Bottle: Poured a clear amber colored ale with a medium head with average retention. Carbonation is below average, which is a bit disappointing. Aroma is mostly comprised of hops and already you can feel the bitterness associated with this beer. The taste is mostly dominated by the hops, which gives this beer quite some bitterness. This is sometimes reminiscent of an IPA but lacks some sweetness to cover the bitterness. Overall, I would say this say a good beer but short of great. It is also better then some other effort from this hit or miss brewery.

An amber beer with no head. The aroma is sweet malty and the flavor is very sweet and rather hoppy. An average beer.

Surprisingly good for a St. Peter's brew. Dark amber. Clean caramel notes lead off the aroma, followed by earth, nuts, toffee, dates, faint allspice & thyme. Full body shows alcohol; caramel and earth in its malts; hedgerows in its hops. Red currant esters abound. The finish is sweet with hints of Lyle's golden syrup, rich multigrain bread and dried wood hop notes. Long and earthy. There is a certain irony in this being a summer beer, considering that it is near double the size of your typical English beer, and so rich in character. Then again, summer in England can be awfully chilly and damp, as I found out last year (though at the time I was coming from non-stop 30+ C days and found the whole 14C and rainy thing refreshing - everyone else thought I was nuts for wearing shorts in such weather but I was in paradise). So in a way, this fits with a damp English summer day, but given that it's 19C at midnight, calling this a summer beer does seem a little ironic - I'd rather be drinking the Organic Ale right now. That said, this is easily one of the best of the St. Peter's range.