Hop Sun
Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Wheat Ale Regular|
Score
6.64
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Pour Hop Sun Summer Wheat Beer into a pint glass, give it a long whiff and you’ll realize that this isn’t your average wheat beer. Filtered to a golden clarity and dry-hopped to perfection, Hop Sun is a fantastic session ale in which flavors of wheat, barley and hops co-mingle to a refreshing and zesty conclusion. Hints of lemon and sweet malts waft to the fore as a touch of bitterness contributes to Hop Sun’s bright finish. Enjoy Hop Sun all summer long as a perfect balance to your outdoor recreation. Summer never tasted so good.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear golden pour with a smaller white head. Smells like peanut butter and honey! A bit malty, but that sweet and nutty aroma really caught my attention. Tastes malty with a sweet honey and oats/wheat. Creamy mouthful. Different and fun. Thanks BuckeyeBoy.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2008
at 19:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle Pours out a cloudy straw topped with a white head. Aroma of ligth hops and wheat. Tast of light wheat and a little fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2008
at 23:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz bottle...dark straw with small soapy off-white head...on a deep inhale...some wheat present...a mild sweet hoppy aroma...very very pleasant...zingy fresh and refreshing body...light citrus peel flavors....not much clove at all...quite tasty, body is refreshing as well
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2008
at 01:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Market Street Wine Shop, Downtown Location. Pours a light amber color with a medium head. Grainy, citrus hop aroma. Taste is primarily hops with wheat notes. Nice and bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2008
at 18:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz bottle. Pours a golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is quite hoppy. Flavor is hoppy with a touch of lemon and yeast. This beer is extremely refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2008
at 21:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours bright gold into a shaker. Fluffy bright white micro head leaves sinkholes and spiders as it slowly recedes. Crisp citrus and resin aromas. Sweet and slightly flat with a lasting bitter caramel finish.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2007
at 20:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Now this has a really nice hoppy nose on it, piney and resiny with a nice spiciness that reminds me of hallertauer. Really nice clear golden color with a firm one finger bright white head. Spicy hops dominate the flavor, but there’s a honeyed malt in there. Unfortunately the malts thin out toward the finish, leaving it unbalanced toward the bitter hoppiness. Man, I love the smell of this.
Tried
on 03 May 2007
at 22:51
3.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Nice label on this bottle. Dependable clear yellow pale lager colors and head. Smells a little sweet with a sense of strong ale, perhaps lemon. Strongish malt on back of tongue. Good non overpowering fizz. Do I detect a hop bite? Overall a pretty good beer except for the mild and medium uvula personalities. I was expected something a little different for a label with a sun on it. Doesn’t wheat beer have sludge on the bottom? Hey! This ain’t Founders! Oh, now I see the word hop on the front!? Seems to have more hops than wheat. Similar in satisfaction to Arcadia Sun and JW Dundee’s Hefe. I’ve tasted pale lagers that are more wheatlike than this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2007
at 15:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured a transparent slightly murky gold color with a very foamy white head. Smells fruity and sweet and not at all wheaty. Flavor is sweet and malty and only slight hoppy. Very well balanced and crisp and the perfect summer beer. Very drinkable.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2007
at 21:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Wonderful aroma of caramel, pine resin, pineapple and oranges. This is, by far, Hop Sun’s greatest aspect however as appearance is pretty plain... golden color with no head to speak of. Flavor is a bit watery... the piney aspects of the hopping come through nicely, though. The crisp fruit promised in the aroma is just not there. It’s not bad or anything, just that the aroma promised a bit more than it delivered.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2006
at 22:41