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City Cream Ale

City Cream Ale - Cream Ale

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Brewed by City Brewery (Melanie Brewing Co)
Style: Cream Ale

La Crosse, Wisconsin USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
172.74/5.02.74/5.0Winter5.3%41.4Footed Pilsner, Lager glass

Commercial Description:
City Cream Ale is a handcrafted American Cream Ale style. A distinctive light-bodied ale crafted using 100% 2-row brewers malt, the rare Bullion hop and traditional ale fermentation techniques to produce a complex, yet refreshingly crisp flavor experience. 4.2% alcohol by weight, 12.0 original gravity, and 4.3 colors.
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 Falconseye8 (525), Cartersville, Georgia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 27, 2005  
Built in the home of the world’s largest six pack. City Cream ale is much better than the other versions of this drink except of course for the New Glarus. Call me crazy but this tastes good. Underrated in my view. If more people had tried this their point of view might echo mine or I just love wisconsin beer. Thank you JPDIPSO for getting me this brand of beer.


 tomxcs (315), Golden, Colorado, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/54/103/510/20
Jul 29, 2004  
The Cons: Really no aroma to speak of except for light corn and malt. Looks like a slightly darker yellow macro lager. Some malt flavors come through but very, very bland overall. There are some hops but they might as well not be there. The Pros: There’s no real reason to drink this except for the fact that it’s probably one of the best swillin’ beers you could buy. It goes down like nothing. It’s also not anywhere near horrible and can be quite enjoyable in the right setting.


 JCapriotti (1378), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/101/58/20
Jul 26, 2004    Updated: Jul 27, 2004
Thin fizzy head, goldish-yellow color. Not much aroma at all. Wtf is this? Flavor is very light... all I can really taste is a sweet hoppiness. Too watery and too much carbonation bite.


 arjoseph (594), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/55/103/510/20
Jul 3, 2004  
Bottle into Trappist glass. Not much of a smell. Golden yellow like a lager; visible carbonation; no head. Tasted like it looked (macro-ish), but with more body. I don’t really like the lighter beers, but as they go, this one wasn’t bad. I’d never had a cream ale before, so I thought I’d try it out.


 heemer77 (4294), Savannah, Missouri, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/102/510/20
Jun 3, 2004  
Thin whote head. The body s a bright gold and does not appear appetizing. The smell is skunky with dirt. Wierd since I bought this with other City brews and none of them were skunked. The taste is a slightly caramel with a little cream. Medium mouthfeel. Nice try, but this one misses with me.


 GrainBeltGuzzler (249), Goodhue, Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
May 27, 2004  
A really solid beer. Beautiful Golden color with a head that seems to last forever. Real sweet malty flavor that is really good on a limited basis.


 Slick (1962), Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
May 24, 2004  
I just rated this brew and couldn’t add it due to getting error codes and i have Only a swallow left for rating.Golden color,small head,mild malt aroma mildly sweet with a nice floral hop hint.The flavor was much the same as the aroma with a decent hop presence coming through.Thanks to GrainbeltGuzzler for this fine brew.


 Gmku (240), Asheville, North Carolina, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/511/20
Feb 19, 2004  
Hmmm. Much to my surprise I actually like this. Again, like other City Brewery beers, it's not a standout in its field, but this one has some flavor and has a nice if somewhat ordinary hop floral character in aroma and taste.



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