Summer Buzz
Holdens Brewery in Dudley, West Midlands, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Summer|
Score
6.20
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Straw coloured ale finished with locally sourced honey to create that perfect summer taste.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Great Western, Wolverhampton. Pours golden yellow with a medium sized off-white head and good lacing. There’s an attractive aroma of honey, summer fruits and hints of citrus. In the mouth it is sweet and juicy with just a smidgen of bitterness. Flavour has floral hops, malts and honey with a little herbal influence coming through after a while. Finish is slightly dry. This is decent, nice and refreshing.
Tried
from Cask
at
Great Western Arms (Holdens)
on 07 Jul 2025
at 14:30
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As Holdens Summer Buzz ].Clear medium yellow orange colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, pale malt, fruity malt, light honey. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, malt - earthy bitter, sweet malt, pale malt, honey, sharp. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170810] 6-3-5-3-11
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jun 2019
at 15:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ GBBF 2017. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grassy hoppy flavor with hints of honey. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy finish with weak hints of honey.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Sep 2018
at 08:55
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Cask @ The Dolphin. Pours clear gold, white head, room temp. Light honey aroma. Taste is thin, extremely watery, odd sweetness than vaguely resembles honey I guess. Pale malt. Pretty awful.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Sep 2018
at 19:43
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
16th July 2018. Cask half-pint at the Crediton Inn, Devon. Golden body, off-white crown. Slight honey notes in both the nose and flavour on a fairly malty, sweet base.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jul 2018
at 01:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
10th August 2017
GBBF Day 3. Cask. Clear gold beer, a few white bubbles for a head. Palate is light and semi dry, modest fine carbonation. Light malts, mildly sweet. Tangy orange - lemon. Light floral finish. Mildly amusing.
GBBF Day 3. Cask. Clear gold beer, a few white bubbles for a head. Palate is light and semi dry, modest fine carbonation. Light malts, mildly sweet. Tangy orange - lemon. Light floral finish. Mildly amusing.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Oct 2017
at 04:23
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Sampled @ GBBF 2017, Day 3. A clear deep golden beer with a small off-white head. Aroma of toasted malt, soft grainy malt. Taste of toasted malt, yeast, some ripe fruits, clove.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2017
at 14:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Queens Head, Stourbridge. Pours bright gold with a small head. Aroma is flinty and honey. Taste is dry, flinty and stony. A little honey on the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jul 2017
at 14:49