You have to admit, the label on this beer must draw in the tourists looking to bring back something for their friends back home. Look honey, this one's got a moose and a lighthouse on it! Gritty's calls this beer an "Extra Special Golden Ale" but I've also seen it categorized as a pale ale. I guess its up to you to decide. It pours a nice, super clean golden color (hey, they were right!). Its got a nice foamy head on it and looks like a prototypical light bodied summer ale.
The smell is toasty malt sweetness and a little bit of hay/grass as well. I also get some of that oh-so-familiar yeast strain known as Ringwood.
Taste is light malt, butter and some wheat. I checked and it is indeed brewed with some wheat malt, so I'm not crazy. Its also brewed with cascade hops and I taste a bit of the hop bitterness and can just make out the faint floral smell from them.
A very easy drinking beer from Gritty's. It makes me want go camping and catch a moose while fishing from a kayak near a lighthouse up in the mountains!
BEER FACTS
Name: Vacationland Summer Ale
Style: Extra Special Golden Ale/Pale Ale
Brewery: Gritty McDuff's Brewpub
Location: Portland, Maine, USA
Container: 12 oz. bottle
Malts: Pale and Wheat Malt
Hops: Cascade, Saaz
ABV: 4.9%
IBUs: 22
Brewed in Maine
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