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Empire Cream Ale

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RATINGS: 24   MEAN: 2.9/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.87   EST. CALORIES: 174   ABV: 5.8%
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Our Cream Ale is carbonated with nitrogen so it cascades as it pours. This gives the beer an extremly smooth mouthfeel. It is golden in color with a crisp hop flavor and aroma.


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2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 9/20
KUEric (862) - Washington, Washington DC, USA - NOV 6, 2012
As pretty a beer as I might’ve ever seen. Golden yellow, thick foamy white head after the anti-bubbles a la Guiness. But that’s the best part. Aroma is nothing really at all. Flavor is nitrogen and banana/lemon/yeast/foam.

1.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 8/20
randomgarbage (1320) - @ $13.99, Iowa, USA - AUG 27, 2012
Oof. Grainy, little carbonation, flavor of arm pits and a crotch. Not the good kind of crotch I might add.

1.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
jjgmd (736) - Coral Springs, Florida, USA - JUL 20, 2012
Tap at whole foods, very flat tasteless cream ale, Taste was grainy without any flavor. Ugh !

1.9
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
zgaier (695) - Coral Springs, Florida, USA - JUL 20, 2012
On tap in whole foods NYC. Pours a hazy golden yellow with a white head and malty aroma. Taste is creamy, of malt and grains, but overall not very flavorful and quite watery and flat.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
saxo (11254) - Højbjerg, Aarhus, DENMARK - JUL 6, 2012
Tap @ Whole Sale Foods, Columbus Circle. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt, notes of fruits and hops. Nice creamy and smooth finish.

2.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
BrewBoxer (1232) - New York, New York, USA - JUN 2, 2012
Draft. Deep brown color. Very smooth. Not very flavorful. Malty and creamy. Almost had the consistency like a boddington

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
GL2814 (291) - New York, New York, USA - APR 14, 2012
This tasty cream ale goes down smooth with a subtly hop after-taste. Pretty good.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
jtclockwork (5110) - , New Jersey, USA - JAN 1, 2012
Draft at Alewife. Pours gold with thin white head. Nose and taste of creamy malt, light hops and grain. Medium body.

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
tgncc (2292) - Bellmore, New York, USA - DEC 19, 2011
The appearance is clear gold, wite head. The aroma is weak, corn, pale malts. The flavor is grassy, malty, noble hops. The finish is a mix of pine and noble hop bitterness. Fairly thin and watery. Not good. Still, it is good to find an obscure style once and a while.

3.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Bif (1023) - St. Louis, Missouri, USA - OCT 10, 2011
Nitro-tap at Maggies On The River in Watertown, NY. Served a golden color witha head that slowly fades to nice lacing. Mild aroma of bread, eith some malt sweetness and bit of fresh grain. Mild flavor of fresh grain, a muted sweetness and a trace of bitterness to a clean finish. Fairly light body, smooth and creamy. Very easy drinker, could pass for a good session beer. Nice for the style. A bit more flavor would have brought it home. Worth a try.


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