Indian Summer (Bottle)
(Batch of Indian summer)
Elgood's Brewery in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.09
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Light golden, strongly hopped ale. Brewed with pale ale & crystal malts for a strong and warming beer.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Clear 500ml bottle: best before Sept 2013, poured into an ’Old Speckled Hen’ badged vase shaped pint glass on 10th Oct 2012 @ home. Golden blonde body with a full, deep creamy head of off-white foam topping it off nicely. The nose is a blend of hop notes: floral and fruity with sweeter biscuity malts also playing a part in the aromas. The taste is again a mix of flavours: initially semi-sweet then a hop dry and bitterness asserts its self somewhat and that carries on into the aftertaste. Refreshing more than interesting: a hoppy, middle of the road Pale Ale that flatters to decieve: not as exotic as the front label implies anyway! Might be good with a curry: didn’t match with my soft cheese (Light Philadelphia with garlic and herbs) and salted biscuits too well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2012
at 05:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home in London with Lyoli. Pours clear, rich gold with a fine, white foam head. Bready malt nose, toasty hay, light grains. Light sweet flavor, lots of toasty biscuits, some light dry grass, light cereal. Kind of reminiscent of a lager, in fact. Light bodied with averagew carbonation. Crisp, clean finish, lots of that lightly doughy, pasteurised beer character, some toast, cereal, mild veg, toasty straw, mellow grass. It’s an OK beer. It’s very easy drinking, there’s a decent bitter edge there, and the bready malt character is pretty appealing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2012
at 15:03
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
50cl bottle from the Sainsbury’s Beer Hunt range. Bright amber with a fast fading white head, and low carbonation; the aroma has some over-boiled malts and grassy hops; it’s quite likely in the mouth with some biscuity caramel from the malts; and a dry finish that’s lightly bitter. Almost pasteurised to death, but somehow it’s managed to pull through.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2012
at 06:09
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle bought as part of the Sainsbury’s beer festival. Deep gold with a slight white head and plenty of fizz. Sweet, citrus fruit and grassy hop aroma with a touch of wet cardboard. Flavour was also sweet and fruity, with some vanilla, boiled sweets and a gently bitter finish. Effects of pasteurisation were too evident.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2012
at 05:39
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from Sainsburys Ashford. Clear mid gold with thin lasting white head. Aroma of some intense hops. Some sweetness in the mouth. Like SilkTork the carbonic acid from the forced carbonation is too much for me. It’s pretty dull. Pasteurised for sure. It strips it of any fullness of body. Limp.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2012
at 12:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml. clear glass.Clear medium yellwo - amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, grass. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, grassy, toffee, malty, pale malt extract. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120523]
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2012
at 09:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A golden beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of elderflowers, hops, and a bit of caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and elderflowers, leading to a dry spicy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2012
at 11:16