Summer Ales Are out
OK, maybe we get a little too excited about the little things, but Sam's Summer ale is out. For us this is the beginning of the summer ale period.
Sam's have been the first to bat for the last few years around here and traditionally have brewed a good beer. Unfortunately this blog wasn't around for the last time but although first, there not always the best. Last year the consensuses was that Bluepoint had the best summer ale out, the year before it went to Harvest moon by Coor's Blue moon Co, despite a late and short availability. The year before that? well that would go to Samuel Adams.
The thing about seasonal beer is exactly that, it's seasonal. Large company's that have continuous batches can quality control and adjust a batch to produce a polished product. Seasonal beer's have nothing (new) to Base their batch on so every year you end up with a different result. What was great one year is not the next, ect...
We will be here to do out usual half drunk judgement.
As for Sam's, well this year they are showing a promising start, lets hope there's competition out there.
JHS
Sam's have been the first to bat for the last few years around here and traditionally have brewed a good beer. Unfortunately this blog wasn't around for the last time but although first, there not always the best. Last year the consensuses was that Bluepoint had the best summer ale out, the year before it went to Harvest moon by Coor's Blue moon Co, despite a late and short availability. The year before that? well that would go to Samuel Adams.
The thing about seasonal beer is exactly that, it's seasonal. Large company's that have continuous batches can quality control and adjust a batch to produce a polished product. Seasonal beer's have nothing (new) to Base their batch on so every year you end up with a different result. What was great one year is not the next, ect...
We will be here to do out usual half drunk judgement.
As for Sam's, well this year they are showing a promising start, lets hope there's competition out there.
JHS
