREMA – NITRO
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, superb nitro version of highly respected summer ale heightens softly creamed éclair mouthfeel and kettle corn-buttered caramelization while lessening tropical fruiting. Mild lemon meringue, mandarin orange, white peach and fig illusions delicately linger behind.
BRAVEN VIBES SUMMER ALE
BAXTER SUMMER SWELTER
FLESK KAI SUMMER ALE
Adequate blonde ale never fully integrates advertised ginger spicing with herbaceous white-peppered grapefruit bittering and floral hibiscus-lotus-lilac bouquet. Sessionable summertime fodder.
GREENPORT HARBOR SUMMER ALE
Workable soft-toned ‘golden ale infused with Orange Blossom honeyed’ cereal grains picks up musty earthen fungi and herbal black peppering above barren grassy-hopped dried fruiting. Mildewed apricot, lemon rot and moldy peach undertones get soured by raw honeyed sinew. Overall, lacking sunny citric spicing of more stylish hot weather moderation’s.
UINTA SUM’R SUMMER ALE
On tap at Three Wise Monks, drab yellow-fruited souring picks up soft herbaceous whim over mild grassy-hopped wheat straw acridity and earthen fungi mold. Zesty lemon spritz and musty lemongrass spell lightly soured by raw-honeyed orange rot.
PEAK ORGANIC SUMMER SESSION ALE
On tap at Track 84, dry pale wheat ale gets hybridized with West Coast pale ale styling for moderate summertime refresher. Musty raw-honeyed graining and resinous Amarillo hop bittering saddle lemony grapefruit-peeled orange rind, pineapple and peach illusions. Leathery hay-barnyard-alfalfa acridity and herbal peppercorn-lemongrass snip add depth to approachable fare. In bottle, happily predictable fare gains perky lemon zest spritz and mild white peppering above rye-breaded nicety.
WATERFRONT SUMMER ALE
Similar to brewers’ earthen-grained Blonde Ale (only its herbal hop influence brings richer, dryer temperament). Strangely, for a summer ale, spritzy citric pep is just an afterthought. Instead, rye-breaded pale malts fill the gap a tad.