Summer Ale (Cask)
(Batch of Summer Ale)
Fuller's Brewery in Chiswick, Greater London, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.80
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Light, smooth, and refreshing, Summer Ale is pale gold in colour, and at 3.9% alcohol by volume, an excellent quaffing ale. It delivers a flavour most lagers can only dream of, thanks to its all-malt brew (containing malted wheat), and 100% Saaz hops, a Czech variety found in the best pilseners. Like Organic Honey Dew, it should always be served chilled.
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5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Snowgoose, Inverness.
Appearance Light straw, clear, 1 finger dense white head.
Aroma Sweet biscuity malt, some cereals
Taste Lagerish slight hopping, bit grassy, hint of fruit. Cereal malts. Finish - gentle syrupy malt, cereals, slight hint of orange.
Palate Watery mouthfeel, average cask carbonation.
Overall OK for the lager heads who want something bland and watery for a summer session beer, not awful though - there is some flavour and I’ve had far blander cask ales, but pretty bog standard and by far the poorest Fuller’s beer and nowhere near their usual standard.
Appearance Light straw, clear, 1 finger dense white head.
Aroma Sweet biscuity malt, some cereals
Taste Lagerish slight hopping, bit grassy, hint of fruit. Cereal malts. Finish - gentle syrupy malt, cereals, slight hint of orange.
Palate Watery mouthfeel, average cask carbonation.
Overall OK for the lager heads who want something bland and watery for a summer session beer, not awful though - there is some flavour and I’ve had far blander cask ales, but pretty bog standard and by far the poorest Fuller’s beer and nowhere near their usual standard.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jul 2011
at 10:56
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ The York, Eustin Station, London, Greater London England.Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light hoppy, citrus, butter notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100801]
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Dec 2010
at 23:26
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Argyll Arms, London. Pours clear honey with a few bubbles for a head. Grassy aroma with some apple and citrys. Very grassy flavor with some buttery, doughy malts. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Bitter finish with bready malts, dandelion and weeds. So-so.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Sep 2010
at 11:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask at The Plough and Harrow. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity, light hoppy. Peachy, citrusy and orange fruity flavoured. Light sweetness. Ends mild bitter and slight dry, persisting fruity.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Aug 2010
at 02:30
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at Queens Head, Stockholm. Clear golden. Disappointingly ice cold. Aroma of honey and boiled vegetables. Sweet and light bodied. Honey with rounded mouthfeel. Honey, melon and soap. Buttery finish. Not good.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2010
at 08:13
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask at the Monks Retreat (JDW), Reading. Straw with a thin cream head; floral aroma; lightly bodied, with a weak creamy grainy flavour and a watery finish. Disappointing.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jul 2010
at 05:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@The White Lion, London. Golden colour with minor white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, nectar, some earth and also some rather bready notes. Flavour is quite the same. Rather dry and bitter finish. Good thirstquencher.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2010
at 21:25
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Full pint, hand pulled from cask and served at the right drinking temperature in a pub called The Courtfield, Earls Court. Filmy layer leaving spotty lacing on the glass. Pale amber body. Mild aroma of floral hops. Lighter taste of fresh fruits and earthy malts with a smooth and dry bitter ending. Summer feeling, indeed (London, 01.08.2009).
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2009
at 04:06
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at blue blazer edinburgh .... amber ... creamy white head ... light hop nose ... light fruity hop ... little apricot ... little bitter in finish .
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jul 2009
at 07:52
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Cask at Duke of Hamilton, Hampstead, London, 6 Aug 2007) Golden yellow colour with brief head. Fruity nose with sweetish notes of mandarin and apricots. Fruity taste with mandarin, apricots and grassy, floral hops in the finish. Rather thin. Too much malt sweetness takes the edge of the delicate hops. Summery, but fairly boring.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2007
at 17:12