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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7/10
Bottle from Morrisons. Pours a clear golden colour with a thinnish white head. Aromas are citrus and floral hops. Taste is again citrus and floral notes with some added biscuits, a touch herbal and some earthy hops on the finish. Thin to medium body, low carbonation and smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Decent Blonde Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2022
at 21:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Waitrose. This popped in me head after an FB old money beer thread got me thinking about OMT brews. Literally drank gallons of this at the Beer Engine on Wakefield Westgate around 1991-92. Proper eye opener along the lines of Weetybits brewed by Magic Rock Stu at the Hillsborough Hotel. I mean they had hops. Glorious then. Still decent now, to be fair. I’ve no idea what I’m on about.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2021
at 20:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from local Tesco. Amazingly, according to my records I’ve not drunk this before ! Aroma is malts with a touch of honey. Pours a pale straw with a small white head and good lacing. In the mouth it starts off sweet with summer fruits, before citrushops kick in, follwed by some spicy peppers. Finish is bordering on horrible bitter lemon. Nice and quite refreshing, but it’s hard to believe this beer was ever considered “ground breaking” !
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2021
at 18:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
28/8/2020. Cask at the Fat Cat, Ipswich. Pours golden with a white head. Aroma is citrus, hops, straw. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Moderate body, average carbonation. Nice summers evening pint.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2020
at 18:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Beacon Hotel. Bit cloudy golden, small white head. Sweetish, smooth, malty, light bodied, bitterish finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Beacon Hotel (Sarah Hughes)
on 01 Jan 2020
at 12:06
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle, shared with Savad and jbrus. Hint of blackcurrant in the aroma. Earthy hoppy flavor. Thin and a bit watery. Touch of blackcurrant in the aftertaste. Hint of peach fruit. Drinkable, but not convincing in any way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at home. I used to love this beer and it is still my sister's favourite. It poured with minimal head and I have to say that it was a fairly bland golden ale in terms of flavour. I admit that I have a cold and that doesn't help matters, but I remember that this used to have much more flavour. It slipped down well while finishing making the roast dinner, but beyond that it was not memorable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2017
at 02:37