Olivers Manchester Cream Ale

Brewed by Pratt Street Ale House
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Serve in English pint

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Appearance: clear coppery light brown, with one finger of creamy nitro beige head. Aroma: graham crackers, toffee, a bit of cardboard. Taste: caramel hard candy, toffee, a bit nutty, with some mellow, earthy hops. Finish: smooth and creamy, with just a hint of minerality or metal at the end. Notes: Very enjoyable, with sweet and nutty malts buoyed by a creamy smooth palate. On tap at the Ale House Columbia as Coventry Cream Ale.

With Tim. Coventry Cream on tap at Pratt Street Ale House. Slightly sour. Smooth, pleasant flavor. Easy to drink.

Tap. Pours clear copper with a trace of creamy white head. Aroma is caramel and cookie malts, floral hops, lemon, grassy notes, and light vegetal notes. Flavor is sweet malt forward with dry hops (light bitterness), light fruit esters, and some vegetal notes; not much of a finish. Light body and low carbonation. Maybe a bad batch? What I had a year ago was much better.

hazy amber, lasting cream head, moderate lacing. Lightly spiced nose of nutmeg, mushroom dankness. Flavor a bit vegetal, heavy spice sweetness, chocolate, off sour notes drawing light ash contrast in finish. Soft profile smothers tongue. Can you say ash blanket?

Tap at Pratt St Alehouse. Pours a clear tea amber. Thick, creamy cask or nitro looking head. Muted nose. Taste is dusty and vegetal. Mild bark bitterness. Not a lot going on, though almost every beer of the 10 we sampled as a group had some very astringent and chemical flavors. I think there is a major flaw in the overall brewing process here.

On nitro tap at Pratt. Pours a deep cola brown to black with a medium sized beige to tan head. Soft roast, cocoa, chocolate, malt. Medium bodied, straight up roast. Chocolate, bitter cocoa, tasty. Soft roast, chocolate and cocoa. Smooth bitterness, cocoa and chocolate.

tap at smoke and Barrel in DC. pretty nice. bright, clean nutty dough with a soft floral hop presence. touch of leather. like.

Great cream ale that had a thick non diminishing head and thick heavy mouthfeel with a nice finish that kept me drinking it fast.

Draft at pratt street. Honey color. Full head. Sweet caramel notes and candy notes. Medlight sweetness. Smooth and creamier texture. Kind of like a sweet bodingtons. Liked it.

Draft. Hazy golden color, massive thick cream colored head, good retention, solid lacing. Arona of lemony malt. Taste is smooth nitro bitterness. Decent.