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Saranac Summer Ale
Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
- From:
- Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Wheat Beer
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 72
- Avg:
- 3.12 | pDev: 14.74%
- Reviews:
- 196
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 01, 2017
- Added:
- Apr 14, 2005
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 20
Available in the 12 Beers of Summer sampler. Not to be confused with Saranac Summer Brew (a German Radler).
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Ratings by FickleBeast:
Reviewed by FickleBeast from New Jersey
3.23/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.23/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
12 oz bottle poured into a pint glass
Pour is straw yellow and quickly fizzes up to fill the glass. Dissipates quickly without lacing. Beer is remarkably transparent.
Smell is like lemon pledge. Very lemony.
And the taste is lemony also... interesting. Good amount of sweetness, and an artificial, Lemonhead like sweetness really dominates. I don't taste any barley or hops.
Very weird. It is not bad-tasting, but it is not beer. It is certainly not a Pale Wheat Ale as listed. I realize this is a "Shandy" - but not sure how to score this one. I feel like I'm drinking Gatorade.
This beer is getting low marks because it doesn't resemble a beer - more like an energy drink. That being said, it doesn't taste bad, and I wouldn't mind drinking one of these during an outdoor BBQ while playing volleyball
Jul 17, 2010Pour is straw yellow and quickly fizzes up to fill the glass. Dissipates quickly without lacing. Beer is remarkably transparent.
Smell is like lemon pledge. Very lemony.
And the taste is lemony also... interesting. Good amount of sweetness, and an artificial, Lemonhead like sweetness really dominates. I don't taste any barley or hops.
Very weird. It is not bad-tasting, but it is not beer. It is certainly not a Pale Wheat Ale as listed. I realize this is a "Shandy" - but not sure how to score this one. I feel like I'm drinking Gatorade.
This beer is getting low marks because it doesn't resemble a beer - more like an energy drink. That being said, it doesn't taste bad, and I wouldn't mind drinking one of these during an outdoor BBQ while playing volleyball
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
2.72/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
2.72/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
Yellow with some wheat haze to it. Lemon aroma and not much else.
Once again, lemon dominates, enough water to cut it from being brutal or anything. Although that might be more welcome. I just want to feel something!!!
Perhaps they actually used lemon rind in this one. One trick pony, and not even good at that one thing. Pass.
May 29, 2016Once again, lemon dominates, enough water to cut it from being brutal or anything. Although that might be more welcome. I just want to feel something!!!
Perhaps they actually used lemon rind in this one. One trick pony, and not even good at that one thing. Pass.
Saranac Summer Ale from Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
Beer rating:
72 out of
100 with
307 ratings
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