Sleeman Cream Ale

Brewed by Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. (Sapporo)
Style: Cream Ale
Guelph, Canada

Serve in Footed Pilsner, Lager glass

Bottle. Quickly disappearing white head. Clear yellow body, heavily carbonated. Dry hops aroma and flavor with more bitterness than expected. Cream ?

A light yellow beer with almost no head. A flavor and aroma much like a pilsner. Not a very good beer in any way except it did look good, but that is where it ended.

Bottle from Super Saver. Pale gold pour with minimal head which went away quickly and stayed away. Some slight hopcitric and creamy malty aromas and flavors, but overall a watery mess of a beer.

I tried this twice, it has a golden color with a quickly diminishing head that starts off with a smooth taste, but quickly down hill after that.

Can from the LCBO. Nearly 20 years ago when this beer was launched, I was a student at the University of Waterloo, and my local hang-out was one of Sleeman’s first draught accounts. My regular beers at the time were Black Label and Molson Golden, but the bartender convinced me to give this new beer a go. I did, and I was amazed at how fresh and creamy and flavourful it was. From there, I went on to discover many other beers in Ontario’s fledgling microbrew scene, but Sleeman Cream Ale remained a favourite for a few years. Now, though, it’s been nearly a decade since I last had one, and this beer is not the one I remember. It’s still the same golden-yellow colour, but that’s where the similarities end. The aroma holds notes of stale malt and corn with a harsh finish that suggests cheap, high-gravity brewing. The body is light and weak with none of the full creaminess I remember. The flavour is fairly sweet and bland, with a hint of lemon and a slight vegetal note in the finish. It sucks that some people still consider this crap to be "craft brewed".

UPDATED: OCT 17, 2006 Clear light amber pour with a thin white head. Aromas of corn and hops present, but the taste is more subtle but nothing remarkable, it has slightly bitter aftertaste. Overall compares well to industry lagers (Bud, Blue, Canadian), but lacks true cream ale appeal.

part of a sleeman variety pack. pours a clear light gold with minimal head and lacing. aroma of grain, taste was, well, not really creamy. may be tough to tell the difference between this and multiple u.s. macros. bot missing much if you skip this one.

I was not very impressed with this beer. It pours a light golden colour with a small white head which quickly deminishes. I tried two bottles but both tasted and smelled sour.