Anderson Valley Summer Solstice Cerveza Crema

Brewed by Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Style: Cream Ale
Boonville, California USA

Bottle. Amber pour. Tall tan colored head. Aroma is sweet malts, toasted bread, light caramel, hint of honey and light spicy notes. Taste is spicy hops, caramel, toasted malts, Bit O Honey and grains. Body is meidum with a creamy feel and a moderately bubbly carbonation. Ends with more grains, caramel, light Bit O Honey, toasted malts and some toffee.

Tasteless. Boring, bland, other adjectives? I think not. All thats needed to describe this beer is few adjectives.

tasting sample at grape & gourmet. pours a pleasing copper color with a bubbly, white head and light lacing. aroma was is mildly sweet with hints of honey, orange, cream, and bready malts. flavor was much like cream soda with hints of caramel, candy, and a bit of citrus. palate was light and easy to drink. not a bad summer beer.

Bottle into shaker. Deep amber, small off-white head. Aroma is faint but pleasantly sweet and fresh. Flavor is butterscotch, brown sugar and cream soda with just a touch of citric bitterness at the end. Light and refreshing; my favorite example of this style and a perfect warm weather beer.

Courtesy redlight. Pours a clear, medium golden color with a small, foamy, off-white head that fades. A soapy, micro-spot wash marks the glass. The nose shows notes of honey sweetened grains, dried maize, flaked oats, and traces of cream. Faint hops lend floral notes. Flavors are similarly easy going and unoffensive, focusing on dried corn, honey glazed grain, and a mildly peppery hop finish. Light in body, with moderate fizziness, the palate lends itself to hot weather drinking. Decent lawnmower beer.

bottle @ redlight redlight. Creamy corn aromas, some cereal grains with hints of spicy hops. Pours a golden amber color with a thin white head. Creamy flavor, very smooth and light, refreshing, with slight hop crispness in the finish. Very easy to drink!

Bottle. Pours amber with thin head. Aroma is bready, very faint fruity hops. Candy sweetness in flavor, has a cream soda character. Mild bitterness in finish. Easy to drink and pretty refreshing.

Bottle Citric sour aroma. Dark amber color with moderate lacing off white head. Fairly sour not much else going on, seems to be infected. Hold to rerate.