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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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
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle pours clear copper with tan head. The aroma offers up hay and grain, citrus flavored cotton candy and a touch of vague hoppiness at the end of the draw. The taste is similar with grainy malts, hay, sweet orange hard candy infused with banana flavored candy corn candy sugariness. Not so good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2011
at 19:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle (Labeled as High Rollers Wheat) picked up at the state wine store
Appearance: Pours hazy yellow with a medium sized white head and light lacing
Aroma: Wheat, yeast and bready
Taste: Light dusty malts, yeast, wheat and citrus
A nice easy drinking beer.
Appearance: Pours hazy yellow with a medium sized white head and light lacing
Aroma: Wheat, yeast and bready
Taste: Light dusty malts, yeast, wheat and citrus
A nice easy drinking beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2011
at 21:05
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, bought in Sweden as Summer Wheat. Sweet wheat and tropic hop aroma. Pale yellow haze, lacing foam. Light papery wheat malt, light body. Nice hoppyness otherwise like other American wheats.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2011
at 06:05
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
Bottled as Summer Solstice Summer Wheat:
Pours a somewhat hazy brass colour with a frothy head. Wheaty nose with faint toffee notes. Wheaty and yeasty flavour with notes of toffee. Boring.
Pours a somewhat hazy brass colour with a frothy head. Wheaty nose with faint toffee notes. Wheaty and yeasty flavour with notes of toffee. Boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2010
at 10:29
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Boring and weak aroma and taste of bread, some wheat, caramel and citrus. Cui bono?
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2010
at 00:26
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours golden. Anonymous aroma. Caramel malts and some hops in taste. Watery mix of a pale ale and a pale lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2010
at 07:14
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz bottle-pours a retaining tight white head and yellow color. Aroma is wheat/bready. Taste is wheat/bready, some grassy hops. Some sweetness at the end. Easy. Soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2010
at 09:23
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
This beer misses the mark by a fair bit. It’s not bad, but the flavors are muted and what is there doesn’t make me wish for more. Part of the problem is the style, which is inherently fairly boring. However, it’s a boring beer in a somewhat boring style. Ok, that sounds harsh. It’s not really bad. At any rate, the beer is nice looking. It’s golden liquid with a nice white head. The wheat notes are too mild. Clove lingers in the background. The dominant flavor is just a bland malt tone that would seem more appropriate from a mediocre lager. A hint of lemon is one of the few positives.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2010
at 15:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle. I can remember drinking 22s of this circa 2001. Cloudy orange tan color. Mild tangy aroma. Pretty straightforward American Wheat Ale. Crisp initial mouthfeel quickly fades into malt sweetness. Some mild lemon citrus flavor in there. A decent beer but certainly not one of AV’s best.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2009
at 20:04