Way back in 1986, before craft brewing was even cool, Summit Brewing Company Founder and President Mark Stutrud set out in St. Paul, Minnesota, to make craft beers inspired by old-world brewing traditions and ingredients. More than 30 years have passed since he first brewed our flagship Summit Extra Pale Ale, and it’s safe to say he freaking nailed it.
Today, Summit Brewing continues to infuse traditional recipes with modern ingredients from around the world, crafting high-quality and consistent craft beer out of respect for the hardworking folks who enjoy our beer.
And because we’re independently owned and operated, we get to make craft beer our way. That means relying on natural carbonation, protecting the foam, and celebrating the true dance between malts, hops, water, and yeast. It means protecting the environment, supporting the community and the arts, being kind to animals, and always having one more beer with our friends and family even if we’re already late for rotary club. It means drinking our beer fresh and cold, because warm storage turns good beer to shit. And it means never settling for “good enough,” always pulling the goalie when we’ve got a chance to win, swinging for the fences, and never, ever forgetting where we come from. Grain country represent.
pression @ OTH. ambre, blanche. Arôme, fruité, je ressens du kiwi et pastèque et grains. Goût, fruité, pastèque, balance entre le malt et le houblon pour un fini qui reste mi-amer. Facile à boire.
Merci @ Tony pour cette bouteille. Brumeuse et cuivre, mousse beige. Arôme, le seigle est bien présent, note de malt grillé, finement café. Goût, très solide comme bière, profile malt est parfait, seigle rajoute un peu ce cote épicé, malt grillé et torréfie qui donne un goût de café, sur le fini, qcq notes de houblon pour une amertume qui se note à peine.
12 oz. screwtop bottle. Taking a break from preparing my weekly Chicago beer calendar to enjoy this. Hearty malt smell under the cap. Pours a big load of foam over an autumnal brown beer with lots of bubbles. Smell in glass is very grainy. Off for an Oktoberfest, maybe they should offer that as characteristic of Minnesota and other barley regions? Taste has some phenol and age to it. Can’t decipher the bottle code, but I got this in July, so it might be a refugee from last year. Well, sometimes I can get behind a grainy lager. This does have some nice hop bitterness intact. Nothing here is bad, just a little aged, so I’m rating this overall a touch more than the sum of its parts. Quick! Pour me a fresh one!
Bottle courtesy of jcwattsrugger on 03/06/2010. Slightly hazy orange amber body with a medium rocky off-white head. Sweet citrus and floral hop aroma. Sweet floral and slightly earthy hop flavor on a nutty caramel background. Medium body with moderately low carbonation.
Bottled@Monks Café, Sveavägen (during Summer 2010). Hazy yellowish golden colour, small white hea. Aroma is wheat, quite much citrus fruits, mild bready notes as well as some slight spicy notes. Flavour is being quite much the same in a rather refreshing way.
Solid. Dry herbal & grassy qualities with medium sweet malt and sugar. Clearly Belgian in style. Well hopped for a Belgian as well. The candi sugar really stands out. A good beer from Summit.
Pours clear reddish brown color with tan head. Aromas of toasted malts, rye and pine hops. Slightly roasty flavor with some spicy rye and moderate bitterness. Medium body with average carbonation.
Picked up a lot of bready, biscuity malts on this one with a slight hops presence. Slight citrus in the flavor, too. Maybe it was old? I don’t know, I really didn’t pick up much in the way of hops, though. Still, decent brew.
Location: 12 oz bottle from Buy Rite - Jersey City, 7/16/10
Aroma: Has a nose of grapefruit/citrus hops, some bread and caramel malts as well Appearance: Mostly clear caramel-orange pour into the glass, small white head, light lace Flavor: It is pretty balanced between the light malty sweetness and light-medium hop bitterness Palate: The body is medium, with a nice simple mouthfeel, and a somewhat dry finish Overall Impression: This is basically a pretty standard IPA. and I don't mean that in a bad way. I love a good IPA, and this one is well-made and enjoyable. It isn't the type of beer that blows your socks off, just simple and enjoyable.