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Surfer's Summer Ale
Pelican Pub & Brewery
- From:
- Pelican Pub & Brewery
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.55 | pDev: 14.93%
- Reviews:
- 16
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 23, 2015
- Added:
- Oct 06, 2003
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
Brewmaster Darron Welch calls this one an "English Style Summer Ale".
11.9 degrees Plato
Alcohol: 5.3% by volume
Bitterness: 25 IBU
11.9 degrees Plato
Alcohol: 5.3% by volume
Bitterness: 25 IBU
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Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland
2.79/5 rDev -21.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.79/5 rDev -21.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Poured from the bottle into a nonic pint glass. Bottled August 29th 2012.
A real crystal clear golden tangerine amber body, with slow rising faint carbonation crawling. Head grabs about two fingers off white an a little soapy. Fairly nice.
Bouquet has a little bit of an off putting sense of bile. Some faint orange estery senses and very light toasty grains seem to be hiding. Not that really great smelling here, but lord knows I've had worse.
Extremely wet bodied, with a carbonated Perrier quality in the palate. Weak. Lots of carbon dioxide, and faint dry toasted barley. Palate is incredibly difficult to pick out and beer senses of malt, fruity esters, hops, anything, amongst all this C02. A hammered down palate, warming brings barely a toasty malt sense.
This tastes like colored beer flavored Perrier, really not feeling the love here.
Oct 13, 2012A real crystal clear golden tangerine amber body, with slow rising faint carbonation crawling. Head grabs about two fingers off white an a little soapy. Fairly nice.
Bouquet has a little bit of an off putting sense of bile. Some faint orange estery senses and very light toasty grains seem to be hiding. Not that really great smelling here, but lord knows I've had worse.
Extremely wet bodied, with a carbonated Perrier quality in the palate. Weak. Lots of carbon dioxide, and faint dry toasted barley. Palate is incredibly difficult to pick out and beer senses of malt, fruity esters, hops, anything, amongst all this C02. A hammered down palate, warming brings barely a toasty malt sense.
This tastes like colored beer flavored Perrier, really not feeling the love here.
Reviewed by inlimbo77 from Delaware
3.5/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3oz taster pour
Enjoyed on 9/3/12 at brewpub.
A: Simple clear golden yellow, looks like BMC, no lacing, no carbo.
S: Some light floral hopping. Some grassy, grainy malts. Light breadiness.
T: Much like I expected, it's a simple low ABV brew. Low hopping with grassy possibly Euro hops. Mild bitterness from them. Bready malts help to balance it nicely. Session summer brew.
M: It's a light body
Sep 19, 2012Enjoyed on 9/3/12 at brewpub.
A: Simple clear golden yellow, looks like BMC, no lacing, no carbo.
S: Some light floral hopping. Some grassy, grainy malts. Light breadiness.
T: Much like I expected, it's a simple low ABV brew. Low hopping with grassy possibly Euro hops. Mild bitterness from them. Bready malts help to balance it nicely. Session summer brew.
M: It's a light body
Reviewed by Orca from Washington
3.72/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.72/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
650mL (bottled 7/26/2012) into a tulip. Pours a clear golden color w/ a frothy white head.
Aroma is fruity, floral, a little grassy, grainy.
Taste is dry and grainy, bready. Floral and fruity hop character. Refreshing and drinkable.
Mouthfeel is light, crisp w/ a dry finish.
Overall a pretty standard, easy-drinking summer ale.
Sep 09, 2012Aroma is fruity, floral, a little grassy, grainy.
Taste is dry and grainy, bready. Floral and fruity hop character. Refreshing and drinkable.
Mouthfeel is light, crisp w/ a dry finish.
Overall a pretty standard, easy-drinking summer ale.
Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota
3.15/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.15/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to pwnzilla for another gorgeous box of beer, including my third Pelican experience. One great, one not so much, so this is the tie-breaker. 22 oz. bomber split with my wife.
The pour is very beer: a gold that any 1970s beer commercial would be proud to advertise on Three's Company. Nose is grassy, grainy, with a healthy heap of sweet malt.
Surfer's Summer Ale puts the routine in routine. Hits the nose like a ball peen hammer: grassy, grainy, with a healthy heap of sweet malt. Hop tang at the tail end saves this from complete obscurity & gives it a finger or two of character. Easy to drink, I suppose.
Decent, but thoroughly forgettable.
Aug 28, 2012The pour is very beer: a gold that any 1970s beer commercial would be proud to advertise on Three's Company. Nose is grassy, grainy, with a healthy heap of sweet malt.
Surfer's Summer Ale puts the routine in routine. Hits the nose like a ball peen hammer: grassy, grainy, with a healthy heap of sweet malt. Hop tang at the tail end saves this from complete obscurity & gives it a finger or two of character. Easy to drink, I suppose.
Decent, but thoroughly forgettable.
Surfer's Summer Ale from Pelican Pub & Brewery
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
35 ratings
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