Sea Dog Summer Ale

Brewed by Sea Dog Brewing (Shipyard Brewing Co.)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Topsham, Maine USA

Pours yellowwith a thin white head. Smells of wildflowers, dry malt. Tastes sweet and perfumy with a soft finish.

Pours to a bright orange-yellow with medium thicvk white head that lasts to mid-glass and leaves a little lacing. Aroma is mildly floral hops, and the mouthfeel a lttle thin and slightly tingly. Flavor started out as floral hops, but I could actually taste a hint of apple and citrus fruit toward the end. The finish is okay, but nothing special. This would make a decent session beer on a hot night.

Good body and flavor for a summer, enough to enjoy with or without hot weather. Neutral, well balanced, no rough edges. No fruit required.

Thin, hoppy, a little light malt flavor present, a little bitter. Tastes like one of the weaker German beers...but too thin, weak. It could be a lot worse...there aren’t any objectionable qualities, it just tastes a tad watered down.

Beer number 100! Would have liked to commemorate it with a more extrodinary beer, but at least I’ll be able to get it one closer to a percentile rating... And it’s always good to support a local brewery... Anyway... Amber body with half-inch white head. Weak smell with hints of bitterness and citrus maybe? Tastes not too strong with a honey aftertaste and little carbonation. Sweet and very drinkable. Not the best beer I’ve ever had, but definitely a crisp refreshing one good for the end of a hot summer day like today.

Light copper/deep gold clear and small head with slight carb. Aroma is sweet and malty. nice subtle malt and hoppy flavor. Not as watered down as other summer ales. Surprisingly this is one of the better offerings from seadog.

On tap at brewpub in So. Portland. Poured a nice, golden color with a very small, white head. Slightly hazy with no particles. Doesn’t smell too much like a typical summer ale; no real wheat to speak of. Smooth on the palate with a medium-lasting aftertaste, and a nice flavor (some citrus?). Goes down very easy; a good summer beer, but nothing really special to set it apart from all the other summer ales out there.

Bottle. Dark gold. Smells of lemon and honey and yeasty bread dough. Flavor is lemon, orange, vanilla and a hint of cream. Definitely different.