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RATINGS: 599   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.25   EST. CALORIES: 153   ABV: 5.1%
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Flavor of a fine ale and the smoothness of a premium lager.


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   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 2/20
OmegaX (383) - Florida, USA - SEP 17, 2011
Imagine a crappy macro-brewed pale lager with the name cream attached to it. There you go. Not much else to say. Not very smooth for a cream ale. How does cream apply at all?

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   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
romymouse (2) - antioch, California, USA - SEP 14, 2011 does not count
Great tasting cream ale. Reasonable price. A local favorite for over 50 years.

2.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
cfrancis (1223) - Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA - SEP 13, 2011
Thanks to spinrsx for this. Pours a clear golden yellow with a thinning white top. Aroma is faint grain and some oxidation even though it came from a can. Taste is a harsh grain, grassy malt with a faint hop.

1.7
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
Westmeister (464) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - SEP 13, 2011
Draft. I had this at a bar where you bought a mixed drink, shot of Jager, and a Genesee for $7. Crappy mixed drink, gross liquor and the worst was the beer. Pours a standard lager clear mute yellow. There was a fake sweetness about the taste and smell. Like boiled rotten sweet corn. Just gross in my opinion. I might give the beer the benefit and try it again on the fact of the bar I had it in and the potential unclean lines. Still, just not good.

4.6
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 19/20
RmmHronek (58) - Linz, AUSTRIA - SEP 10, 2011
This ale is the cheapest thing you can find!!! Look, it tastes just as good if not better than Bud light, miller lite, or PBR and is significantly cheaper! The matter of the fact is, Genesee set out to make a cheap beer and got the job done... they’ve done it cheaper than any other brewery thus far. Congratulations!

1.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
wedgie9 (1362) - Nashville, Tennessee, USA - AUG 28, 2011
Tasted from a can shared with me by my buddy, Ryan. Pours clear light yellow with a thick, foamy white head that quickly dissipates to a bit of thin lacing. The nose is pretty uninteresting, but not horribly offensive. There are aromas of adjunct, corny malt, and a bit of hops peaking through. The flavor is on the verge of offensive, with the corny, hay malt flavor and a bit of hops bitterness. The body is thin with average, fizzy, carbonation, and a short hops finish.

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
BucannonXC5 (247) - San Diego, California, USA - AUG 24, 2011
UPDATED: OCT 21, 2011 Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. Just about ¼-inches of head. Slight lacing on top and slight film on the sides. Color was clear gold. Kind of a strong odor with malts leading the way. Grains in there, too. Reminded me of a Whistler Pilsner I had recently. Initial taste was malts, giving way to a flat, grainy, grassy taste. Average carbonation, but seemed to go flat quick. Cream is the final taste on the tongue. I’m from Upstate New York and went to college near Rochester, so Genny was always the running joke of what a cheap beer was. But this wasn’t as bad as I remember it. We’ll see with the other Genny beers.

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   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
freeofthoughts (199) - Raytown, Missouri, USA - AUG 13, 2011
Pours pale yellow with little white head. Almost no smell, kinda musty pee like. Taste is much better, smooth slightly creamy mouth feel, lager like smoothness for an ale. Light sweetness that makes this easy to drink, little to no hops noticed.


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