3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap @ Black Tomato. Pale amber beer with a thick creamy white head. Earthy malt aroma, honey and light woody hops. Nitro head, but some nice earthy aromas still make it out. Flavour is quite earthy and woody, light caramel. Bordering on being a bitter. Quite good.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at C’est What, shared with HogTownHarry. Pours a slightly hazy dark orange with an average size lasting creamy white head. Nice lacing. Mild aroma of floral hops, fruit and some malt. The flavour is fruity with a nice light bitterness -- the hops are a nice surprise considering how lame this style usually is. Mouthfeel is creamy but a tad thin. Definitely the best Cream Ale I’ve had but that’s not saying much.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: JAN 26, 2006 Draught. At C’est What, shared with blankboy. Poured hazy light coppy with a decent, very creamy lasting off-white head. Remarkably light aroma of fresh floral hops, sweet mild grainy malt, and an odd whisper of floral hand soap. Flavour is a nice balance of sweet malt and dry floral hops, the finish is lightly bitter. Mouthfeel is watery and lightly astringent, somewhat flat. This is okay, easy to drink, but while it’s maybe as good a cream ale as I’ve ever had, that’s still faint praise.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: AUG 9, 2007 Disponible seulement en fut. Elle a une saveur et un arome légèrement fruité, un goût très crèmeuse et pas trop amère.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Clear, ruddy copper with a nitrogenous head. Light US hops aroma with some creamy malt--a bit weak. The flavour is subtle malt with dominating hops flavour and bitterness. There’s also a significant fruity flavour that comes in behind a smidgeon of skunk. Mouth coating, moderate carbonation, light to medium body, a bit astringent.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap the froth is thick and creamy. The taste reminds me the St-Ambroise Stout, but the cream ale is more sweet and light. It’s a good discovery !
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Verre de dégustation (provenant d’un fût) au Mondial de la Bière 2005 (Montréal, QC). Arôme: Odeur de céréale et de caramel (?). Apparence: Couleur blonde. Énorme col crémeux qui perdure. Faible densité des bulles. Large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de céréales. Court arrière goût. Palette: Corps moyen avec une texture huileuse. Léger arrière goût de gingembre. Faible effervescence en bouche. (Rating #175)
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
UPDATED: JUN 5, 2005 Just finished 3 days of the "Le Mondial de la bière 2005 Beer Fest", montreal’s beer tasting festival. 3 long days of 4 oz glasses and WAY TO MUCH note taking. Cource some pages are just unreadable. For years now, being a huge fan of McAuslan St. Ambois, I have wanted to tase the cream ale, but very few pubs carry this one around montreal, it’s much more comon in toronto, wich is strange cuz it’s brewed here. 3 days ago I finaly got my wish. Verdict? ........ Best in show. I dont think I’ve ever enjoyed a cream this much, and probably never will again. On to the review.
Pours a glass of of white nitro-foam, perfectly circular cascade that rises perfectly to a golden, almost flat, sunshine ale with A THICK white head. I MEEN THICK! more of a foam than any sight of bubbles. And there’s alot of it. I was shocked to see almost 3 inches of head after the rise. Aroma is of bitter hops, hint of lemmon zest, vinilla.
Mouth feel is smooth and silky, solid head stays all the way to the end, with heavy beautiful white laceing.
{ Now, you gota understand, I’m unlucky with bitters. I want so much bitter hop in a ale that it makes you’re teeth hurt. Normaly when I’ve been pointed to a "AMASING BITTER" it normaly looks and smells great, but it all falls apart with a mild, somtimes even floral, hop taste and I get sad. This one wasn’t even labeled a bitter, but......}
Taste if of bitter hop. Ibu around 35-40, mabby higher, I’m not shure, I’d had alot of beer by then. Smoth vinilla undernotes, touches of sweet bready malt, slight acit touch, and just a hint of yeast, an unfourtunite taste that seems to be in all cream ales. aftertaste is milky, air of some very dry hops, and a final wash of sweet.
Final thought. It’s good. Realy good, but not for every one. Lovers of sweet style beers will normaly chose a cream ale in a "irish pub" and this one would not satisfy. More of a bitter on nitro than you’re normal sweet cream.
One more day of the fest left. I’m gona go have more of this today.
Cheers
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