Fredrikstad Sommerøl

Brewed by Hansa Borg Bryggerier
Style: Pale Lager
Bergen, Norway

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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Bottle. One of a dozen, pale and light, grainy and sweetish, not bad, not good, but rateble, drinkable and unimpressive. Average pale lager all over. Hints of dry grassy hops in the aroma though...

UPDATED: FEB 15, 2012 On bottle from local grocery store. A very average norwegian lager. Very light colour with a white head. Weak taste, and not much aroma.

Thin and watery as the brewery’s normal lager. A bit more bitter, and a bit more aroma and taste than the normal one, actually.

330ml bottle, 4.5% abv, from Centra Colosseum Oslo. Golden body with a chalk white head that fades quickly to a thin layer. Vaguely smell of grass and corn. Sweet fruity taste with malts behind. Soft in the mouth. Rather anonymous, however, not as boring as the two other summer beers I sampled together with this one (hotel room, Oslo 10.06.2010).

16.11.2003, 0,33l Bottle. The colour is pale yellow with white head. Aroma is weak with a light body.Refrashing with some aromahops.

Bottle. Harsh hoppiness, bitter finish. Apart from that thin and watery - very true to style..

Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is fruit, malt, grass. Flavour is fruit, malt, grass. Thin beer.

330 ml clear bottle, thanks to yngwie! ABV is 4.7%. Pale golden colour, large head. Aroma of pilsener malts and boiled vegetables. Fizzy mouthfeel. The flavour has, unlike most Norwegian "Sommerøl", actually traces of both malts and hops, with a moderate sweetness. Not a great beer, but better than I feared.

Bottle. Pours a clear, almost golden body, with a minimal white head leaving nice lacings. Quite nice, malty aroma with a little fruity note of hops. The flavor is on the malty side as well, with a weak bready touch and some bitterness without leaving much hop flavor. Medium body, with a slightly sticky impression. It finishes quite malty, but the bitterness is more pronounced here, and so is the bready note. For a Norwegian summer beer, it is very nice. It could use a bit more hops, especially in the aroma, but it definately is a nice, pale lager. Refreshing and quite tasteful, easy to drink and (strangely enough) not forgettable. I find it strange that this is only distributed locally. (071112)

Aroma is grassy but turns sweaty, taste is similar and becomes boring quickly.