St. John Brewers Virgin Islands Summer Ale

Brewed by Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: Mild Ale
Portland, Maine USA

Good for drinking quickly. Some light citric / apricot flavor, otherwise staight forward not-bad chugger.

Pours gold with a white head. Smells earthy with a trace of toasted malt. Tastes lightly spicy and earthy with some peppery splashes on the finish.

Bottle. Light aromas of roasted, cooked vegetable and pepper. Head is average size, frothy, white with some laciong and is mostly diminishing. Color is sparkling clear amber. Flavor starts lightly acidic and finishes lightly acidic, bitter and sour. Palate is light to medium, watery, has a lively carbonation and finishes lightly dry. A good simple beer, refreshing with some hints of taste.

Bottle… Clear, light golden ale with a small, quickly dissipating, white head. The aroma, although a bit restrained, provides pale-malt mash and a whisper of butterscotch. Medium-bodied with a slick mouthfeel and bristly carbonation. Leans barely onto the sweet side of balance - otherwise, nondescript. Short, crisp, clean finish.

Bottle: Poured a bright golden color ale with a large foamy white head with average retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of light sweet malt with some bland cereal. Taste is not overly complex with some lightly sweet malt with a somewhat refreshing taste of cereal and a light dry hops at the end. Body is fuller then average with OK carbonation. Not bad but nothing too write home either.

Nice beer to drink while sitting by the pool on a hot California late-August Saturday afternoon. It puts out the fire, but doesn’t bring much in flavor or aroma. The beer pours a clear light amber, dark yellow color with a bright 1" head. The slightly fruity aroma give way to a sweet malt angle and some wet grains. Flavor of light apple and corn/cereal round this out. Drinkable.

12 oz bottle via Mys Swap 4.0 (thanks daknole!) Pours a clear amber with a small white head. Not getting much of anything from the nose, maybe aa little yeast. Taste is fairly bland but not by any means offensive. I detect a little bit of honey, some bread/toast, and some mild but nice herbal hop flavor. Body is thin, carbonation a bit higher than i like. I would take this any day over a macro, would make a very inoffensive around the pool summer session beer for the non craft beer friends to enjoy. People rating is so low are expecting too much from this style of a beer. it is what it is, and is good for what it is.

Bottled.
Bottle courtesy of Mika H. & Family bought from US Virgin Island, thanks! Golden color, small white head. Peach fruity, yeasty, a bit grainy aroma. Pale malty, slightly fruity sweet, a bit harsh hoppy finish. Aftertaste has more grains, bready malts and some hops. Not a mild ale, more like a watery American Pale Ale.