Summer Session Ale
Ham's Restaurant & Brewhouse

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From:
Ham's Restaurant & Brewhouse
 
North Carolina, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
4.5%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
4.3 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 22, 2008
Added:
Jun 22, 2008
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Reviewed by cvstrickland from North Carolina

4.3/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Available on draft only.

Growler poured into a pint nonic yields a hazy brown-amber body capped with two thick fingers of pale ivory foam that stubbornly retains at a thick sheet and sticks gobs of webby cloud-puffs of lacing all over the glass.

Smells lightly malty with a little hop perfume, highly reminiscent of its Ham's-brewed higher-alcohol big brother, Peg Leg Pale Ale

Taste is smooth and toasty with pale malty-caramel, juicy and fruity with a minty, floral bite of bitter hops. Rich, yet light and refreshing, with a spicy note and earthy English hop bitterness.

Drink is medium-bodied, a little creamy, and exceptionally drinkable. Far and away the best Ham's offering I've had to date.
Jun 22, 2008