Sunday Night Suds - Saranac Summer Haze IPA

This week's Sunday Night Suds looks at Saranac Brewery's Summer Haze IPA.

The Saranac Summer Haze IPA is one of three new beers in the Saranac 12 Beers of Summer Box for 2019. The box also includes new entries Citrus Squeeze (reviewed here http://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2019/07/sunday-night-suds-saranac-citrus-squeeze.html), IPA 100 (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2019/07/sunday-night-suds-saranac-100-ipa.html) and the staple Kolsch (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2008/08/sunday-night-suds-saranac-kolsch-ale.html).

Over the last decade or so, the term "Summer" when used in connection with a beer has often come to mean one of two things - the beer is flavored with fruit, or its style has been watered down so that you can drink it on a hot summer day. Neither of those apply to this beer

Unlike many "summer" brews, the Saranac Summer Haze IPA is a full bodied IPA with fruit that does not derive from juice and a bit of pine. The carbonation is the usual spot on that one comes to expect from FX Matt Co and a little bit of spice which I was not expecting.

The beer runs 5.9% abv which is in line with most IPAs but again, not what you would expect from a "summer" beer. If you are looking for a medium bitter brew with a kick, this would be a good choice.

Summer Haze IPA is under the Kosher Supervision of the Va'ad of Detroit as is every other beer produced at the Matt Brewery plant in Utica, NY. Keep in mind, Saranac brews some varieties off site, so check the cans/bottles for kosher certification from the Va'ad of Detroit.

To see what the experts on Beer Advocate think about the brew, please follow this link https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/99/406040.

As always, please remember to drink responsibly and to never waste good beer unless there is no designated driver.

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