James Page Summer Ale

Formerly brewed at Stevens Point Brewery
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Stevens Point, Wisconsin USA

Cloudy straw color,nice aroma of wheat,spice and yeast with a slight citrus side to it.The taste was very nice,wheaty with a good spice content along with a nice mellow citrus that didn't get to out of hand like on some others i've had.The after taste was much the same as the taste with a little more note on the hops and spice coming through.I have to agree with Nuffield that as it warmed it got a little rough to drink.This might be a set back but as far as i'm concerned i prefer this one ice cold for a good experience.The brew is all in all good and worth trying.

Thirsty, I reached blindly into the fridge, grabbed a bottle, popped the top, and poured it into a pint glass, giving little thought to what it was, but thinking it was a hefe weizen. As I finished it, I mused that it must've been a mighty weak weizen, with little hefe and scant wheat texture...then I noticed the bottle, and read the label...partial wheat malts...not far off the mark...interesting... So, the beer...appearance:slightly hazy, orange/amber color, short, disappearing head. Aroma:very sweet and fruity, sugary, a distinctive character, with orange chief at first, and banana gaining prominence later on. I kept my nose in this one for a while, very nice. On the palate, though, the sugary sweetness goes a bit too far, and comes close to cloying. Extraordinarily light in every respect, and an ideal summer slammer. Banana/clove aspects peep up, but never fully form...it's like a half-born hefe weizen. Lacking quite a bit, but neither does it pretend to much, either. A nice little summer ale.

Autumn Brew Review 2004. Strange brew... Dark straw color with a good sized head. Weak aroma of wheat. Kind of a wheat and malt taste, but some spice and hops that aren’t in a typical wheat. I stick by my original comment: strange...

Crisp yeastiness and noble hops. Tasted rather kolsch-like to me, with a clean maltiness.

2004 Autumn Brew Review: Coudy. I’ll Go with Straw Coloring. Big Head. Thar Be a Different Sort of Summer Ale...Wheat, Hops and Some Spice to it. Fruit. Would Like to Try Again.

Friend of mine had this one in his fridge. Pours amber with thick white head. Aroma of wheat, light hops and malt with some kind of additional spice. Flavor is quite mild with no one ingredient stealing the show. Interesting, but not bad... even in winter.

A decent summer ale, not too strong. It is spicy and fruity; like the description says. Make sure it stays cold though, otherwise it gets a little nasty. Good when drank outside on a nice warm day.

A hefe profile came through for me, with the clove aroma having something like artificial watermelon candy as well. Mostly clear, just a bit of haze in the dirty yellow color. This was disappointing flat in appearance and palate, with only the fact that I was eating some rather salty rice pilaf able to compensate by stimulating a nice secondary fizz in my mouth. As it warms it ends somewhat limp in the mouth. Acceptable, but with much disappointment.