Brewery: George Gale & Co (Fuller’s)
Origin: Horndean, Hampshire, England
ABV: 3.8%
Version: 500ml bottle
Source: Sainsbury’s

After sipping my way through a series of stronger ales recently, I thought I’d slow things down a little with a quick summer brew and George Gale & Co’s Summer Breeze seemed to fit the bill.

The label promises “light, smooth and crisp” and that’s pretty much what you get. But the pour is a bit on the thin and watery side, there’s almost no head at all and whilst there’s a faint, fruity flavour to begin with, that quickly fades. There’s little else to report: it’s not particularly bitter, not particularly sweet. All in all, it’s inoffensive enough, but rather unmemorable as a result.

Chilled and served al fresco on a hot day, Summer Breeze would probably make an acceptable alternative to whatever fizzy, chemical-raddled lager everyone else was quaffing, and if you had a lager-drinking friend you wanted to wean onto stronger and more interesting stuff, then it could make a decent starting point. But it’s not one I’ll be rushing to re-visit.