Belgian Summer Ale - Hangar 24 Brewery

Tdizzle

California

3.95/5  rDev +11.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a Hangar 24 pint glass.

A - Pours a hazy golden straw color. An aggressive pours yields a nice head of white foam that gradually dissipates to a thin layer atop the beer and a thick ring along the inside of the glass. No lacing clings to the glass from start to finish.

S - Bright aromas of lemon, pineapple, and fresh-cut grass. Bready yeast, bubblegum, banana, and peppery clove as well.

T - The initial flavor is tart and lemony; nicely complimented by bready malts and an estery yeast profile. Finishes enticingly tart and dry.

M - Agressive carbonation with a medium, somewhat chewy, mouthfeel.

O - A very flavorful and refreshing beer. Perfect for the hot California summer ahead. Highly recommended.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2013 06:59:12 | More by Tdizzle

mactrail

California

3.3/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Lots of foam at first pour. Hazy, pale yellow in the big chalice. Delicate cidery aroma. Soft, foamy mouthfeel. Surprisingly watery and light bodied.

A slight fruity sweetness on the lips. A modest pear flavor, or really it's a drier, paler version of Champale. A little yeast in the mix. More flavor in the nose than on the tongue. Not exactly sour, but definitely tart. The stuff is so pale it's hard to get a handle on it. I would have guessed it was under 4% alcohol. Slight bitter aftertaste like orange peel.

This tastes a lot like a Wit, and I find it hard to identify as a Belgian Pale Ale. I think I would have liked it better with a touch of esters and less of the lactic acid. From the 12 oz bottle.

Serving type: bottle

08-26-2012 06:28:00 | More by mactrail

HalfFull

California

3.15/5  rDev -10.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Picked up a 12 oz. single mixing some summer brews together. Just now realizing the Belgian component. Anyway, poured into a globe glass, this summer ale pours a hazed golden with a light cap of foam.

Offers a decent Belgian yeast aroma and even more so with some good agitation. Yet the beer is rather undercarbonated to maintain such things for long. Touch of wheat sourness comes through at times.

Taste offers a light sugary sweetness and a lot of pale/pils malt throughout. A touch of lemon and spice on the finish fends off an odd bitterness. Overall too cider like, not so much in flavor but in carbonation. Gas it up and I think this will come across much better.

Serving type: bottle

08-13-2012 05:20:16 | More by HalfFull

UCLABrewN84

California

3.48/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a murky light orange-tan with a 1/2 inch foamy tan head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace slowly drip into the remaining beer on the drink down. Smell is slightly tart with some grain, yeast, spice, and slight fruity aromas. Taste is also slightly tart with grain, yeast, and spice up front with some light fruity flavors on the finish. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that is easy to drink and pretty tasty for a Summer beer.

Serving type: bottle

08-09-2012 01:00:36 | More by UCLABrewN84

womencantsail

California

3.55/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

On-tap at Bruery Provisions

The pour is a pale yellow color with a fluffy white head. A nice yeast aroma with lots of straw and grass notes. Some pear notes and a little bit of apple. Very mild malt and phenolics. The flavor is quite watery, unfortunately. Some hints of sweet apple and malt, maybe a little straw and grass. Fairly bland due to being so watery.

Serving type: on-tap

07-16-2012 17:55:39 | More by womencantsail

Halcyondays

California

3.45/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

12 oz. bottle, their website says it's based on the 3rd and not the same beer, so I'm adding it here,

A: Pours a hazy gold, almost Berliner Weisse looking colour with a small white head, fair retention.

S: Yeasty coriander type notes, some distinct dandelion green notes which is rare to find in a beer.

T: Tart lemon, but only a mild acidity, but it brings a refreshing touch to the beer. Some earthy hop character on the back end, it does have a stretch of vegetal green throughout which makes the flavours a bit disjointed, but the overall tartness ups the score a bit.

M: Light-bodied, crisp carbonation, creamy.

O: A nice light summer beer. I liked what the sour mashing brought to the flavour, but overall, the beer never came together for me all the way.

Serving type: bottle

06-16-2012 00:53:21 | More by Halcyondays