Swale Indian Summer

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

Orangy-amber in color, great lacy soft creamy head (tapped on a hand-pump), very smooth, very hoppy for an English pale ale, fruity & floral nose & aroma, spicy aftertaste, great pale ale

A bit of a fizzer. Thick billowing head, the repour (second half) has a lot of yeast. Fabulours hoppy aroma -- styrian goldings? I get pineapple and peach too. Malt character is nice, good touch of caramel sweetness. This is awesome.

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.

I must agree with Volgon on this one; a terrific, if very English, pint. Beautiful color, very compact head that immediately becomes frothy and clingy. Then...a tale of two beers. The initial nose is hoppy, fruity, not your typical malt depth. The initial flavor & palate are a bit weak; well-flavored, hoppy, but watery. Then, mid-pint, the malt and yeast kick in. The bottle warns you to pour carefully so as not to disturb the yeast...oh, but please do! The tangy Maris Otter and sweet/sour yeast kick in like crazy. The bottom of my glass was covered in yeast and other suspended wonderfullness. I could drink this every day. In this regard, for my tastes, this brew is the English counterpart of Poppy Jasper. Challenging, but yummy, for everyday use. Oh, one other thing...my bottle says 5% alcohol, not 4.2%.

Dark golden color.A fountain of carbonation bubbling from the bottom of the glass.Tall white foamy head.Slightly malty aroma but mostly this one was Hoppy and some what fruity.Malty taste some what sweet,Nice hop taste with a mild shot of citrus.The hops in this one aren't overly strong but very gentle on the tongue with a very smooth feel.This is definately a brew i'm going to get more of,They've been sitting in the store cooler for quite awhile so i better get them all.Corner the market in this area of the country.

First of all - take a look at the bottle - it looks like there's about 3/4" yeast at the bottom! Poured with a rapidly expanding frothy head - it went up, then went slowly down. The first pour was clear gold, the second was cloudy orange. Very floral/fruity IPA - a much milder version than some of you may be expecting. Sweet, semi-thick malt body; sticky hoppy sweet finish. No where near as intense than the Burton ipa, but almost as well made. (Oh, this is classified as an APA- well, in that case they did an excellent job. For some reason the label had me expecting an IPA)

Poured from the bottle with an outrageously large head which lasted until the bottom of the glass. This was a very drinkable pale ale with nice hoppiness. This would make a nice session beer as it is extremely drinkable. The one thing I didn't like about this beer was the yeast sediment in the bottle, which ended up in my glass.

A great beer. The hoppiest English beer that I have ever had.