Radiant Summer Ale
Ninkasi Brewing Company

Radiant Summer AleRadiant Summer Ale
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From:
Ninkasi Brewing Company
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
6%
Score:
80
Avg:
3.5 | pDev: 12.86%
Reviews:
89
Ratings:
233
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jan 02, 2018
Added:
Jun 05, 2009
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  16
6% alc./vol. 40 IBUs
Millenium, Galena, Northern Brewer, Liberty hops. Dry-hopped with Liberty.
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Ratings by SitkaSteve:
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Reviewed by SitkaSteve from Idaho

3.75/5  rDev +7.1%
I had this in a pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy burnt orange with a thin white head that dissipated within about a minute leaving some light speckled lacing clinging lightly.
The smell was basically a light grassy, Lemon, orange and a light caramel malts.
The taste was mainly sweet through the previously mentioned flavors.
The mouthfeel had a fairly decent smooth sessionability about it - as it's slightly refreshing. Carbonation was fairly low but not bothersome.
Overall, decent Summer APA, but nothing to go apeshit about.
Jun 18, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 2 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Jan 02, 2018
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.47/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
One of the darker colored summer beers. Amber and auburn, good 3/4" off white head on it, sweet red malt and light hop aromas.

A mixture of amber ale malts and pale ale hops. Except the hop choice is not ipa/pale territory. Probably don't have to pay much for Millenium, Galena, Northern Brewer and Liberty hops.

Unique beer, and a good one. They should put it in 6 packs.
Jun 02, 2016
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.44/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Faint aroma but big taste. Pours amber with moderate white foamy head. Aroma seems light(fruit, pine), but taste bursts through, citrus, hops, floral notes, finish is semi dry. Light enough for a hot day, but full enough flavor to be enjoyed.
Nov 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.29 by DucksFan16 from Tennessee

Sep 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by wethorseblanket from California

Mar 05, 2015
 
Rated: 3.09 by Harvest06 from Oregon

Jan 09, 2015
 
Rated: 3.8 by GeorgeAKeim from Oregon

Nov 24, 2014
 
Rated: 3.64 by anthony-martinez from California

Nov 12, 2014
 
Rated: 3.96 by beer_nibbler from Montana

Oct 05, 2014
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Reviewed by WAbeerfiend from Washington

3/5  rDev -14.3%
Poured from a bomber into a tumbler on 03.18.14.

A: See through orange. No head.

S: Sour. It does not smell very good.

T: Tangerine dominates. Tart citrus, malt too.

M: Crisp.

O: The tangerine was nice, but the beer seemed unbalanced. It also had a different flavor than what it smelled like. There are much better APAs than this one.
Sep 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by JoelClark from Idaho

Aug 03, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Keepnitrl from Washington

Jul 24, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by Csparks33 from Connecticut

Jul 06, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by GClarkage from California

Jul 04, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Stephen_Purdue from Washington

Jun 26, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by TX-Badger from Texas

Jun 08, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by neckbeered from Montana

May 12, 2014
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.77/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
not totally sure how this one qualifies as a summer ale, its huge for a summer pale ale at 6% abv and packs a lot f grain body into this intensely hopped beer. love it, but it doesn't match the season well. well, maybe in oregon it does, i don't know. some serious radiant orange to the color, as the name suggests. well carbonated with lots of tiny bubbles and a bright white head. it smells more bitter than anything else, but i gather some light pine notes from the hops, more dry, like pine cone rather than what we are used to when we think of pine family hops. bigger malt base gives plenty of body and just a touch of caramel sugar to the front end of the flavor and the middle before very very bitter hops take over. this seems to be a theme with ninkasi hop forward beers. the trice
rahops and the total domination were both pungently bitter, and while this one is less so, it follows in that vein. excellent carbonation lightens it up just a bit, but its still a rather filling beer, especially for a warm weather offering. very well made, sturdy as they come, intensely hopped. similar to nothing, i liked this a lot.
Mar 18, 2014
Radiant Summer Ale from Ninkasi Brewing Company
Beer rating: 80 out of 100 with 233 ratings