4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20Bomber from DChmela. U Rock! Nice cloudy golden pour with very little head, (You know how much I like head!) Very smooth and delicious. Grapefruit and nuts, big middle and excellent palette. Glad I cracked it open!
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle courtesy of randomgarbage’s rotbox @ randomgarbage’s wedding reception @ Iowa CIty. Pours a hazy orange/golden appearance with a thin brown head. Somewhat sugar, light caramel, dull hoppy, bready nose. A little boozy, light toasted malty, a touch caramel/butterscotch, herbal flavor. Probably been in the rotbox too long but decent.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
750 ml pours a dark apricot with fizzy white head. Caramel sugar and wheat taste.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
750ml bottle that I picked up at some point on Hunahpu day (so... no idea where I got it). Yellow-gold pour with thin white head. Aroma is cider, grain, dough, grapefruit. Tastes are caramel, honey, floral, candied sugar, light pepper and spices, little acidity, citrus. Feels boozy, but covers it well in the taste. Leaves a soapy acidic vibe. Overall, better than I expected (not sure why I wasn’t expecting much w/ CC - guess it was the cream ale in the title).
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught at the Pony Bars Cigar City Event NYC sept 2012. Clear amber beer with a white small head. Fruity and honey aroma. Fruity, honey and maybe some vanilla notes flavour.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
750mL bottle, sent from LateStart (thanks Jordan), pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma of iced tea, some earthy notes, and a little sweetness. Flavour brings out notes of iced tea, earthy hops, a little sweetness and some light alcohol notes. Quite full-bodied and flavourful for a cream ale, with all notes in harmony. Very enjoyable for a style I’m not usually fond of.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle: Amberish, thin white sudsy head, little lacing. Mealy nose, somewhat of a sweet melon. Mealy start, malty, fruity, big melon notes. Similar on the tongue. A bit sticky and very bready. Moderate body and mouthfeel. Mealy and fruity finish. Not sure what to make of this one. Certainly a sweet malty beer, fruity, with lots of melon. Okay I guess, but almost too much at first.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
From the bottle. This was pretty good for a cream ale. Flavors of butterscotch, caramel, cream. Almost like drinking a cream soda with vanilla added.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Very light tangerine and alcohol aroma, but not much else. Cloudy amber with a large off-white head, thick lacing. Weird bittersweet malt flavor. Medium body. After repeated disappointment with Cigar City, I think I’m done trying their beers.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Light tangerine and alcohol aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with larger off-white head. Sweet orange malt and bitter orange peel and alcohol flavor. Not horrible but nothing here that I particularly enjoy.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
(bottle - STLCOB end of year tasting) orange-amber with off white head. Aroma of slightly sweet malt, Flavor is sweet bready malt with some light fruit and alcohol.
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