Swale Indian Summer

Formerly brewed at Whitstable
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Maidstone, England

Cask Conditioned, at the Market Porter, Borough, London .
Faint hoppy aroma. Golden with frothy white head. Pleasant hoppy, pineapple aroma. Citrus fruits. Moderate bitter flavour and length. Part of the Beerlimey & Spiesy, tearing it up in London (on a Wed night) Tour.

Cask: Clear golden appearance. Impressive grapefruit/tropical citrus aroma. Sweet fruity flavor, mild citric bite, grapefruit apparent but not bitter. Restarined smooth IPA.

500 mL bottle; at least 6 months old: dark, translucent gold, fluffy head leaves a thin film on the inside of the glass & settles into a polka dotted patch work . . . sour, musty-hop aroma that is just my style: fills the nose with limestone, sour fruits and other funky stuff. Sweet & sour flavours that wets the palate and makes the lips pucker. Well developed from sitting in the closet and a perfect beer to come home to when the humidity gets out of control.

On cask: Golden color, nice body, what can one say but HOPS! Everywhere hops, flavor, aroma, and bitterness. This is still the hoppiest beer I've ever had, and I enjoy it. Great beer.

Murky orange color with only a beverage covering amount of tiny cream colored bubbles. Light aromas of tropical fruit (near fruit punch) and pale malt. Smooth and gentle in feel. Acidic woody malt start and mild malt middle. Really quite bland. Bitterness (grapefruit zest) kick in at the end and sticks to the back of the throat. I'm thinking I have a "flat" bottle and will rerate when the time presents itself, hopefully on cask.

Crystal clear golden ale. Huge, frothy, white head which diminishes to a small, creamy white head with staying power. Spotty lacing. Fruity aroma. Dried apricots. Vineous notes. Light, underripe banana and caramel. The flavor is bursting with apricot and other fuzzy fruit. Well-balanced with some pungency and light bitterness. Light-bodied with a lightly oily mouthfeel and fizzy carbonation. Short, crisp, clean finish with some grapefruit rind thrown in as an afterthought.

Orange/Amber colour with a VERY large dense white head. A simply mouthwatering aroma of lemon, grapefruit, tangerines and strong hops. Medium-bodied; High carbonation; Decently strong flavour, showing of a good balance with malt and the grapefruity hops come out in the taste as well. Aftertaste subtle compared to the aroma and taste, but is fairly clean. Overall, I enjoyed this beer...not the best, but better than average! I bought this 50 cL beer at Beers of the World in Rochester, New York.

Sweet pale malt, biscuit nose. Giant creamy whitish head. Pale golden amber colour. Starts faintly sweet, pleasantly malty, light bodied, very drnkable finishing with subtle hops.