Liebotschaner Cream Ale

Brewed by Lion Brewery
Style: Cream Ale
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Footed Pilsner, Lager glass

used to love the beer and have been trying to locate it here on r.b. bought the stuff by the case in the brown cans and it was good beer and really cheap. i can remember years ago @ $7 a case. smooth with a nice malt and hop presence i consider this brand to be a major factor in peaking my interest in beer because it was superior in taste and body to all the other mass produced beers that are pretty much tasteless. mildly fruity satisfying and when i find it, guess i’m most likely gonna rate less beer in the future.

Also had this in Colonial Williamsburg. The name is a real odd one for a Lion brew. A decent cream ale, which is not that great of a style. Pretty smooth with a decent amount of hops.

Bottle. Bought a case with some good friends in N.Y. city and partied at a hotel along with a lot of SamAdams beers. Golden bit hazy colour with a nice average lasting sticky head. Malty and caramellic aroma and hops. Flavour is smooth and creamy, fruity hoppiness, caramel, good malts. Nice aftertaste! For a mass produced cream ale this brew is really tasty.

This is a good session beer especially at $12 for a case of 16oz returnables. There are some malt and a little hop flavor and the alcohol is not that well hidden.

Liebotschaner Cream Ale pours to a beautiful, bright, pale golden color, with a bright and bubbly white head that fades, and a good bit of carbonation. The nose on this beer is pleasing, with light touches of pale malt, some corn sweetness, and traces of grassy hop aromatics. The palate on this beer is lean, but with some delicate pale malt flavors, and undertones of jammy fruit from that warm fermentation. The body on this beer because it was lagered is very round and smooth as it goes down. Liebotschaner Cream Ale finishes with some more subtle pale malt, sweet corn, and light fruity flavors, then ends with a slightly sour and grassy edge. This is an excellent, light, refreshing beer, great for warm weather quaffing, and as a beer to drink if you want to knock a few back. It only comes in at about 4-4.5% abv, and makes a good session beer. You could match this beer with a lot of different dishes, but Cream Ale really is a good drinking beer. Its the type of beer to have in the cooler when you go to the beach or the park, or a beer to enjoy at a good, unpretentious bar with a Cream Ale tap. Price on this beer is right as well, going for as little as $3.50 a six pack, and about $12-14 a case depending where you pick it up. This beer is widely avaiable in PA, select Mid-Atlantic markets, and even in New England.

Pale yellow, some DMS notes in aroma, little head. Mouthfeel is watery and fizzy, like a selzter. Taste is vaguely "beery" like you would expect of a macro but with some very mild fruity and hoppy notes.

Not bad! This stuff was in the El-Cheapo section of the local Mega Booze mart 9.99 a case or so, and hey, this stuff came in 16 oz bottles. Not bad at all, good texture, deep golden color and easy to drink. Make it cold.

Color is average golden, nice. Nothing to write home about. Aroma is actually very nice and creamy, kinda like wine and whipped cream. Body is watery and light. Flavor is almost nonexistent. After it warms up a lightly malty quasi-flavor appears. Amazingly dry, with almost no aftertaste. Not that bad considering that Meister Brau is similarly priced.