Summer Solstice
Anderson Valley Brewing Company in Boonville, California, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Summer|
Score
5.92
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Summer Solstice® is a slightly sweet, malty session beer with a creamy mouth feel and clean finish. With hints of caramel in the nose and a touch of spice, it’s become affectionately known as “cream soda for adults”. The unique flavors and superior drinkability make for the ultimate refreshment on a hot summer day.
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Tried
on 02 Jun 2013
at 23:31
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at St Augustine’s. Pours amber with light head. Aroma of light malts and vanilla. Tastes like cream soda.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Sep 2012
at 21:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can into pint glass, no canning date. Pours hazy orange copper color with a small white head with decent retention, that reduces to a thin cap. Minimal lacing on the glass. Aromas of orange, biscuit, toast, caramel, nuttiness, vanilla, grass, floral, light chocolate, and herbal. Very nice aromas with good balance and strength. Taste of orange, biscuit, toast, nuttiness, caramel, vanilla, floral, grass, and herbal. Lingering notes of citrus, toast, biscuit, caramel, nuttiness, vanilla, and light herbal spiciness on the finish for a bit. Fairly robust flavors with nice balance; no cloying sweetness at all. Medium carbonation and body; with a creamy and lightly crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with hardly any warming present on the finish. Overall this is a damn nice cream ale. Nice amount of flavor and balance; very smooth and easy to drink. Really enjoyable, I would have it again.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2012
at 19:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Refrigerated bottle poured into a weizen glass. Pours clear amber with small white head. Some lacing, medium body, medium carbonation, velvety texture, and caramel aroma. Taste is nice caramel, some toffee, and a hint of spice. Simple, easy to drink, good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2012
at 19:01
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Pours with a clear copper hued body with a lasting off-white head. Aromas are lightly metallic, light spice, caramel, malty, sweet, corn, wheat, grainy. Low ester, minimal hop. Flavors are grainy, light spice, strong vanilla, straw, wheat. Pretty clean except for the spice. Low ester. Lively carbonation, medium dry, thinner body.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Aug 2012
at 21:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. Hazy brownish amber color, small tan head, delicate lacing. Aroma of caramel bubblegum. Taste is similar. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2012
at 14:58
6/10
Tried
on 08 May 2012
at 17:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Sweet wheat and fruity aroma. Wheat and caramel flavour, with a light banana in the background.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2011
at 00:58
2.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2
Tried twice now, can and draft. This is the most putrid beer I have ever tried from a good craft brewer. Its tastes like unferemented wort. Checking the website I see this is only 4 IBUs, that’s like a contact hop-high. There most be one pellet for each batch. It looks ugly as well, like dirty tea mud with a golden hue to it. Ughh. Its nothing like the description.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Oct 2011
at 11:41
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Kändes lite trött och menlös. Å andra sidan hade jag precis druckit Alesmiths fantastiska IPA före vilket skulle få det mesta att kännas platt. Ett klart veteöl utan veteölskaraktär i syrlig jästighet. Mer som en lätt pale ale med fruktiga aromer. Ska prova igen med öppna sinnen en varm sommardag.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2011
at 06:52