Mild nitrogenated blackcurrant adjunct brings subtle souring to pink-headed magenta-bodied cream ale. Tart gooseberry, passionfruit and boysenberry illusions delicately affect blackcurrant tannins above earthen maize-dried lager yeast base.
Tag Archives: cream ale
NAPTIME THE CLARITY
On tap at Ambulance, crisply clean pilsner-malted cream ale places toasted white breading alongside dry herbal-grassed Noble hop astringency, rustic maize subtlety and zesty lemon twist. Just a tad bitterer than usual cream ale fare – and a tad better.
WALLENPAUPACK PAUPACK CREAM ALE
Sedate yellow-cleared dry body with wheat-crackered corn malts, musty spelt graining and grassy hop astringency gains spritzy lemon rot souring. Will please avid cream ale lovers.
BUFFALO BAYOU SAM’S WAKE AND BAKE
On tap at Brass Tap, creamy milk-sugared coffee tones and sweet vanilla adjunct pace approachable breakfast-styled blonde ale. Bittersweet vanilla-coffee cadre then consumes mild Graham Cracker-like wheat malts as well as crème brulee, almond and pecan snips.
PIZZA BOY OLDEN TIMES CREAM ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, lemony Seltzer-fizzed bantam retains corn-dried cream ale profile as pale malts sugaring and subdued grassy hops merge for simple, sessionable softie. 
WARTEGA CATAWAMPUS
On tap at Valhalla, “pleasantly askew” Christmas-spiced moderation brings lemony green tea aspect to tingly nutmeg-cinnamon piquancy. Sugary vanilla-creamed corn malts provide sweet backdrop.
NESHAMINY CREEK CROYDON CREAM ALE
On tap at Plank Pizza, fine “American lawnmower ale” retains stylishly dry moderate-bodied profile. Maize-flaked barley malts provide doughy white bread and popcorn sedation for floral-daubed grassy (Saaz) hop astringency and tingly lemon respite.
CEDAR CREEK THE LAWN RANGER CREAM ALE
Soft-toned lemon snicker contrasts corn-dried pale malts and oats-flaked rye graining. Musky German alt yeast adds dewy earthiness and musty veggie nuance. Fair.
ALESMITH MOUNT CRUSHMORE CREAM ALE
On tap at Ambulance, dry golden-paled moderation places mild corn-dried grain malts next to brisk grassy hop spicing and latent herbal gourd tinge. Easygoing sessionable fodder.
OTTER CREEK ORANGE DREAM CREAM ALE
On tap at Biggie’s, so-called ‘sublime summertime’ treat only tastes like a vanilla-creamed orange creamsickle for a terse moment. Then, its frisky carbolic spritz aerates any orange-peeled Madagascar vanilla bean influence as its mild citric hop astringency increases. Tertiary cream-corned lemon custard snip and small cracked wheat backbone flutter.
MILL HOUSE CUCUMBER BLESSINGS CREAM ALE
On tap at Rhodes North Tavern, refreshingly crisp cucumber adjunct briskly affects lemony grapefruit-orange tang, lacquered pine tones and herbal respite. A divergent clean-watered IPA with no negative off-putting qualities.
PINELANDS PARADISE IN THE PINES CREAM ALE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, sun tan-lotioned coconut oiling spreads across delicate sugar-creamed pale malting and zesty citric hops of mildly interesting adjunct ale. Withering lemon-twisted coconut toasting will consume tropical-minded pina colada dabblers.
