Twickenham Fine Ales Summer Sun

Summer Sun

 

Twickenham Fine Ales in Twickenham, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Golden / Blonde Ale Summer
Score
6.56
ABV: 4.4% IBU: - Ticks: 20
(Née Hornet)
Available June-August.
Extra pale ale malt and wheat malt combine with aromatic hops for a hoppy nose and aromas of tangerine and pineapple. A spicy very dry hop palate and a really dry lasting bitter finish.
 

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

At the GBBF. Twickenham summer sun a clear gold with a foamy white head. The aroma is bready hops and the taste is chewey light malts with green herbal hoppiness. Solid.

Tried on 21 Aug 2015 at 09:22


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Willow Walk. Malty, biscuity nose, grass, herbs, light lemon. Lemony, rather sweet and biscuity, nice bitter finish. Decent enough.

Tried from Cask on 14 Aug 2015 at 04:11


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Bear (JDW), Maidenhead. Plae amber with a loose white head; fresh grassy aroma; grainy body with a citrusy taste; and a crisp finish. A pleasant but unexceptional golden ale.

Tried from Cask on 09 Jul 2015 at 13:30


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Twickenham Summer Sun ].Clear light medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, grass, fruity, light citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, citrus, fruity, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140813]

Tried from Cask on 04 Jul 2015 at 02:20


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild citrusy and slight grassy. Botter, grassy and citrusy. Crisp hoppy. Bitter and dry into a slight herbal finish.

Tried from Cask on 30 Dec 2014 at 10:52


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ GBBF 2014. Pours a hazy pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy aroma. Fruity malty weak elderflower flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel finish.

Tried from Cask on 22 Oct 2014 at 08:42


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

Sampled @ GBBF day 2. Clear yellow color, average sized white head. Smell and taste malts, lightly sweet, a hint of citrus, slightly hops, quite bitter. Average body and carbonation. Decent.

Tried on 19 Aug 2014 at 10:30


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ White Horse, Parsons Green. Pours clear gold with doughy straw nose. Taste is floral hops, lemon, straw and some grassiness. Moderately sweet with bitter finish. Nice.

Tried from Cask on 30 Jun 2014 at 09:34


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Gravity cask at the Wandsworth Common London Beer Festival July 2013 - Le Gothique. Pours clear, yellow-gold with a creamy white head. Nose holds doughy bread, some cabbage and straw. Light sweet flavor with bitter straw, faint lemon peel, dry dough. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Dry straw finish, more dry dough, light grassy bitterness. Nice, easy.

Tried from Cask on 05 Jul 2013 at 05:25


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green - 07/09/12. Pale blonde with a medium white head. Aroma consists of floral hops and sweet malt. Tastes of summer fruit and fresh hops. Medium bodied and carbonation with a refreshing bittersweet finish.

Tried from Cask on 12 Sep 2012 at 13:00