Hökhålts Sommarale

Brewed by Grebbestad Bryggeri
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Grebbestad, Sweden

Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Clear deep golden, small head. Slight grapefruit/gooseberry aroma. Sweet with clean, rounded mouthfeel. Simplistic lagerlike malt character barely covered in a thin blanket of tropical fruity hops. Finishes with notes of canteloupe, medium bitterness and slight metallic edges. is this really top fermented?

Bottled@SBWF2009. Coppery amber colour with small white head. Aroma is hops, grass, mild rubber and fruits. Flavour is vegetables, fruits, herbs and some mild notes of wood.

Draught at Bishop’s Arms, Malmö
Light amber color; creamy head. It has a light but nice hop aroma. The flavor is less exciting, there is caramel flavor, a bit too dry, quite strong bitterness. There is not enough body and the final is a bit harsh and very boring.

Bottled @SBWF 2009
Copper-brown color, small white head. Sticky berryish, cardboardish aroma. Caramelly, almost toffeish, peach flavor. Sweetish, a bit lager-like ale, not too bad as such.

Draught @ Bishops Arms, Malmö. Pours a clear copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweetish malty salty chalky flavor. Has a sweetish malty fruity caramel finish.

Draught at The Rover, Göteborg
On May 10, 2009
Clear light brown to copper color, big fluffy lasting off-white head. Hoppy, red berries, citrus taste. Malty and floral hoppy scent. Moussy mouthfeel, medium bitterness.

I was in the final jury of the home brew competition, Swedish Championships 2008, where the original beer was declared the according to style winner as a "Brittish light ale" of sort. This seems to be more American though.

Draught at Tre små rum, Gothenburg Deep golden with a small, white head. Light aroma with some citrus and butterscotch. Pretty heavy carbonation and light body. Fresh mouthfeel. Some tropical fruits, toffee and pin-needles.

Bottled at Monks Café, Wallingatan, Stockholm. Clear amber with a small white head. Clean aroma of caramel and mild grapefruit. Medium-bodied with clean notes of caramel, melon and butter. Grainy finish with a low bitterness.