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Barley Days Summer Light


 Percentile 
56
overall
Brewed by Barley Days Brewery
Style: Mild Ale

Picton, Canada

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123.3/5.03.11/5.03.5%59.8English pint, Shaker

Commercial Description:
Barley Days Brewery’s Summer Light Ale is just right for hot summer days. With only 3.5% alcohol, it features German specialty malts and hops chosen from England, California, and the Czech Republic. Summer Light Ale has a full and spritzy taste that will delight your palate with a subtle citrus aroma that complements the hoppy finish.
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 mabel (2530), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Oct 26, 2008  
[1710-20080916] Tap. Hoppy citrus grass aroma has some bread yeast. Clear, golden orange body with a long-lasting creamy white head. Yeasty bready citrus flavour finishes long and bitter and grainy. Light-medium body. A particularly refreshing pint after cycling +30km that day...
(@ Volo; Toronto, ON)


EHGsean (28), Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
May 5, 2009    Updated: Jun 17, 2009
A beer that the brewery has constantly refined! Saaz hops through the flavour and aroma. Two row Canadian malt and wheat malt in the grain bill.


 GregClow (2493), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 29, 2008  
Draught at Volo. Light, bright gold with a good sized white head. Aroma and flavour are both light and fresh, with not-too-sweet malt and more hops than I expected. A really nice summer beer - and at 3.5%, super-sessionable.


 HogTownHarry (3922), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 1, 2009  
Draught. At C’Est What Spring Fest. Pale gold with a large creamy/fluffy lasting white head. Dry aroma of coriander, banana, pear and candi sugar, quite floral. Fruity taste, with balancing strong coriander and pungent floral bitterness. Surprisingly thick mouthfeel, intensely yeasty, spicy with a long linger - "light"? how is this light??? It is, however, pretty damned good - surprise of the fest for me. I can’t believe I’m saying this, based on past experience, but - well done!


 VeloVampire (483), Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
May 22, 2009  
On tap at C’est What - came an almost clear straw gold with a good thick white head. Aroma quite yeasty, and a bit of sweet malt. Flavour beautiful, and almost wit-like. Yeast, green apple, a very mild touch of green hop....nice. Faint bitterness in the finish. Very, very nice light summer beer for the strength. Would have this often.


 tupalev (2605), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
May 23, 2009  
On tap C’est What Spring Fest 2009. Light yellow, small white head. Fruity light malt aroma - pleasant. Nice taste - light malt, light hops, refreshing. An excellent summer beer. I do not think it should be classified as a mild ale. The surprise of the fest for me!


 garthicus (1216), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 29, 2009  
Bottle at Beer Bistro. Appearance: champagne yellow with a tiny white head. Aroma: almost saison like - bitter, salty, lemon, wheat, hops. Flavour: nice and spicy, hops, salt, grass with a nice malty tangy finish. I’m pleasantly surprised.


 jerc (3861), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 23, 2008  
2008-09-16. Crisp golden yellow body with a decent off-white head. (3+) Surprisingly hoppy aroma, wheat and a brief fruity hint at lime/citrus notes. Tart wheat in the flavour, light bitterness. Sharp grassy hops in the finish linger a bit. Hop forward with a light underlying pale malt character. Average palate suits it. Rather refreshing after an 18km bike ride down Yonge Street! <i>On tap at Cafe Volo, Toronto</i>



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