Summer Ale
Shipyard Brewing Company

Summer AleSummer Ale
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From:
Shipyard Brewing Company
 
Maine, United States
Style:
American Pale Wheat Beer
Ranked #222
ABV:
4.8%
Score:
72
Ranked #27,826
Avg:
3.12 | pDev: 17.31%
Reviews:
218
Ratings:
633
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 25, 2023
Added:
Jul 31, 2001
Wants:
  9
Gots:
  126
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Ratings by mikesgroove:
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Reviewed by mikesgroove from South Carolina

3.4/5  rDev +9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A – Poured a slightly hazy pale golden amber with a nice, albeit quickly receding two inch head of foam on the top. This quickly faed leaving behind only the slightest touch of a layer across the top. Some side glass lace was present, but nothing that was too spectacular. Lots of visible carbonation coming to the surface. This looked like your typical summer pilsner to be honest, nothing bad, pretty average.



S – Aroma was very malty. A touch of yeast lightened it up a little, but overall it was a decent pilsner like aroma. There was some light fruit aromas in there and a touch of something, but overall it was just a decent pilsner type of smell.



T – The taste was actually quite flavorful. Lots of pilsner hops in the front and the back was actually quite sour and had a nice bitter fruit like bite to it. This kinda caught me off guard as the rest of it was pretty much straight forward and this one was quite the unique little pairing so to speak. It had a sour grape like flavor to it mixed in with some really bitter hops. Quite sharp and refreshing and lingered for a long long time.



M – Very light, crisp and clean with a good amount of carbonation. No slickness really detected and it kept the carbonation around for a good long while once it was finished.



D – Pretty good actually. The only limiting factor would be how bitter that after bite was, but other then that I found it to be an extremely drinkable ale and some that I could picture having on the warmest of days.



Overall I have to admit I have never really been a huge fan of anything from shipyard. They just always seem to come off a bit bland to me. This one however was quite nice. It had a great feel to it and really the punch at the end of it really seemed to make the difference. I really enjoyed some of the fruit tones that were present throughout and thought it had a nice sessionable characteristic to it. Overall I would not say this was a favorite of mine, however it was not too bad at all. Will probably get me to try another one or two from them down the road.
Sep 28, 2007
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina

3.21/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
A clear amber colored beer poured from a 12 oz can. Plenty of wheat and hops in the nose and flavor, along with some head. Relatively bitter for the style.
Sep 25, 2023
 
Rated: 3.27 by QuintusHorace from California

Sep 19, 2023
 
Rated: 3.39 by Overtonjd from New Jersey

Jul 07, 2023
 
Rated: 3.6 by PaleAleWalt from New York

Jun 04, 2023
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Reviewed by Foyle from North Carolina

4/5  rDev +28.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from 12 bottle into pint glass. A frothy off white head recedes slowly, golden color, rich malty aroma. Mouthfeel is light to medium with a pleasant finish. Flavor is malt dominate with the distinctive Shipyard yeast presence throughout the taste, mild earthy hops. Overall: excellent.
Apr 29, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by bdlusa from Texas

Feb 24, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Nov 03, 2022
 
Rated: 3.25 by LAM01833 from Massachusetts

Oct 16, 2022
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Rated by DrewDances

3.05/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Had it on a trip to Portland at Portland Lobster Company. It was tasty
Jul 01, 2022
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York

3.54/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This one pours a straw golden yellow color, with very little haze, and a bit of lacing.

This smells mostly like wheat and citrus, and not much else.

This has a really nice crispness, and that's about it. There's not much to the flavor here, other than wheaty crispness and some light hop flavor.

The drinkability here is the main draw. It doesn't have the blatant off-flavors that basically every Shipyard beer has, so that's at least something.

I haven't had much Shipyard lately, this probably won't change that - but it was honestly not that bad.
Jun 18, 2022
 
Rated: 3 by mpenske from California

Feb 12, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by elamb106 from New York

Aug 11, 2020
 
Rated: 3.25 by Velivolus1 from Vermont

Aug 04, 2020
 
Rated: 3.75 by atlbravsrno1 from Maine

Aug 01, 2020
 
Rated: 3.23 by dextermcgurk from New York

Aug 21, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by Skywave from Oklahoma

Aug 15, 2019
 
Rated: 5 by Dalkri from Massachusetts

Aug 04, 2019
 
Rated: 3.12 by lakewy17 from New Hampshire

Jul 29, 2019
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Reviewed by DrMullet from Florida

3.5/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a medium golden yellow with moderate head.
Smell is a light sweetness with faint wheat.
Taste starts malty then grassy with a pretty mild wheat finish. Faint earthy spice at the end.
Feb 10, 2019
Summer Ale from Shipyard Brewing Company
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