Northern Lights Creme Ale

Taster - Northern Lights Brewing Co. - Spokane, WA
Aroma – Light malt aroma with little hops.
Appearance – Gold in color, thin head and clear.
Flavor – Nice malt flavor with a good hops flavor.
Palate – Nice Mouthfeel, good texture with a dry finish.
Overall – A very nice light crème ale this was a good beer.

Sample tray. Very pale yellow. Soft white foam. Creamy feel and taste. Hint of lemon and hops in the finish. Kind of tasty.

Straw colour with a corny grassy aroma. Light malts but very thin and bland. Not really much flavour and the finish is slightly astringent.

On draught at the brewery. Aroma is bready, sweet malt forward with citrus hop notes and a slight sourness. Appearance is a very light yellow with a white head; medium/low retention. Flavor is complex, bready, sweet, grainy with an almost wheaty character. Mouthfeel is low/medium bodied, creamy with a light carb feel. Overall, this is a clean beer, very easy drinking. This is not quite typical for the style, but can’t complain, as I could easily pound a half case.

Fifth stop during the ABA Beer Tour ’07 in Spokane, Washington. Sampled on tap at the brewpub. Pours a hazy light golden blonde brew with a fast dissolving white head. Spotty lacing that disappear quickly. Aroma of light multi-grain malt, a faint sweet apple juice character with citrus-type hops. Taste is light bodied, some carbonation with a sweet multi-grain flavor. Finish is light crisp and clean cut with a very faint hop bitterness aftertaste.

Pale gold with a light head and shreadded lace. Slightly sour nose that is a bit musky. Light citrus in the hops. Lightly toast flavor with a dose of acidic citrus hops. Airy and light body.

Tap @ Brewpub in Spokane, WA<BR>Gold pale color, light head, lots of lacing. Nose of nag champa and husky malt, light hops. The flavor is insensy with an acidic/bitter malt bite.

Draft - Spokane. Very light straw color with a wispy white head. Hints of grain in the aroma. Light appropriate corn sweetness, but little else.