O’Malley's Irish Cream Ale
Weston Brewing Company & O'Malley's Pub

 

 

Not bad for a fairly low priced beer. Bought locally at store, in 12oz cans. No ABV on the can...hmm. Head disappears quickly, carbonation is so-so. At first taste it's got a little hop spice but very subtle, then really sweetens to almost honey-like for a split second before biscuit toasted malt after taste that fades fairly fast. I can sense a cream ale in here, so maybe the "Irish-style" descriptor is to cover the lack of outright style comparo. Average but drinkable.

 

 

 

 

Clear and golden amber in color with a white head. The aroma is classic cream ale. Sweet, light, with some cereal and light hops. The taste is mildly sweet, with cereal notes throughout. Light-medium in body and drinkable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A : Pours a hazy golden blonde color, 80% transparent, with a towering fluffy creamy head. It leaves webs of lace on the glass as it recedes.

S : Very sweet. Honey, caramel, biscuit, some butterscotch DMS going on as well but it's welcome here. Pale and crystal malts follow behind that, and finally a sting of hop finishing out the aroma.

T : More hop forward with a piney bite out front, but then it morphs into a delicious, creamy dessert-like beverage with whipped cream, English toffee, butterscotch pudding, white grape, and a delicate char on the rear bringing some more hop back as well. If I could improve it I would say more sweetness and less hop. But it's already pretty good and I'm not a brewer so that may disrupt the balance a bit.

Feel : "cream"y, medium bodied, floating, with moderate carbonation, ending semi dry and lightly pasty.

Overall : This was one of the better, if not among the best, cream ales I've had. Great job!