Summer Ale
Sea Dog Brewing Co. in Bangor, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.25
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CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed Summer Ale from Sea Dog Brewing Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance had a golden yellow body with no head probably because the bartender filled it to the brim (no worries). No lacing was seen. Gentle carbonation slowly rose.
The smell had a bland sort of wheat. After it warmed up a bit, there were some light fruits and then the malts came out a bit.
The taste was the same as the smell, nothing really different.
On the palate, it sat very light with a decent amount of carbonation, sessionable.
Overal, this is a decent summer offering by Sea Dog’s. Though I’d probably only have it again on tap.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Summer Ale from Sea Dog Brewing Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Best before September 2006 bottle consumed on 7/3/06.
Actually got some head out of this one, surprisingly, but then, when Sea Dogs are fairly fresh, they do produce a decent head. Large, white and foamy, it eventually recedes to a ring, with some very minor, spotty lacing. Deep, near-pencil-yellow color, with some brass-golden tones and a medium-high level of clarity.
The nose has some light herbal, leafy hops in it. Very lightly bitter, plant-like almost and quite sharp (or is that some soapiness?). Not much in the malt, some touches of base malt, bit of very lean caramel and mostly cookie dough. Though it isn’t overly sweet in the nose, with the sharp hops cutting through any of that.
The flavor starts off dry, crisp and hoppy, overcarbonated, but still at least manageable because of that (manageable in that it cuts the sweetness). Bitter, almost soapy hops run through the middle, really souring/bittering the palate, as some light dough and graininess finishes things off. As Porterhouse says, there’s something not quite right here? An ester or a phenol, perhaps, that I don’t recognize, some soapiness maybe?