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MENDOCINO SUMMER ALE

Better and more resilient than most common summer brews, this unfiltered limited edition 2005 white ale brings orange peel bittering and tangy lemony fizz to wafting vegetal acridity. Peppery coriander-mint-thyme spicing adds comely seasonal depth. Though light-bodied, its busy wheat-based mix carries through to tannic yellow grape dryness illuminating sweltering banana-teased finish, retaining brimful sunlit buoyancy.

SAMUEL ADAMS SUMMER ALE

Clean tasting moderate-bodied pale-hazed American wheat ale brewed with lemon and African melegueta pepper conveys fizzy hop-tingled citric-herbal-floral piquancy redolent of Belgian White Ale. Coriander, agave, spearmint, and peppercorn hints shelter sour lemon zest as wee apricot-orange peel-cherry tang gently caresses hindmost violet-jasmine trace. Tea-like hint sways mineral-grained bread-y malt base. Try it with sherbet for true refreshment.