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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5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at The Globe, King’s Lynn
Golden color, hazy, with small head. The aroma and flavor show some malt, cereals and cleaning products, indicating some improper cleanings of the lines (or glass).
Unpleasant.
Golden color, hazy, with small head. The aroma and flavor show some malt, cereals and cleaning products, indicating some improper cleanings of the lines (or glass).
Unpleasant.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jul 2012
at 07:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear 500ml bottle (4.2%), best before mid July 2008, drank early May 2008. Poured into a Batemans half pint tumbler (twice). It was a light amber colour, clear and sparkling, with a good formed white head which sadly soon fell away to a thin wispy covering. Fairly sweet aroma, toffee apples and malted milk biscuits came to my mind. This is the 13th Batemans beer I have reviewed on this site. I obviously like their beers and this is no exception. It has a sweetish feel to it, although there is a dryness in the finish. I also detected spices (pepper, cumin and tumeric?), but the wife was cooking mushrooms in the room next door. Lovely summer brew and another fine beer from a wonderful brewery set in a smashing part of Great Britain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2012
at 01:40
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
(Bottle) Bright coppery golden with good white head. Aroma has notes of biscuit and rice. Light body, well carbonated. Flavor is thin and not very pleasant with seaweed and subtle toffee. Overall a bit bland, thin and not very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2011
at 11:47
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle. Pours light copper with no head. Aroma is spicy and soapy hops. Taste is mostly spicy hop. A little soap.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2011
at 15:34
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
13th August 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! An odd minerally - malty - sweet ale. Slightly watery. Average.
Warning! Early amateur rating! An odd minerally - malty - sweet ale. Slightly watery. Average.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2011
at 14:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask: Pale golden to golden, creamy lacy head, sticking to the glass; light to moderate lemony and "woody" hoppy nose; light to moderate bitter-sweet flavour with a light acidity; very light bodied; lingering fruity (sour apples) and hoppy finish. Thin but tasty.....
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Aug 2010
at 06:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very light orange-gold color. Strong fruity aroma, lots of hops, slightly nutty, biscuity. Dry, fruity flavor. Lots of biscuit-like grain. Some citrus, slightly grassy. Dry finish is quite fruity. A very nice beer, though not quite as interesting as the Combined Harvest, which is in the same vein. Got a lot more complex as it warmed a bit.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2010
at 18:38
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 50cl.Clear medium yellow orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, toffee, cardboard. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090802]
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2009
at 10:54
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Golden with a small off-white head. Sweet caramel aroma with fruity notes. Fruit and caramel flavour with some cardboard.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2009
at 12:41
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Golden ith a small white head. Strong butterscotch aroma with a littl grass. Dry diacetyl flavour with a grassy hop finish
Tried
on 27 Jul 2009
at 14:38