Summer Swallow
Batemans in Wainfleet All Saints, Lincolnshire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Summer|
Score
5.83
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Available August
A summery beer that breezes in just like the migrating swallows. It’s made with lager malts giving it a light body, while Cascade, Chinook and Bramling Cross hops are added late in the brewing process for a lovely hint of lemon. A crisp, dry, refreshing pale ale, deserving of a proper summer’s day.
A summery beer that breezes in just like the migrating swallows. It’s made with lager malts giving it a light body, while Cascade, Chinook and Bramling Cross hops are added late in the brewing process for a lovely hint of lemon. A crisp, dry, refreshing pale ale, deserving of a proper summer’s day.
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6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2025
at 00:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
# 3076; 6/2022. Malty and flowery aroma, zesty. Clear straw body, white head. Malty, zesty, flowery. Fresh, light summer ale. Half of pint, hand-pulled, pub, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2022
at 17:17
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from Aldi. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. No tasting notes kept, just rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2017
at 08:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried on tap at the Horse and Groom, Lincoln. Golden colour with a thin white head. Aroma is malty with a touch of citrus. Taste mid sweet to a slight bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2015
at 23:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Part of 2013 rates. Golden colour with a white head. aroma is fruity apricot, malt and biscuits. Nice bitter finaish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2015
at 00:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Light blond colour. Fruity citrus aroma. Has a rounded flavour, hoppy and fruity. Nice dry finish. Easy to drink summer session beer.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2012
at 04:25
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ JDW Elgin
Straw colour, crystal clear, dense white head, good lacing
Aroma - pale malts, lemony hops, lemony light acidity
Taste - pale hay malts, lemon hop, quite fruity, soft cereal ,slight nerbal note, some acidic tartness, better taste than aroma
Palate - soft carb, thin to medium body. Light acidic soft lemon palate. Finish - dry, lemon, some bitter cereal, thirst quenching
Overall - Not bad for Batemans - quite a refreshing session ale
Straw colour, crystal clear, dense white head, good lacing
Aroma - pale malts, lemony hops, lemony light acidity
Taste - pale hay malts, lemon hop, quite fruity, soft cereal ,slight nerbal note, some acidic tartness, better taste than aroma
Palate - soft carb, thin to medium body. Light acidic soft lemon palate. Finish - dry, lemon, some bitter cereal, thirst quenching
Overall - Not bad for Batemans - quite a refreshing session ale
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2012
at 03:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Tanners, Shrewsbury. Pours cloudy and golden with nice head. The nose is of citrus and cereal. Some earthiness. The taste is more of the same. The palate has medium structure, a creamy texture with a clean finish. Overall, a solid ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2012
at 12:20
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hand pulled pint in ’The Park Inn’ Wellington, Shropshire on 4th Aug 2012. Looked a bit insipid to be honest, very pale compared to the bottled version which was a light amber colour to start with. This also came out with a slight haze, so maybe it wasn’t at it’s best and hadn’t been looked after too well! The beer had a white head that produced some good lacing (unlike the bottled one). The nose appears to have got hoppier than I remember the bottled version being too, as was the taste, those malty flavours being pushed towards the back as the hops gained strenght. Enjoyed it, but it seemed a completely different beer to the bottle I had back in 2008.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2012
at 08:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Weak appearance but flavoursome through a thoroughly hopped character. Good aroma.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2012
at 11:11