Andrews Summer Golden Ale

12oz brown bottle from The Lighthouse in Manchester. Pours a slightly hazy straw-yellow body with a very thin film of off-white head that doesn’t stay long. Smells malty sweet and fruity, reminiscent of honey with a slight grassy hops. Tastes malty biscuity sweet at first, with a fair bit of fruitiness and a strong leafy-grassy hop presence toward the finish. The hops seem to add a grassy astringency to the beer, to a small extent, hurting the drinkability slightly. Otherwise a flavorful drinkable blonde, among the best I’ve had of the style and probably my favorite offering from this brewery.

Draught. Orangey-gold with small head. Fruity hop with orange predominant. Fresh grain. Immature orchard fruits and some undercooked elements. Lots of trees and leaves. Dash of salt. Thin. Alright.

Bottle courtesy bfeld. Pour was hazy golden-straw in color, white head, respectable size and decent lacing for the style. The aroma was wheaty, herbal hoppy. The flavor was herbal hoppy with a wheaty base, faint fruity esters, a bit of twang/bite in the finish, which was pretty clean. Not the most exciting style in the world, but for a light blonde ale, not bad.

Poured a cloudy orange color with small head. Aroma was of citrus/lemons yeast and some sweet malts. Flavor was of tart lemons and a hit of sweet malts funky yeastyness. refreshing beer but nothing amazing. Not bad for summer time.

(12oz bottle) Large white head atop hazy straw body. Aroma is medium sweet, bread, some herbal, dough. Taste is medium sweet, some herbal, dough. Light-medium body, some crispness.