Summer Lightning
Hop Back Brewery in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.29
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Terrific straw-coloured beer with a fresh, hoppy aroma and a well rounded, malty flavour with an intense bitterness which leads to an excellent long, dry finish. Winner of numerous, prestigious awards, most notably Best Strong Bitter at The Great British Beer Festival in 1992/93.
Ingredients: Optic pale malt. East Kent Goldings and Challenger hops
Ingredients: Optic pale malt. East Kent Goldings and Challenger hops
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5/10
#tank
Tried
on 23 Jul 2025
at 17:48
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Light hops, heavy on the grains. a Good malty, and grainy flavor, but really this is not even close to what i was expecting. I was expecting a much hoppier ale, very disappointing. Gimme some Bitter and twisted any day over this!
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Half pint on cask at the Hallcross Beer Festival.
Thin white head. Clear pale goldfen pour. Light bitterness
Thin white head. Clear pale goldfen pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
Hallcross
on 08 Feb 2025
at 09:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Аромат солодовый в целом, хотя нотки от хмеля есть, чисто европейские. Немного цитруса и меда, но очень на тоненького. Цвет золотой, пенка средняя но стойкая. Вкус чересчур горький, слишком много хмеля забивает весь вкус. Хотя нотки цитруса и корочки от них очень сильные, но мед пропал и почти вся сладость. Послевкусие горькое и хмелевое. В целом в общем не зашло.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2025
at 11:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 2011 - 500ml bottle, pours golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, caramel, honey, pepper & hops. Moderate body. Light bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2025
at 23:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours a clear gold, small white head, some retention. Aroma is sweet, quite floral, light citrus and pine. Taste has a sweet resinous character to it, floral, fruity, pine, honey, moderate bitter finish. Medium smooth body. Enjoyable gold.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle pint: Golden coloured ale with an fresh fruity & citrus taste. Like this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:48
05/11/1994. SNOWDROP INN, 119 South Street, LEWES, East Sussex, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 14 Dec 2022
at 18:19
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Brilliant white foamy head left a spotty cover & collar on a clear pale golden coloured body. Grain, newspaper & dull citrus aroma. Medium bodied, dull over the tongue with a lively back. Peach, bubble gum, floral & malt tastes with a bitter herbaceous finish. Easy going.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2022
at 20:12
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity fed at the Royal Oak. Pours bright gold. Floral, hedgerow, grain, grassy, little earthy. Medium body. Fine.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2022
at 14:37