Nynäshamns Stenstrand Sommar Ale

Brewed by Nynäshamns Ångbryggeri
Style: American Pale Ale
Nynäshamn, Sweden

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Draught (thanks K.B.!). Yellowish golden colour with a longlasting beige small head. Aroma is citrus, tropical fruits as well as some slight crystal and bready malts. Flavour is strong crystal malts, some toffee, caramel and some fruity and floral notes. Big bitter finish. More IPA than APA.

Draught at Glenfiddich Warehouse, Stockholm. Clear amber, rich firm head. Strong citric grapefruit aroma. Mid-sweet with solid malt filling out the costume. Pink grapefruit and slight pine needles. Balanced bitterness. Well balanced and really tasty.

Cask @ Bishops Arms Gustav, Malmö. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish.

Draught. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

courtesy of Per - hazy dark blond beer with a poor head left; a decent flowery hoppy aroma with notes of almonds and peanuts; quite full-bodied; rounded and clean palate; a good bitterness and a long dry hoppy almondy finish

Draught at Ölrepubliken, Göteborg. Golden beer with a nice lasting head. Hoppy fruity aroma with perfume notes. Fruity grape flavor, sweetish and yet hoppy, metallic notes. Bitter finish with grapefruit and perfume notes.

Draught at Ölrepubliken, Göteborg. On September 1, 2011
Clear golden color, dense white head. Malty, caramel, grainy taste. Buttery and malty aftertaste. Moussy mouthfeel, medium low bitterness. Malty, hoppy, buttery scent.

In short: A very floral (flower petals) well balanced golden pale ale. Very clean and refreshing.
How: Tap at Black & Brown, Stockholm.
The look: Clear light golden body topped by a persistent small beige head leaving lots of lacigns on the glass.
In long: Nose is very floral hops, this is flowery to the point of being borderline girly, but a sensitive man like me can appreciate a flower bouquet when it comes from a beer. Taste starts with typical clean honeyed cereals with a touch of caramel, a mild sweetness sensation, then the floral hops bring a nice refreshing flowery bitterness of medium intensity with light resinous undertones. Don’t need to speak much Swedish to understand that “Sommar Ale” translates to “Summer Ale” and in that regards it is a success, I had it on a very sunny hot day sitting on a Stockholm pub patio and it was indeed a nice summer ale. Another good Swedish beer I had on tap on location, but Sweden is a very strange country, the public bathrooms are on the sidewalks, the toilet paper is like a book, people can see you doing your thing because the walls are see-through windows and also there is a phone.

(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, 16 July) Pale amber colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with notes of citrus, orange peel, grapefruit and grainy malt. Fruity, hoppy taste with citrus, grapefruit, grainy malt and a slightly piney bitterness in the finish. More than medium body with a certain sweetness. Very nice one.

Draught at The Rover Slaightly hazy golden. Small, wite head. Sweet and creamy aroma. Sweet, flowery and creamy flavour. A bit stale and vapid; a bit too sweet.