Summit Extra Pale Ale

Brewed by Summit Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

Pours a clear amber with a small off-white head. Has some sweetness with a bit of malt in the background.

Nicely balanced brew, but too little hops for my taste. Description turns me off, "Summit Extra Pale Ale is not a beer brewed only for beer snobs. Just the opposite. It’s a beer for everyone ..." I don’t want to drink a "populist" brew. I want something developed especially for brew snobs!

Bottle poured a clear dark amber with a lasting amber head. Aromas of carmel, bread and a bit of fruitiness. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of bread, carmel and toffee with a crisp lightly bitter finish.

I had this one on draft at Stockertown Beverage and it was a bit on the bitter side for me with a wet palate. The carbonation seems pretty light almost like a macro.

Not bad...no head off the draft. Light amber color...very clear. A little sweetness and some hoppy taste that makes it easy to drain. Still not my favorite summer brew...I’d rather have a Bell’s Oberon. My beef with this stff is that it is a bit thin and watery.

Pours to a clear bronze hue. Butterscotch and some floral hops on the nose, tainted at times by iron and/or aluminum. A very pleasant honey biscuit taste, quietly rich and nicely rounded. A proper bite of English bitters in the finish. Smooth and sessionable, just the kind of thing that deflects almost all complaints. Common, but classic.

Bottle. Head is initially small, frothy, off-white, mostly diminishing. Body is clear light amber. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), moderately hoppy (grapefruit, resin), lightly yeasty (dough). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Dreadfully boring rendition.

Bottled. Beer is clear, medium-amber colored with a small, white, fizzy, rapidly and totally diminishing head. The aroma is malty with light notes of toasted grain, moderate note of caramel; Hoppy with moderate notes of cedar, dried apricot, light note of resin/pine; Yeasty with a light note of dough, a trace of wet cement; perhaps a miscellaneous trace of diacetyl. The flavor is lightly sweet, lightly blooming up to moderately bitter, lightly acidic with a longish, lightly acidic, lightly bitter finish. The body is light, the texture is watery and the carbonation is lively. Eh.