Monday, October 5, 2009

Hopback Summer Lightning

Hopback Summer Lightning
Type of beer: Ale
Container Type: 500 mL bottle
Alcohol by volume: 5.0%
Country of origin: England
Rating: 74% (see below)
Number of times I've had this beer: 1st
Cost: $5.60
Tasted on: 9/23/09
Colours of label: Yellow/Red/Green
Drank From: Glass
Label Reads: "Store Below 12C. This beer contains a healthy yeast sediment. Pour carefully in one slow motion to avoid disturbing the sediment".
website: www.hopback.co.uk
Best for: Bowling with God
Ratings:
Taste: 14/20
Flavour: 15/20
Buy again: 15/20
Aroma: 8/10
Satisfaction: 7/10
Complexity: 7/10
Intangible: 8/10

Handwritten notes: A brutally bitter, honey-smelling beer. The only thing I like more than beer is summer lightning. This beer has the summer aspect - the European style hops give it that 3:30 in the morning/country field in summer/what the hell am I doing here/type of taste. The bitterness of this beer is not aggressive like a fork of lightning, but more consistent, or persistent like that sheet lightning that intermittently lights up the summer night sky like a strobe light in a gay bar.
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Beer #305 of 3,652

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