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Summit Extra Pale Ale

Summit Extra Pale Ale

Rated 3.445 by BeerPals
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Brewed by Summit Brewing Company

St. Paul, MN, United States

Style:  American Pale Ale

5.1% Alcohol by Volume

45 International Bittering Units

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Summit's first-born child and flagship beer, Extra Pale Ale has a pronounced hop flavor and a light bronze color. Brewed since 1986, there's not a beer lover in the Twin Cities who isn't familiar with Summit Extra Pale Ale. Malts: 2-Row Harrington, Caramel Hops: Horizon, Fuggle, Cascade

ID: 6643 Last updated 13 years ago Added to database 22 years ago

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Statistics

Overall Rank4327
Overall Percentile91.9
Style Rank106 of 2215
Style Percentile95.2
Lowest Score2.8
Highest Score4.5
Average Score3.490
Weighted Score3.445
Standard Deviation0.358

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  • TREBORIUS 308 reviews
    rated 3.2 3 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

    The beer pours a light copper color, transparent, with a frothy off-white head. Aroma is grassy with hints of caramel, light citrus, and yeast. Mouthfeel is average. Flavor is well balanced between the caramel and malt sweetness, and the bitter hop note.

  • FLASHPRO 1175 reviews
    rated 3.5 4 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    A random find in the fridge this Easter. Pours a thick fluffy head. Smells great of flowery hops and fruit. Super easy drinking and not all that bitter. Good beer

  • JABAH 1780 reviews
    rated 3.4 11 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    One of four samples from the 12-pack variety pack. Ho-hum for a Pale Ale/Extra. Balance is a little off, but overall decent flavor. Wanted some more hops. Light orange color with off-white head. Liked their IPA better, which actually seemed more like a hoppy Pale Ale, or what an "Extra" should be.

  • DOULOS31 1349 reviews
    rated 3.6 13 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    I swear I had the marzen in the EPA bottle. Golden red color, clear. Bready and biscuity with toasted caramel and a lagerlike bite. I swear the put the wrong beer in my bottle!

  • HONKEYMOFO 1000 reviews
    rated 3.4 13 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    It pours a light amber burnt-orange with thin white head and copious lace. A bready aroma of caramel malts, piney hops, light grapefruit, and pepper/spice. The mouthfeel is smooth and rich. Flavors of caramel malts, hops, yeast/bready, light grapefruit, and spiciness. Mmmm .. just right!

  • RJA 2975 reviews
    rated 3.0 14 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    A crystalline bronze colored ale. Big off white-orange tinged colored head. Soapy in texture. Moderate hang time, settling into soapy film on the glass and soapy cap atop the body. The aroma is really subtle. There’s some grassy hops I detect. Not much else. Moderate body. Really creamy texture. Low carbonation. Mild citrus-grassy hop taste, balanced with a caramel tasting. Nothing bold in the tasting which would make this a decent session beer.

  • SUDSMCDUFF 3781 reviews
    rated 2.8 14 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

    winterpack 2008: she rogered the boogley!! .. . muddled nose, maple and cereal mostly .. . mellow bitterness (nice huh) .. . golden red colour .. . nice simple lacing .. very pleasant aftertaste .. Gotcha - cat in the furnace!

  • JERRYMORRISON 2130 reviews
    rated 3.5 15 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    I normally dont care for pale ales but this one was pretty solid. A nice aroma of pine, with some slight citrus notes. Flavor was similar to the aroma with a crisp finish. Overall it was a pretty nice beer, the flavors all worked well together with none being too over or underwhelming.

  • FUNK 898 reviews
    rated 3.8 15 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    Perhaps Summit's best offering (with the Oktoberfest a close second). Always a good choice in my area since there aren't a lot of other options. As far as pale ales are concerned, this is a good representation of the style.

  • AIRFORCE1 681 reviews
    rated 3.4 15 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    I'm not much of an ale guy but this is a very good beer. The only other ale I've had was Newcastle and this one puts it to shame to the nth degree. aroma is very appeasing, Pours smooth with a descent white head. Top of my ale list so far. Overall a good ale, And being from Minnesota its less then 50 miles from me, so I get it fresh.

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