Oppigårds Summer Pale Ale

Brewed by Oppigårds Bryggeri
Style: American Pale Ale
Hedemora, Sweden

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle by SEP 12. Sweet tropical/PNW hops in the nose, quite strong, with a light doughy base. Pale clear orange body with a white head. Light body bitter with a trace of alcohol heft, there’s some dry caramel and light hop oils though it seems the hoppiness was limited mostly to the aromatics, and there’s no malt complexity to compensate. Nice chugger.

Golden color, just hazy, with small head. The arom ais very nice, the hop resins are pungent and with a herbal character, also quite earthy, and with a light breadish final. The mouthfeel is dry but not too weak; the malt flavor is a bit boring, with tones of unexciting wet cereals too; the hopping doesn’t help, because it’s very strong but not particularly aromatic. Long final.
Decent beer for the summer, but nowadays there are some fruitier ones available.

33cl botle from Systembolaget. Pours golden with a nice white head. Hoppy and fruity aroma with tropical fruits, malt and hints of citrus and spices. Fruity and lightly sweet with a nicely balanced bitterness. Very refeshing and easy to drink. Fruity, hoppy and bitter aftertaste.

(Bottle) Pours clear pale golden with an off-white head. The aroma holds woodsy citrus, (grapefruit, orange pine, flowers, juniper squash, pear juice, crisp bread, toast and white bread. Hints of canned pineapples, dried apricots, crackers, straw/hay, dried herbs, black currant tea, gooseberries and mushrooms. The flavour is near dry, medium bitter and tiny acidic with notes of citrus, grass, flowers, light resinous wood, mild pine black currant tea, juniper squash, tart/dried tropical fruits, crisp bread, hay and crackers. The mouthfeel is soft, smooth and clean with a near medium carbonation. Crisp bread, tart strawberries, green citrus, juniper, herbs and black currant on the finish. Near medium bodied.

Där smaken bara är besk (med ett lätt inslag av apelsin) och därmed är rätt platt, är dofterna riktigt bra: blommor, citrus och en anstrykning av kanel. En liten besvikelse får jag nog säga att den här ölen är rent smakmässigt. Tyvärr.

UPDATED: JUL 1, 2012 On bottle from bolaget Strømstad. Golden color, ok foam. Piney aromas. Medium body and complexity. High bitterness Enjoyable

330 ml bottle bought @ Systembolaget. Pours clear pale golden with a rather small frothy white head that quickly dissipates while leaving some trace on the glass. Smell is fresh, sweet and fruity with grapefruit juice, orange zest, lemon zest, freshly cut grass, marmalade and hints of wet soil and dried apricots. Taste is slightly sweet and bitter with grapefruit juice, orange peal, lemon peal, fresh grass, pine, resinous wood, crackers, apricots, tropical fruit popiscle and hints of metal. Mouthfeel is crisp, oily bitter and light bodied. Finish is tiny sweet and bitter with fresh grass, orange peal, lemon peal, grapefruit peal and pine.

Bottle. Golden with a white head leaving lacing. Aroma: light citrus, pale malt, a hint of spices. Taste: berries, perhaps gooseberries, light lemon, light toasty malt, a certain bitterness. Medium-bodied. Drinkable, but a bit light.

Bottle from Systembolaget. Pours amber with a fluffy head. Modern NZ pale ale, semi dry and not that much summer to me. But still a nice brew though.

Golden and light hazy colour with a white head. Rich hoppy and citric aroma. Rich grape and citrus flavour. Some hints of tropical fruits.
[Bottle from Systembolaget in Strömstad, Sweden]