Summer Sue
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Summer|
Score
6.47
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Citrus Ale • 5.2% ABV
Featured Hops: citra hop
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
Golden yellow with small head. Orange, white pepper, wheat malt, and grass aroma. Mildly sweet orange, yeast, wheat malt, and mildly bitter grass/orange peel flavor. Okay body.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 3.5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 3
Can from vintage 2$, caned 5/19/25 opened 12/15/25. Initially clear pale with some white head. Nose is phenolic and metallic. Taste is bitter wheat ale character with some weird citrus metallic backup. Decent co2 level. In the middle, reminds me more of an inferior saison, some farmy pepper in there. Tropical notes absent. Getting some yeast out of the bottom of the can. I'd say this does not have enough manners to be classified as a belgian ale. JMHO, meh
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12oz canned 5/19/25, drunk 10/31/25.
Clear, bright, honey-orange. Rapidly fizzling, off-white head.
Questioned whether this was Belgian, but it does smell lightly Belgian. Just a touch of clove and white pepper. Light orange and such from Citra. Pretty good balance of hop and yeast with malt not interjecting too much. Just some dough and biscuit.
Light and fluffy with good Belgian yeast predominantly white pepper, light clove and coriander. Very biscuity, chewy texture, nice and supple with good attenuation. This is pretty well-made stuff even if it tastes like something that went out-of-style 20 years ago.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Pours lightly hazy golden yellow, small white head. Aroma is field grass, honey, Citra. Flanks iac light sweet, light bitter. Medium body. Ok
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Clear gold pour. Thin foam around the glass. Citrus, orange, and light floral flavor. Honey palate. Light bodied and light carbonation.
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Orange and lemon nose. Hazy amber, fine floaties, thin head. Orange, honeysuckle, lilly. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Smells of spicy yeast and citrus. Tastes mildly bitter with Belgian yeast spice, citrus, and light, grainy malt. Light bodied. Good. I’m not really a fan of more breweries applying names from their popular beers to completely different styles.
mart (27297) ticked Summer Sue from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company 5 months ago
Magus, hapukas, puuviljane, tsitrus, Belgia pärm. Ok.
AndySnow (19631) ticked Summer Sue from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company 5 months ago