Saint Arnold Summer Pils:
Greetings summer lovers and to all those who don’t love summer, too bad.  Summer beers are a unique category that can encompass a whole variety of different types of beers, flavors and styles.  Probably the most common summer beer type is the pilsner, a bottom fermented beer from the Bavarian region it was crafted thanks to research, consumer input (before this little endeavor, people would dump whole barrels full in order to show their dissatisfaction) and monks; if that isn’t a wining combination I don’t know what is.  Well the good people at St. Arnolds decided way back in 1997 to try their hand at brewing a summer beer and this is the end result- well this and a lawsuit from Sierra Nevada.  The beer has a nice nose of hops and malts blended together to give it a slight spice smell while still remaining familiar.  The beer taste like most pilsners though it has a toned down sweetness that is appreciated by yours truly as well as an over all clean flavor that doesn’t linger on the palate and finish dry.  A great summer beer for these dog days of summer which are now upon us and will be here till mid-October, just in time for those equally delicious fall beers.  A good beer over all, especially for all you pilsner/lager fans out there, worth a try over the usual suspects any day of the week.