St. Peters Summer Ale

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

Clear pale amber appearnace. Small bubbly white head. Subtle but rather pleasant aroma of orabgey and floral hops with caramelly and toffeish malts in aroma. Flavour starts of oranges, toffee and metal with a growing hops note. Finish quite bitter of orangey hops witha biscuity undertone. Quite nice but not aromaic enough.

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

Bottled in a1/2 liter light olive green antique medicine bottle replete with date code. The pour produced a clear orange-amber in the glass....soft carbonation (I like this as it allows you to get to some of the more delicate tastes this ale has to impart) which produces a small rocky off white cap....medium retention then reduces to a ring. Wonderful layered nose on this ale... caramel malty sweetness: notes of toffee, walnuts, figs..hops give a fragrent ripe cranberry effect then a musty, earthy undertone...complex...nice. Starts with an oily textured full body where the complex layers of flavour unfold slowly on the tongue; treacle and earthy tones, caramel and musty cranberries, dates and smokey earth, rye bread and beechwood..very nice, The finish lingers as well where the sweet mustiness gives way to a burnished oak taste and then slight metalic after taste and some warming. A very flavorful, well crafted English strong ale. Seems a little complex and full bodied for a summer ale, but hey, I can take the break with conformity. I like this ale a lot and will be back to the bottle shop to buy up what I can for my fridge and beer trading.

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

Bottle: Poured a clear amber colored ale with a medium head with average retention. Carbonation is below average, which is a bit disappointing. Aroma is mostly comprised of hops and already you can feel the bitterness associated with this beer. The taste is mostly dominated by the hops, which gives this beer quite some bitterness. This is sometimes reminiscent of an IPA but lacks some sweetness to cover the bitterness. Overall, I would say this say a good beer but short of great. It is also better then some other effort from this hit or miss brewery.

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

My third St. Peter's experience. Poured a clean orange-amber colour with an off-white head. Left a good amount of lacing, but this brew had no visual carbonation. The nose was hoppy, but also very hard to pin-point exactly what it was... maybe hay. Taste was smooth at start and then finished with a bitter aftertaste. Could not taste the 6.5% alcohol, could only feel it in my head (after having a few beers previously). Again, St. Peter's has a brew that is very special.