Sunshine on Keith
Spey Valley Brewery in Mulben, Moray, Scotland 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.20
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Low in ABV, not in character, Sunshine On Keith is an American session IPA, brewed in Speyside, and incredibly popular in Edinburgh!
Sunshine on Keith is our best-selling hit, packed with citrusy, American hops to give a flavour hit well above what you’d expect for 3.5% ABV. It’s zesty and refreshing, with a fantastic fruity aroma, and a lingering, pronounced bitterness, with deep grapefruit flavours. Perfect for long summer afternoons in a beer garden, or at the beach.
Malts: Munich, Wheat.
Hops: Northern Brewer, Cascade, Nugget, Rakau.
Sunshine on Keith is our best-selling hit, packed with citrusy, American hops to give a flavour hit well above what you’d expect for 3.5% ABV. It’s zesty and refreshing, with a fantastic fruity aroma, and a lingering, pronounced bitterness, with deep grapefruit flavours. Perfect for long summer afternoons in a beer garden, or at the beach.
Malts: Munich, Wheat.
Hops: Northern Brewer, Cascade, Nugget, Rakau.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 7
Decent easy drinkable session ipa. Especially at this alcohol level.
Not that thin texture.
Pale malt, fruity, herbal and citric.
[Cask at CAMRA Ayrshire Real Ale Festival 2025 in Troon, Scotland]
Brewery# 3124
Not that thin texture.
Pale malt, fruity, herbal and citric.
[Cask at CAMRA Ayrshire Real Ale Festival 2025 in Troon, Scotland]
Brewery# 3124
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Oct 2025
at 19:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Old rating - 500ml bottle, pours deep golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of flora, honey, nuts, biscuit & malt. Moderate body. Clean light bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2025
at 08:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (gravity) @ #NRHBCF 2019 - Day 3 [ The 44th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival (The 12th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], 🇬🇧 Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.
[ As Spey Valley Sunshine on Keith ].
ABV: 3.5%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity malt, pale malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, fruity hops, light pine. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, fruity hops, fruity, pale malt, fruity malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20191011]
7-3-7-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Sep 2024
at 08:35
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle from Rheged. Golden colour, thin white head and aroma of malt, grains, straw, citric. Taste is malty, grainy, some hay, straw, alittle citrus and metallic bitterness. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite OK
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2023
at 16:38
5/10
Tried
on 25 Feb 2023
at 21:36
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 10
Overall 4
Keg at McGregors bar Inverness, 25/02/23. Clear golden amber with a good sized lasting just off white head. Nose is pale malts, straw, herb, toasted grains, faint citric notes. Taste comprises big caramel tones, sweet malts, hint of orange, sweet. Medium bodied, fine massaging carbonation, semi drying close with a faint leafy hop bitter edge. Looks and feels good but lacks any real depth at the business end and weighs in far to sweet and lacking any bitterness.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2023
at 21:28
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Clear golden body with a white head. Lively carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of straw and a hint of burnt rubber. Flavour of lemon and tonic water. Thin to medium body with a frothy mouthfeel. Very fizzy. It’s fine but a bit sharp and raw.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2021
at 18:16
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2019
at 21:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 50 cl. Clear deep golden, with an off-white head. Vague nutty, light body. Discreetly hoppy. No way a Session IPA as the bottle claims - this is a straight well made Bitter. 240719
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2019
at 16:46