Sleeman Cream Ale

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

Clear, deep golden ale with a small, fizzy, white head. The nose is of citrus fruit, corn and a touch skunky. The flavor is well-balanced, but fairly thin and nondescript. Not offensive. Light-bodied with a fizzy mouthfeel. Short, crisp, clean finish. Thanks to my father-in-law, Max, for the bottle from the great white North.

ugh...skunky....maybe its just this bottle, being the clearest possible bottle ever. I had some hopes for this one....rerate

The beer after is escape from the 330ml clear bottle resides in my glass a crystal clear gold with a smallish bright white semi-creamy head after is dissolution, the lace forms a thin veil to obscure the glass. Nose is sweet malt; fresh with the start sweet and the grain profile light, top is thin. Finish is modestly carbonated and the hops run of the mill, a drinkable and refreshing beer and to me that means a lot.

4-3-4-3-8 The DM & Hotstuff’s European Honeymoon trip beer number 1. This canned brew from Air Canada on the way over to London was warm and at near room temperature. It poured a large head of foamy white colored long lasting bubbles that left behind a excellent lacing. The body was transparent carbonated and yellow colored. The aroma was a simple malty one. The mouth feel was mellow and warm with a mild malt hop flavor that was mildly astringent. 5-3-6-4-12 Re-Rate: At home, this clear glass bottled brew poured a small white head of foamy finely sized mostly lasting bubbles that left behind a good lacing and a softly carbonated transparent light yellow orange colored body. The aroma was floral bready and malty. The mouth feel was tingly and carbonated with a mellowing in the finish. It had a mild malt hop flavor that was smooth and drinkable. But, it was rather unidimensional and needs more character.

Bottle: Poured a light yellow ale with a thin white bubbly head that’s disappearing way too fast. I can already smell skunk has a poured the beer. The taste is quite weak with a mix of light malt and a weak creamy feeling. This is truly a bad beer (could be a bad bottle but what do people expect with clear bottle!!!).

Nice bottle and pretty good, but a bit of a thick aftertaste. Better than the big boys from Labatts and Molson.

12 oz bottle, snifter. Cereal and bread malt (L); lemon hops (L); pear, green apple, corn, and slight rubber aroma. Very simple and light aroma. Clear straw-colored body with a tall, white, frothy head that diminishes. Lightly sweet, lightly acidic flavor becomes a lightly acidc, lightly bitter finish with a backwash of DMS. Light body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Very soda water like mouthfeel. The bottom line is: um, I didn’t pay for it?

If smooth means like water without the remote emblance of beer, then yes it’s smooth. I dunno -- drinking Cream Ale is kind of like sitting on the fence... you should really just pick a side.