Cream Ale
Newburgh Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

Lightly hazed light straw with two fingers of dense off-white head. Good retention and thick lacing. Mild aroma with very, very light grass and bread. Well-balanced, if similarly lackluster taste, with some slight sulfur and a relatively crisp finish. Medium bodied with prickly carbonation. Would revisit if fresh on tap; seems a little long in the tooth.

Pint pour on draught at the brewery. Served in a shaker glass. It pours a translucent, straw-yellow color with a thin, bright white cap and spotty lacing. It's highly effervescent. The smell is aromatic with grains, corn, and soft floral hops. Its taste provides an excellent balance of sweet grains, cracker, grass, tart lemon, and surprising hoppy bitterness - particularly at the finish. The mouth feel is super lite and crisp with lively carbonation, and it's crushable at 4.2% ABV. Overall, this is a great rendition of a style that should be brewed more. The bitterness is a plus. It was very refreshing on a hot, muggy summer afternoon.

Cloudy amber appearance.
Slightly thin body with about average carbonation which added up to a nice feel.
Aroma is i mean this in the best way possible but it reminds me of fruity cereal. Then there's malt, bread, mild citrus peel and fruit.
Taste is very similar to aroma, almost dry but flavorful and easy to have more than one.
Overall I've so far enjoyed everything I've tried from this brewery

 

 

 

 

Well, as a boy from Rochester, NY (the home of the old man classic Genny Cream Ale) I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this nice brew ... A very fine example of the style ...Thumbs up!

 

Pale yellow. Fizzy white head half finger. Smells are vinous, green. Cut grass. Green grape even. Feel is very crispy and light.

Crushable and interestingly fruity characters going on make this a stand out

Smooth

 

16 oz can. Pours hazy golden with long lasting foamy white head. Aroma is of grassy hops, lemon and biscuit malt. Body is medium and slightly crisp. Taste is of grassy, herbal hops, lemon zest and biscuit malt. Finish is medium and almost dry. Nice, refreshing brew.

 

And now, I embark on yet CANother brewery horizontal as a part of The CANQuest (tm)! It's all very exciting.

From the CAN: "Cream Ale is our interpretation of a New York original. Originally brewed by ale breweries to compete with the surging popularity of Lager beer, it remains a regional specialty in the Northeast United States. Our version is light- bodied and a pale straw color, with a perfect blend of malt and hops. The result is a supremely refreshing version of a style dear to our hearts."

I must say, before I even Crack! open the vent, I will be highly surprised if this is better than my old fave, Genny Cream Ale. I drank that as an underage teen imbiber & I still have it on ocCANsion today.

I Crack!ed open the vent & beCAN a slow, gentle C-Line Glug into the awaiting glass. It foamed up nicely to form just over a finger of dense, foamy, rocky, tawny head with good retention. Color was Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7) with NE-quality clarity, enticing The Gelt Gang of Mammon, Croesus & Midas to stir off of my living room couch & come into the kitchen for a taste. They had just watched the Pirates eliminate the Cubs & were ready to celebrate. Nose was grainy, more bready than biscuity with a light grassy (perhaps) Noble hope presence. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was kind of tangy and metallic, not really up to Genny Cream Ale standards. I got the bready grassiness in its taste, but something was just not up to par. I could not put my finger on it, but I know that it was not going to replace Genny Cream for me. Finish was dry & refreshing, which is the real purpose of the style, but I just think that Genny Cream is a bargain at its price point as CANpared to this craft iteration. YMMV.