Granite Brewery Summer Ale

Brewed by Granite Brewery (Toronto)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Toronto, Canada

[049-20060921] Tap @ Granite (Toronto, ON). Light hop and spice aroma. Golden red body with a white head. Tastes clean and crisp, kind of hoppy, with a tangy alcoholic wheaty-malt angle. Light to medium body. Got a nice kick. (5/3/6/3/12) 2.9

[1629B-20080823] Cask. Wet English bushes aroma has strong floral and sweet mild citrus characteristics. Hazy, light brown orange body with no lasting head. Mild grainy flavour has a slightly acerbic or sour note. Medium body seems a little flat. Average. (7/2/6/13) 3.1
(2008 GTA’s @ beerbistro; Toronto, ON; Labelled "Granite Double Dry-Hopped Summer Ale")

On tap in Gingers Tavern, Halifax. Clear crisp light golden appearance. Faint sweet aroma. Citrus in flavour, very refreshing. I could easily drink a few of these. Would like it to have a little more taste on the pallete.

Organic brew at Ginger’s Tavern in Halifax. Crystal clear golden beer toped with a thick fine laced head. Beautiful sweet fruity nose, Challenger hop brightness, some juicy fruit and cherry notes over a lean earthy British malt bill. Sweet flavour, lightly minerally with cherry and soft grapey sweetness. Lean bodied, but with enough malt to balance the sweet/earthy hops. Great balance. A very sessionable pint. I think I’ll have another.

A little buttery, somewhat like a blonde ale, very sour but soluble, Golden but with bitter features.

On tap at Ginger’s in Halifax, regular keg version labelled Organic Summer Ale but same recipe as Toronto version. Golden orange colour with a fully lasting creamy white head. Distinctive Granite “house” aroma – wheaty, yeasty, grainy, light caramel, floral, and citrus. Fruity citrus flavours with a somewhat overbearing dry, almost astringent yeasty bitterness. Light bodied, quenching and refreshing mouthfeel. Too long since I’ve been to the Granite – probably made this better than the sum of its parts.

Draught at the brewery. Decievingly dark beer for such a light and refreshing flavour. It couldn’t be any more summery. Light malt flavour with citrusy hops and slight bitterness. Really clean, refreshing finish. Only problem is after a couple, it’ll go down like water. Cheers!

Draught at TFOB 2006. A decent summer beer. It was a little watery and it could have been more hoppy, but I would drink it again.

Volo Cask Days. Nose has lemon, lager kinda hops, somewhat fruity. Kind of juicy-fruit esque. Flavor is a bit of bready malt, lemon, honey, slightly watery finish.