Independence Day Summer Ale
Tremont Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Shipyard Brewing CompanyGolden / Blonde Ale Summer Out of Production
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Score
6.40
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Light amber pour in the glass. Aroma of honey wafting from the bottle. Taste is very light honey and hops. Rated 2/24/04
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours gold into a shaker. Head recedes to hug the rim leaving no lacing. Fruity malt aromas. Bitter with crisp hops and a dry finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
2005 bottle. Drank between about 50-60 degrees out of a tulip. Pour reveals a very clear, copper-goldenrod colored beer with no head and some sparse bubbles on the edges. Low carbonation in the liquid, with a lone bubble rising here and there. Smells first like a crisp, wheat note, light yeast and then flowers. Soft and heathery. But then quickly following up the pleasant floral aroma is some butter and salt. Taking a drink, I find dry, papery astringency and a thick, sluggish palate, not at all refreshing. Too little carbonation, though what is there gives it a foamy sort of texture on the end. Flavors of butter and clover honey mix together, with some sourness coming from somewhere. A bit of dry pale malt, hints of sweetness and just a touch of floral bitterness on the end. Rather bland and boring, in my opinion. Reminds me somewhat, of Sam Spring Ale, which I also can’t stand. It’s got that spice-meets-butter thing going and there’s no real substance. Thank you, Shipyard, for ruining what looks like must have been a good brand.