Summer Ale
Carolina Brewing Company
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- Style:
- Kölsch
Ranked #238 - ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #34,930 - Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 14.48%
- Reviews:
- 4
- Ratings:
- From:
- Carolina Brewing Company
- North Carolina, United States
- Avail:
- Rotating/Seasonal
- Wants
- 0
- Gots
- 3
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Notes:
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.
Reviews: 4
| Ratings: 13
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hman43 from North Carolina
3.55/5 rDev -3%
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, 2020
3.55/5 rDev -3%
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, 2020
dbrauneis from North Carolina
3.52/5 rDev -3.8%
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, 2015
3.52/5 rDev -3.8%
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, 2015
wedge from North Carolina
3.87/5 rDev +5.7%
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, 2013
3.87/5 rDev +5.7%
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, 2013
tdm168 from Pennsylvania
3.46/5 rDev -5.5%
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, 2012
3.46/5 rDev -5.5%
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, 2012
Summer Ale from Carolina Brewing Company
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
13 ratings
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