Allagash Brewing Company Surf House

Surf House

 

Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Pale Summer
Score
6.56
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 10
A lager crafted for easygoing relaxation. Brewed to be super-crisp and drinkable, and dry hopped for subtle tropical notes. Like a little home by the water, this lager is built for easygoing relaxation. Brewed to be super-crisp and drinkable, dry hopped for subtle tropical notes. Take a break with Surf House.

Grains: Maine Malt House Pale Malt, Buck Farms Flaked Corn, Carapils, Rice Hulls
Hops: Ella
Yeast: Belgian Lager
 

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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Can from Total Wine in Vacaville, CA. Pours clear light bright gold with a rather large white head. Aroma has a light breadiness and floral plus something. Med body or so. It's malty/bready but fairly dry. Nicely bitter. The bitterness is quite spicy. Not grass/spice but more like non-chili pepper. Very nice.

Tried from Can from Total Wine & More - Vacaville, CA on 03 Oct 2025 at 00:26


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12 oz. can from Total Wine. Pours a very hazy pale yellow color with a bright white head and good retention. Some spots of lacing. Lemony hops aroma. The taste follows the nose: Lemony hops flavor mixed in a lager. Almost an IPL, but very light bitterness. Medium-light body. Lower than expected carbonation. It's crisp and refreshing on a hot day. Not bitter enough for hop heads yet too hoppy for lager lovers.

Tried from Can from Total Wine & More - Melbourne, FL on 03 Aug 2025 at 21:58


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Yellow with a large white head. Citrus and tropical fruit. Medium finish and body.

Tried from Draft on 22 Jun 2025 at 23:47


5.3
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Full can, straw color and well carbonated. A step up from a standard lager really with a flavorful addition of hops. A little sweetness. Solid for what it is.

Tried from Can on 05 Apr 2025 at 04:26


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pour is a lemonade looking cloudy yellow with a large white head. Aroma is a bit of parfume and floral hops. Flavor is more floral hops with zero body and malt present. Finish is lemons and some cream corn. Not stellar with little to no malt body but the hops are pleasant.

Tried on 08 Oct 2024 at 22:59


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

S: crisp - dank - flowers A: very light golden body - thin white head T: funky - soft malts - lemons P: fresh hops - grapefruit zest - white grape juice O: easy-drinking - good complexity for style - polished 12 ounce can - Trader Joe's (grocery): Ithaca, New York - purchased: 27-June-2024 - canned: 29-May-2024 - US$1,92 - sampled: 22-September-2024

Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2024 at 16:09


4.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Can. Pour is fairly clear lighter pale. Smell is fairly neutral, yet clean. Perhaps just a tad of cream corn perfume in hiding in teh background. First taste is a little more bitter than I like my lagers. Its not quite as smooth as I was expecting. Not sure if I would call this super crisp, but its kindah ok. Yes, it certainly does not have the manners of a straight up well made cheaper macro pale american lager. Goes down fairly easy, even tho that odd bitter bite is rising in the middle. Yea, was expecting something smoother considering its a gash. Well, finish is almost OK, bitter ending, in more ways than one. There you have it.

Tried from Can on 28 Jun 2024 at 19:24


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Light lemon, but only a hint. Golden pour with decent head. A slight bit of snappiness, but not really much to this. Ok. Tap at Shelter.

Tried from Draft on 16 May 2024 at 21:15


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce can. Straw gold color. Pillowy white head. Nice lacing. Bready malt aroma has minerally notes. Slightly tart, lemony flavor upfront. Notes of mineral and herb. Some light pine in finish.

Tried from Can on 13 Apr 2024 at 02:53


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

335mL canned 3/6/24, drunk 4/9/24. Clear blonde-brass. Sizable white head, modest retention. Bit of yellow fruit, biscuity malts. It's clean. Light pine and citrus, bit of yeast on the finish but not very classic, crisp, mineralesque lager. Fuller body, strong but tight carbonation with excellent malt adding bread dough and honey. Pepper, light pine, yellow fruit and lingering bitterness. Not very summery. It's robustly malty and bitter. But props for that, I guess. Clean.

Tried from Can on 09 Apr 2024 at 23:24