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Southern Tier Hop Sun

Percentile
78
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3643.35/5.03.34/5.0Summer4.6%96.5Shaker, Weizen
Commercial Description:
Pour Hop Sun Summer Wheat Beer into a pint glass, give it a long whiff and you'll realize that this isn't your average wheat beer. Filtered to a golden clarity and dry-hopped to perfection, Hop Sun is a fantastic session ale in which flavors of wheat, barley and hops co-mingle to a refreshing and zesty conclusion. Hints of lemon and sweet malts waft to the fore as a touch of bitterness contributes to Hop Sun's bright finish. Enjoy Hop Sun all summer long as a perfect balance to your outdoor recreation. Summer never tasted so good.
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 markwise (1186), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 26, 2009  
12 oz form Wine Merchant in Findlay, Ohio. Pours clear yellow with soapy white head. Nose is bread, banana, sweet cream, and vanilla. Flavor is bread, banana, lemon, and a light bitterness. Medium-bodied and sweet citrus fun. Great summer/ starter beer.


 jeremytoni (1109), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/514/20
Jul 25, 2009  
From a bottle poured a clear golden color with a fair amount of head. Light hoppy flavor with a hint of sweet malt, and a quick finish.


 lassem (307), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/514/20
Jul 22, 2009  
33 cl. bottle from Řlbutikken, Copenhagen. A clear golden pilsner like pour. With a inch high white fading head. The nose is nice and fresh with a lot of fruits like melon ad peaches. The taste is fresh and crispy. Hints of pebber and yeast with a nice hoppyness. The palate is creamy and round.


 Skinnyviking (4157), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/514/20
Jul 22, 2009  
Bottle. High creamy and lasting off-white head leaving nice long lacings. Clear golden body. Hoppy malt aroma with notes of grass and hay. Mild malt flavor with a nice amount of hops and notes of pine. Low carbonation. Long bitter aftertaste.


 porterhouse (1156), Alna, Maine, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/513/20
Jul 21, 2009  
(Draft @ Union Brewhouse) Pours quite clear, light gold-amber with just a bit of off-white head. Weak aroma of sweetish light caramel, some fruit, light citrus and pine. Mouthfeel fairly smooth, although a bit prickly. A bit watery. Flavor kind of weak with some light caramel and bread overlain with some light bitterness. A bit papery. Actually pretty bland and washed-out tasting. Seems like a clunker from a normally very good brewery.


 Indra (2030), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 20, 2009  
12oz. bottle. Lightly hoppy, citric, wheat malt aroma, faintly piney and perfumed with a light touch of floral sweetness. Clear light-medium golden color with a very slight, fading head, no lacing. Flavor is fairly hoppy and moderately bitter, with more citrus and slight pine, coupled with a light dosage of malt sweetness and wheaty grains, finishing dry and crisp. Relatively low in carbonation for the style with a thin mouthfeel and light body. Not a lot to it, but works great as a summer quencher, which is exactly what its intended to be.


 williamherbert (466), Syracuse, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/514/20
Jul 20, 2009  
(Hex glass) Clear golden yellow; head dies quick, eh. Flowery hop aroma that wafts above the glass. Underneath, a crystal wheat aroma; good combo in the nose. Sharp taste of flowery and bitter Euro hops. Floral flavors dominate. Sweet, perfumey and summery. Light and bubbly, with a bite on the way down. Not as awesome as I had remembered, but nice and light -- but also hoppy -- for the summer.


 esjaygee (1531), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 19, 2009  
Golden yellow with a medium white head. Aroma of yeast, pine, citrus and malt. Taste of yeast, citrus, lemon and a touch of wheat. Finishes up somewhat dry with moderate bitterness.



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