Brewery: Greene King
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
ABV: 4.1%
Version: Bottled
Source: Sainsbury’s

Completing a recent trio of summer beers (how’s that for hope springing eternal?) Greene King Sun Dance – a new seasonal beer released this year, which probably explains (although doesn’t excuse) the lack of information about the beer on the Greene King website – is simply billed as “light and refreshing with floral and fruity hop aromas” on the back label.

As you can see via the clear bottle, it’s a rich, amber brew and it pours with almost no head and just a slight effervescence. The flavour is surprisingly sweet, rich and caramel-esque, which seems a tad unusual for a summer ale, at least judging by the ones I’ve tried so far this year. But it is still quite light and refreshing, as advertised, although I’m not too sure about those aromas. But then, perhaps my nose needs training or something as aroma is the element of a beer’s make-up that I often seem to have bother with…

Anyhow, overall I think I enjoyed this one a fair bit more than I was expecting to, mainly because of its maltier characteristics (which are generally my sort of thing), making it a summer beer I’d happily try again if the opportunity presented itself.

[Aside: I think there might be a few bottles left in my local Sainsbury's, come to think of it, although their