Summer Ale
Fuller's
- From:
- Fuller's
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 11.9%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 20
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 25, 2020
- Added:
- Aug 08, 2001
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.53/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Yellow, haze quotient, white head, 2/3" deep. Aroma was lemon fresh soap.
This brought some heartiness and bitterness even under the moniker of a summer ale. Too often that just means bland/refreshing/highly carbonated. This brought the old school noble hops paired with golden promise for a light affair that wasn't light on the citrus bitterness and mildly tart.
Format could be nicer. I could pick up a 4/6 of these once a summer. Enjoyable.
May 29, 2016This brought some heartiness and bitterness even under the moniker of a summer ale. Too often that just means bland/refreshing/highly carbonated. This brought the old school noble hops paired with golden promise for a light affair that wasn't light on the citrus bitterness and mildly tart.
Format could be nicer. I could pick up a 4/6 of these once a summer. Enjoyable.
Reviewed by bark from Sweden
3.88/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5
3.88/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5
Sold as “London Summer Ale”.
The colour is yellow-amber (15 EBC), the liquid clear. The three finger head is airy and yellowish. It sinks slowly leaving some lacing.
The smell is dry and malty with fine fresh bitter flavours. Minerals, marmalade and hints of cedar wood. Some British hay-ish hops flavours.
The taste is light and malty, but it is not very sweet. Hints of yeast, peaches, hay and a light and smooth bitterness. Light to medium body. The aftertaste is smooth and balanced. Some exotic fruits: Green and ripe bananas, peaches and biscuits. The finish is mild with some fruits.
The carbonation is light to medium, the bubbles small. The liquid is light.
Light and refreshing, almost as clean as a fine lager. I like.
Sep 14, 2012The colour is yellow-amber (15 EBC), the liquid clear. The three finger head is airy and yellowish. It sinks slowly leaving some lacing.
The smell is dry and malty with fine fresh bitter flavours. Minerals, marmalade and hints of cedar wood. Some British hay-ish hops flavours.
The taste is light and malty, but it is not very sweet. Hints of yeast, peaches, hay and a light and smooth bitterness. Light to medium body. The aftertaste is smooth and balanced. Some exotic fruits: Green and ripe bananas, peaches and biscuits. The finish is mild with some fruits.
The carbonation is light to medium, the bubbles small. The liquid is light.
Light and refreshing, almost as clean as a fine lager. I like.
Reviewed by Evil_Pidde from Sweden
3.71/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.71/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: This beer is clear golden with a large, almost unbelievably thick white head. Dissipation takes a while, and leaves rich lacings.
S: Fruit and grass. Caramell malt, semi-sweet. Bitter hops, but even more floral; oranges and pears.
T: Sweet, bready malt. Floral hops brings fruits; oranges and pears, even some red apples. Bitter hops, but kind of in the back.
M: Long bitter aftertaste, medium body and mild carbonation.
O: A nice EPA, refreshing and summery.
Jul 18, 2012S: Fruit and grass. Caramell malt, semi-sweet. Bitter hops, but even more floral; oranges and pears.
T: Sweet, bready malt. Floral hops brings fruits; oranges and pears, even some red apples. Bitter hops, but kind of in the back.
M: Long bitter aftertaste, medium body and mild carbonation.
O: A nice EPA, refreshing and summery.
Reviewed by rarbring from Sweden
3.43/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
The beer is clear brass colored, medium sized lively bubbles, a white rather quickly settling head. Good lacing though, but small curtains.
A weak fruity smell, oranges, pears and some grass.
Starts sweet, loaf of bread, sweet orange juice, ripe red apples some orange peel.
Medium low carbonation, fresh and smooth, a medium body, a smooth dry finish.
A nice British Pale Ale, not extremely much summer to me, can be enjoyed year-round.
Jul 01, 2012A weak fruity smell, oranges, pears and some grass.
Starts sweet, loaf of bread, sweet orange juice, ripe red apples some orange peel.
Medium low carbonation, fresh and smooth, a medium body, a smooth dry finish.
