Hop Cream
Capital Brewery

Hop CreamHop Cream
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From:
Capital Brewery
 
Wisconsin, United States
Style:
Cream Ale
ABV:
5.3%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.44 | pDev: 18.02%
Reviews:
35
Ratings:
137
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Aug 06, 2019
Added:
May 19, 2012
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  3
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.23/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
I miss those old Capital labels from around 2001-04. Anyways, I guess in 2014 I was on a nostalgia trip and decided to pick one of these up again. Wasn't a fan 10 years earlier, but who knows, absence makes the heart grow fonder they say.

Pours a light orange color. 1/3" white head with great retention. Aroma was almost nothing. Some feint grain notes.

Taste is similarly without much behind it. More grains. A little bit of citrus bitterness that almost seems misplaced were it not so mild. Seems heavier than the lively effervescent cream ales I've come across in the past. I think they gotta figure whether they are trying to make an under hopped pale ale or a slightly hoppier than average cream ale. Has some aspects of each.

Might not be a bad gateway/dateway kind of beer, but it has a premium price, so maybe a White Claw or something else does the same trick in your guest bag of tricks.
Aug 06, 2019
 
Rated: 2.01 by Whiskeydeez from Kansas

Apr 25, 2016
 
Rated: 2.77 by Steve78 from Florida

Feb 19, 2015
 
Rated: 3.08 by TheArtOfWort from Wisconsin

Dec 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by mrn1ceguy from Illinois

Nov 10, 2014
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Reviewed by PorterLambic from Florida

3.26/5  rDev -5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Pours a rich honey color with an small, off-white, head, really more of a film. Retention is phenomenal. Great sheets of lacing.
Smell is herbal hops up front followed by some hay, floral and faint malt.
Taste is hops, floral and herbaceous, hay, malt (light), and some lipstick (ooh, no) in the background.
Medium bodied, light carbonation. Warming after the swallow. Except for the lipstick note lingering on, this is really quite good.
Oct 06, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by gspeicher from Kentucky

Aug 30, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Dovers from Wisconsin

Jun 17, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by joewheeler06 from Illinois

Jun 06, 2014
 
Rated: 2 by tbone64 from Minnesota

May 26, 2014
 
Rated: 2 by Can_if_you_can from Minnesota

Apr 23, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by tgraven from Wisconsin

Apr 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by SkinniePost from Wisconsin

Mar 28, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by NicholasOfMKE from Wisconsin

Feb 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Canada_Dan from Colorado

Feb 10, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by Westuh from Wisconsin

Jan 30, 2014
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Reviewed by rlee1390 from Indiana

3.63/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A-Cloudy almost bright orange. One finger head that doesn't last long.

S-Bread. Malt. A little bit of citrus and orange flavors.

T- Sorta sweet, as the style would suggest. Sweetness is mainly in the form of malt and bread with a tad bit of citrus thrown in as well.

M-Lighter, not much carbonation, tad watery.

O-A good cream ale. The style is normally an avoidable one to me but this one was enjoyable but not great.
Jan 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by penguin66 from Wisconsin

Jan 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by northcoastwolf from Wisconsin

Jan 12, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Shy5 from Oregon

Jan 02, 2014
Hop Cream from Capital Brewery
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 137 ratings