Summer Ale
Carolina Brewing Company
- From:
- Carolina Brewing Company
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Kölsch
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 15.01%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jun 27, 2020
- Added:
- Jun 28, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Our summer Ale is a Kolsch/Extra Pale Ale Hybrid. We took the best of two great beer styles, an Extra Pale Ale and a Kolsch, to create this one of a kind beer. It combines Pale and Crystal barley malt with malted wheat to give it a crisp flavor. It doesn't finish quite as sharp as a pale ale; due to the wheat it's a little fuller and rounder. It has a golden color, and is finished with Washington state Nugget an Cascade hops. We ferment it for 4 weeks using a subtle American ale yeast.
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Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina
3.55/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Look: It pours golden with a white head. Head retention is low.
Smell: It has a doughy aroma with a bit of caramel. There are some very low spice notes in the background.
Taste: It has caramel and doughy flavors with some flowery and spicy notes. There is a bit of light honey in the background.
Feel: It has a medium light body with low bitterness in the aftertastes.
Overall, it's a refreshing, light summer beer.
Jun 27, 2020Smell: It has a doughy aroma with a bit of caramel. There are some very low spice notes in the background.
Taste: It has caramel and doughy flavors with some flowery and spicy notes. There is a bit of light honey in the background.
Feel: It has a medium light body with low bitterness in the aftertastes.
Overall, it's a refreshing, light summer beer.
Reviewed by dbrauneis from North Carolina
3.52/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Note: Bottled on 06/03/15
A: Pours a clear medium golden yellow in color with moderate amounts of fine visible carbonation rising from the bottom of the glass and faint medium yellow highlights. The beer has a two finger tall sudsy foamy white head that slowly reduces to a thin film covering the majority of the surface of the beer with a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Moderate aromas of biscuit and bready malts with a light amount of corn adjunct sweetness. That is followed by a light aroma of spicy/peppery and earthy hops.
T: Upfront there is a moderate flavor of biscuit and bready malts with a light amount of corn adjunct sweetness. That is followed by light flavors of spicy/peppery and earthy hops which imparts a light amount of bitterness which lingers for a short while.
M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation.
O: A kind of strange hybrid of styles, certainly in conception and it comes off somewhat successfully but I'm not sure I would suggest that more breweries make it. It is easy to drink and refreshing for the hot NC summer with well hidden alcohol.
Jun 27, 2015A: Pours a clear medium golden yellow in color with moderate amounts of fine visible carbonation rising from the bottom of the glass and faint medium yellow highlights. The beer has a two finger tall sudsy foamy white head that slowly reduces to a thin film covering the majority of the surface of the beer with a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Moderate aromas of biscuit and bready malts with a light amount of corn adjunct sweetness. That is followed by a light aroma of spicy/peppery and earthy hops.
T: Upfront there is a moderate flavor of biscuit and bready malts with a light amount of corn adjunct sweetness. That is followed by light flavors of spicy/peppery and earthy hops which imparts a light amount of bitterness which lingers for a short while.
M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation.
O: A kind of strange hybrid of styles, certainly in conception and it comes off somewhat successfully but I'm not sure I would suggest that more breweries make it. It is easy to drink and refreshing for the hot NC summer with well hidden alcohol.
Reviewed by wedge from North Carolina
3.87/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.87/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottled On: 06/05/13
Bright golden yellow topped with a small, soapy looking covering. Light, fresh, snappy grass and floral hops along with some low fruitiness, grain, and a bit of corn. Soft biscuity malt sweetness and balancing peppery hop bitterness. Simple and refreshing. Medium-light bodied, a little creaminess from the wheat, and appropriately crisp. Quite the nice, local summer quencher!
Jun 22, 2013Bright golden yellow topped with a small, soapy looking covering. Light, fresh, snappy grass and floral hops along with some low fruitiness, grain, and a bit of corn. Soft biscuity malt sweetness and balancing peppery hop bitterness. Simple and refreshing. Medium-light bodied, a little creaminess from the wheat, and appropriately crisp. Quite the nice, local summer quencher!
Reviewed by tdm168 from Pennsylvania
3.46/5 rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Tribeca Tavern in Raleigh
A - gold with no head; heavy carbonation bubbles rising to the top
S - faint malt but little else
T - a bit toasty, light malt, grassy, herbal, bitter
M - medium bodied, smooth, well carbonated
This isn't the best Kolsch. The description claims a combination of an extra pale ale and a kolsch. It has elements of both. I'm not overly impressed, but it is an easy to drink summer offering. And I always support an NC brewery when I can. Give it a try.
Jun 28, 2012A - gold with no head; heavy carbonation bubbles rising to the top
S - faint malt but little else
T - a bit toasty, light malt, grassy, herbal, bitter
M - medium bodied, smooth, well carbonated
This isn't the best Kolsch. The description claims a combination of an extra pale ale and a kolsch. It has elements of both. I'm not overly impressed, but it is an easy to drink summer offering. And I always support an NC brewery when I can. Give it a try.
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