A nice British Pale Ale, not extremely much summer to me, can be enjoyed year-round.
Reviewed by Trizzle from England
3.55/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A Fullers I've not had! Awesome.
Crystal clear light Amber body with ok head and some decent lace.
Nose is sweet biscuity malt a bit like buttered White bread. A gentle background of green grass and pepper hops.
Feel and flavour live up to the name. Silky smooth, medium light body, sweetish bready malts with light bittering and peppery hops. Honey and lemonade. Shandy-esque. Cask diacetyl butteriness in the mix is complimentary. While not one of the best Fullers range, it is still unmistakably Fullers and dangerously drinkable.
Nothing interesting but definitely one to go for on this warm London eve and definitely on to convert your lager drinking mates over from the 'dark' side.
Jun 02, 2011Crystal clear light Amber body with ok head and some decent lace.
Nose is sweet biscuity malt a bit like buttered White bread. A gentle background of green grass and pepper hops.
Feel and flavour live up to the name. Silky smooth, medium light body, sweetish bready malts with light bittering and peppery hops. Honey and lemonade. Shandy-esque. Cask diacetyl butteriness in the mix is complimentary. While not one of the best Fullers range, it is still unmistakably Fullers and dangerously drinkable.
Nothing interesting but definitely one to go for on this warm London eve and definitely on to convert your lager drinking mates over from the 'dark' side.
Reviewed by Beerandraiderfan from Nevada
3.5/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Yellow beer, with a degree of haze to it, producing giant soapy head. Aroma was lemon fresh, but not Pledge (tm).
An enjoyable degree of bitterness in a summer ale. Wish more summer wheat beers had this. The hopping is light, but the malt is light enough to allow the hops to be noticed, even if coming nowhere near prominent. Might get the bitterness from the lemon aspect more than the hopping or yeast strain. Maybe some honey in there. The hops are prolly Kent Goldings or Saaz. Basically, the lemon, bitterness, hopping and carbonation all produce a quality summer beer for the light hearted super hot days.
Price is average, drinkability is good, but I've never seen this in a 6er, which is a negative.
Jul 17, 2010An enjoyable degree of bitterness in a summer ale. Wish more summer wheat beers had this. The hopping is light, but the malt is light enough to allow the hops to be noticed, even if coming nowhere near prominent. Might get the bitterness from the lemon aspect more than the hopping or yeast strain. Maybe some honey in there. The hops are prolly Kent Goldings or Saaz. Basically, the lemon, bitterness, hopping and carbonation all produce a quality summer beer for the light hearted super hot days.
Price is average, drinkability is good, but I've never seen this in a 6er, which is a negative.
Reviewed by crowncapcollect from England
2.9/5 rDev -17.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
2.9/5 rDev -17.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
The white fluffy head disappates quite quickly. Pleasant yellow straw colour. Modest carbonation. In many ways, it is closer to a lager, but much less fizzy than most. I have been a fan of Fuller's beers for years, and have never tasted this one before. It is my least favourite Fuller's beer. Having said all that, it is aimed at the summer BBQ in the sun market, and is much preferable to the macro lager swill one normally finds at such events.
Aug 14, 2009
Reviewed by soulgrowl from England
3.07/5 rDev -13%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.07/5 rDev -13%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Sunny canary yellow with a slight haze and silky carbonation that cascades softly in to a meringuey-white head with very good retention. Mild and malt-forward nose, buttery and biscuity and pleasant, but one-dimensional. A tiny zip of floral hops adds some spice. The flavor is toasty, nutty, and caramelly with a strong topnote of cider-like apple juice, fruity with an edge of honey. Clean and dry with a hop profile thinner than fishing wire. A bit soapy. To be perfectly fair, this is not that refreshing, as the pump handle boasts - the cask mouthfeel just can't compete with forced carbonation for pure, crisp refreshment, I'm afraid. It is satiny smooth, sure, but in my opinion, a beer's gotta have a bit of effervescence to be really refreshing. Good stuff, but not really worth a second pint. Not in this heat, anyway.
Jul 18, 2009
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