On tap at Young Veterans – Virginia Beach, tart blackberry adjunct plus salted cranberry-pomegranate bittering, oaken vanilla dryness and cherry rhubarb pie twang counter less opulent vanilla creaming of fruited cream ale variant.
Easydrinking pale golden flatheaded cream ale with celery-watered crisping plies hop-dried grassy earthiness to champagne-dried green grape esters and mild herbage over rice-sugared white breaded pilsner malts.
On tap at Taphouse 15, crisp straw-cleared pre-Prohibition styled cream ale places maize-dried corn flaking next to lightly herbal spiced hops and sunny lemon flicker for easygoing moderation.
On tap at Taphouse 15, dry aluminum cleared light body conditioned with viscous wildflower honey lets spritzy lemon zest ride atop flaked corn cereal graining. In the distance, wispy sparkling champagne, eucalyptus and thyme illusions waver.
Spritzy lemon-rotted orange oiling and tannic green grape salting pick up mild creamy froth above white bread base in mildly bitter Casacade-Hallertau hop setting but may lack stylish specificity.
Mild lemon herbage drifts into soft grassy hop astringency as wafting floral perfuming placates low musky fungi bitterness. Delicate white breaded pilsner malt base lightened further by white ricing for easygoing, sessionable, pale-cleared dry body.
On tap at Plank Pizza, interestingly integrating sweet chai honey with vanilla, sugary cream ale picks up delicate ginger-cinnamon spicing, cotton-candied silkiness and toasted coconut dusting. A winning combo.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, spritzy lemon-candied orange soda sugaring picks up wafting floral bouquet as mild hop astringency settles above honeyed red wheat malting for traditional cream ale labeled a blonde.
On tap at The Office – Ridgewood, lightly vanilla-creamed whipped cream fluff spiced-up by subtle nutmeg-cinnamon sweetness for understated eggnog-inspired pastry cream ale. Try it in powdered sugar-rimmed glass.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, brown-sugared ginger snap cookie knockoff contrasts creamy vanilla-sweetened gingerbread cookie sugaring and tingly cinnamon-nutmeg-clove seasoning with oncoming orange-peeled Blackstrap molasses bittering for delectably spiced vanilla cream ale. Another fine Christmastime ale.
On tap at Growler & Gill, light aluminum-cleared cream ale with maize-dried pilsner malting, straw-like barnyard leathering and grassy hop astringency receives delicate floral-licked lemon pith zip.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, approachable Creamsickle knockoff stays understated as vanilla-creamed orange zesting and fizzy lemon salting softly penetrate the clean-watered ambience of Silver Queen Ale offshoot.
