Serving Type: BottleABV: 5.3 percent
Appearance: Summer Ale pours a hazy orange color. Parts of the brew's body was murky and others weren't as much. There wasn't any carbonation present. If at all, it congregated and danced around on the bottom of the beer. Because the head faded off fairly fast, I was relegated to just one picture. It shrunk to almost nothing by the time I got a third and fourth shot off. As you'd expect after hearing that, there wasn't much lacing to write home about either.
Smell: This smelled very grainy and yeasty. Not sure how I felt about it. I wasn't excited nor was I completely turned off from the beer. Following that up was a decent presence of lemon zest. I definitely was moved enough to make a note of it.
Taste: Some wheat and citrus interested me on the front of the tongue. There was also some spiciness that I got. It provided some extra zest as did the lemon. The finish on this beer has always been my problem with it. It's not peppery from the spice nor is it a bitter bite from the hops. I really have never been able to tell what it was. It just always leaves me with a funky feeling in my mouth.
Overall Rating:
The smell and the first aspects of the taste have always been pluses with me for this beer. I hear massive props given to this beer all of the time. It just hasn't got the job done for me in the years I've been able to drink it. A relatable brew is Bell's Oberon. One important aspect of Oberon that I love is the pale and wheat-like finish I get from it. perhaps that's why I don't enjoy the finish of this one?
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