Summer Ale (Sainsbury's Taste The Difference)
Shepherd Neame Ltd
- From:
- Shepherd Neame Ltd
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.08 | pDev: 11.36%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 25, 2021
- Added:
- Sep 20, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.33/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Blind-tasted except for the beer's name and brewery/country, zero reviews below read (yet!)...
L- Bad start, despite being well rested and chilled I popper the cap and it was a gusher. It's not even 'live' unpasteurised/unfiltered so IDK what on earth caused that. Mid amber, clear, poured with a small patch of bubbles.
S- Mild dry hops.
T+M- Medium dry trad type ale.
O- Gushers annoy the hell out of me and I was preparing to further dislike this beer. However it is well put together for a trad and low-ABV% beer and I can see it having utility such as for a summer lunchtime.
Review2025/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed! 'Tropical and citrus notes' which seem to pass me by.
500ml bottle BB: 'See neck of bottle', but I don't. £1.60 Bought from Marks & Spencer, Oxford Street, London.
Aug 25, 2021L- Bad start, despite being well rested and chilled I popper the cap and it was a gusher. It's not even 'live' unpasteurised/unfiltered so IDK what on earth caused that. Mid amber, clear, poured with a small patch of bubbles.
S- Mild dry hops.
T+M- Medium dry trad type ale.
O- Gushers annoy the hell out of me and I was preparing to further dislike this beer. However it is well put together for a trad and low-ABV% beer and I can see it having utility such as for a summer lunchtime.
Review2025/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed! 'Tropical and citrus notes' which seem to pass me by.
500ml bottle BB: 'See neck of bottle', but I don't. £1.60 Bought from Marks & Spencer, Oxford Street, London.
Reviewed by DypsoBubble from England
2.65/5 rDev -14%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75
2.65/5 rDev -14%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75
Malty with a touch of hops and a hint of fruit. Little mouth feel and leaves the mouth with a not too satisfying sensation which does not tempt one back for another sip. Aftertaste is a bit sour. Seems to be a bit bland in all dimensions.
Jun 21, 2015
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
2.82/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
2.82/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Bottled
Pours an amber body with short lived head. Heavily pasteurised beer, caramalised and quite sweet. There is a sweet sugary malt note and the dusting of an earthy hop, nothing zesty nor citrus for me. Acceptable, but only just
Nov 01, 2013Pours an amber body with short lived head. Heavily pasteurised beer, caramalised and quite sweet. There is a sweet sugary malt note and the dusting of an earthy hop, nothing zesty nor citrus for me. Acceptable, but only just
Reviewed by BlackHaddock from England
3.65/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Clear 500ml bottle: poured into my 'Old Speckled Hen' badged pint vase @ home on 28 Dec 2012 (not really Summer!). I just wanted something light after all the food and drink I'd consummed over the festive season.
Light amber body with a good solid foam head.
The nose was bread, biscuity and slightly yeasty, I also detected some hop notes within the aroma (piney).
The taste was a lot better than I expected: a pleasant blend of maltines balanced nicely with a fruity bitterness from the hops. Shepherd Neame get stick for some of their beers, but this one is OK.
Easy to drink and well put together, glad I made the effort to buy it.
Dec 28, 2012Light amber body with a good solid foam head.
The nose was bread, biscuity and slightly yeasty, I also detected some hop notes within the aroma (piney).
The taste was a lot better than I expected: a pleasant blend of maltines balanced nicely with a fruity bitterness from the hops. Shepherd Neame get stick for some of their beers, but this one is OK.
Easy to drink and well put together, glad I made the effort to buy it.
Reviewed by jazzyjeff13 from England
2.8/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.8/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A 500ml clear glass bottle with a BB of April 2013. A summer offering from Sainsbury's.
Poured into a Sam Smith's pint glass. A clear orange-amber colour with decent carbonation. Forms a small head of white foam that lasts for a few minutes before subsiding. A weak aroma of caramel malt, stewed hops and Shepherd Neame's house yeast. Pretty dull.
Tastes of caramel malt with a dry, bitter finish. Notes of stewed hops, dry yeast and a harsh leafy quality in the background. No aromatic hops are noticible. A dry, astringent bitterness upon swallowing. Mouthfeel is smooth and tingly, but thin and insubstantial. Rather astringent, with an aftertaste of bitter stewed leaves and faint malt.
Not very pale, and not very good. Faint aroma, and the flavour has a harsh bitterness that doesn't go over well. The blurb on the label describes it as 'light and refreshing', which is far from being the case. No aromatic hops notes to take the edge off or add depth to its character. Once again Shepherd Neame prove themselves the masters of mediocrity, with a dull and samey supermarket offering. Not worth your time - avoid.
Sep 20, 2012Poured into a Sam Smith's pint glass. A clear orange-amber colour with decent carbonation. Forms a small head of white foam that lasts for a few minutes before subsiding. A weak aroma of caramel malt, stewed hops and Shepherd Neame's house yeast. Pretty dull.
Tastes of caramel malt with a dry, bitter finish. Notes of stewed hops, dry yeast and a harsh leafy quality in the background. No aromatic hops are noticible. A dry, astringent bitterness upon swallowing. Mouthfeel is smooth and tingly, but thin and insubstantial. Rather astringent, with an aftertaste of bitter stewed leaves and faint malt.
Not very pale, and not very good. Faint aroma, and the flavour has a harsh bitterness that doesn't go over well. The blurb on the label describes it as 'light and refreshing', which is far from being the case. No aromatic hops notes to take the edge off or add depth to its character. Once again Shepherd Neame prove themselves the masters of mediocrity, with a dull and samey supermarket offering. Not worth your time - avoid.
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