A draft beer brewed and kegged by the Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, New York. Bought and drunk at Candelari's pizza place on Washington Avenue, Houston Heights when we stopped for dinner on our way to Jones Hall to see the Houston Symphony and a New Orleans rock band play the music of the Who. It was awesome, the music was great, the group were super and adding the symphony made it an amazing experience.
web site: http://www.brooklynbrewery.com/beer/
restaurant web site: http://www.candelaris.com/
The brewery web site says, "Available from April through July, Brooklyn Summer Ale is a modern rendition of the "light dinner ales" brewed in England throughout the 1800's right up until the 1940's. They were also called "luncheon ales" or even "family ales", because they were refreshing and flavorful without being too heavy. We brew our Brooklyn Summer Ale from premium English barley malt, which gives this light bodied golden beer a fresh bready flavor. German and American hops lend a light crisp bitterness and a citrus floral aroma, resulting in a beer with a very sunny disposition.
There is also a food parings recommendation, with quiche, seafood, salads and lightly spiced dishes as suggestions. I ate a cold meat and cheese antipasto (with a delicious deep fried breaded pattie if melted brie) and a spicy Italian sausage with beetroot, and the pairing was not bad.
I enjoyed the light easy to drink nature of the beer, it was just what was needed before the concert, I must go back and try this beer while sitting on the patio of the restaurant and whiling away a Sunday afternoon talking and laughing.
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