Genesee Cream Ale

Brewed by Genesee Brewing Company
Style: Cream Ale
Rochester, New York USA

Serve in Footed Pilsner, Lager glass

Light clear golden pour with thin white head. Malty aroma with grain, taste is sweet with malt and maybe a hint of corn. Crisp finish, lots of carbonation and very refreshing. Takes me back in time (I grew up in Rochester, so maybe I’m a little biased) and was shocked to find it recently in Portland. Perfect beer for a hot summer day spending time out in the yard.

Pours a pale gold with a fizzy white head. Sweet malt and grain aroma and flavor. Thin palate. Not worth the effort.

Can poured into a glass. Decent enough head retention. Flavor is light in malt with a decent light sweet grain taste. I like this stuff.

Bottle. Pours yellow with a fizzy white head. Aroma is lightly sweet with notes of wheat and other grain. Light body. Flavor is malty, with notes of grain. Drinkable.

this is the beer I grew up on in high school drinking this brought back those days live on class of 85. This nicely priced beer pours a light gold with a small white head. Though it is very corny in taste it is fairly drinkable and better than a lot of other cheap beers

UPDATED: JUL 2, 2008 A neary forgotten classic (unless you live in Rochester or Philadelphia) that enjoyed it’s heyday in the late 70’s earlly 80’s. I was surprised when I found this, be it only in 12pk cans. To put it simply, this isn’t a great beer. But I still enjoy a cold "Genny Cream" from time to time. It’s sparkling body is bright gold and appetizing, (setting it apart from other macro-brewed counterparts at the get-go) and is full of crisp lively carbonation. As a matter of fact, this stuff has about as much caronation as a glass of soda. Yet it somehow manages to still come off creamy, (hence the name) smooth, and crisp. The aroma isn’t much better than a Budweiser but has a little bit of an "ale" fruitiness. The flavors are somewhat enjoyable with barley malt freshness and.... well, thats all. Overall, I think the only reason to drink this is to relive the 80’s. I would say save your money, but it’s really cheap anyway, so go ahead and buy it. Couldn’t hurt.

Bottle. Dark golden color - clear. No aroma. Bland. Very little flavor. Clean tasting, but that’s about it.

12oz can. 3.29 a six-pack. Transparent yellow color with a nice foamy head. Unpleasant macro adjuncty aroma. Relatively mellow, creamy mouthfeel. A great beer for the price, and even worth a sample..but nothing special.