Genesee Cream Ale
Genesee Brewing Co.
- From:
- Genesee Brewing Co.
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Cream Ale
Ranked #207 - ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- 71
Ranked #39,130 - Avg:
- 3.09 | pDev: 20.39%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 641
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 09, 2026
- Added:
- Oct 17, 2001
- Wants:
- 42
- Gots:
- 255
SCORE
71
Okay
71
Okay
"Genny" Cream Ale.
Smooth like a lager. Crisp like an ale. Cream ale was one of the first beer styles created in america and ours has been the style standard since 1960. Our cream ale has won numerous awards throughout the years and remains just as smooth and flavorful as it's always been. Cream ale, a true American original.
Smooth like a lager. Crisp like an ale. Cream ale was one of the first beer styles created in america and ours has been the style standard since 1960. Our cream ale has won numerous awards throughout the years and remains just as smooth and flavorful as it's always been. Cream ale, a true American original.
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Reviewed by maltybalz from Pennsylvania
3.53/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.53/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Good head on pouring; crisp, clean yellow/straw color. Aroma of BEER - nothing fancy, no hop aroma. Thin mouth-feel, but thirst quenching. Smooth taste with some alcohol presence, dry after-taste. I like this brewery and I like this beer!
May 09, 2026
Reviewed by GMHESSE from New Jersey
3.78/5 rDev +22.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.78/5 rDev +22.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Was looking for a lighter beer to visit down south. Taste was supriingly better than I remembered from a long time ago. Nice amber color with light aroma. Easy drinking American beer. Didn't break the bank either.
Mar 05, 2026
Reviewed by champ103 from Texas
3.31/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.31/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A: Pours a perfectly clear golden/yellow color. A surprisingly effervescent and dense white head forms. With good retention and lace left behind.
S: A somewhat neutral and nondescript nose. Some cereal grains, maybe a touch earthy hops.
T: Cereal grains, cracker like malts, cooked corn, plenty of sweetness. There is a bit of an earthy hop, and spicy kick as this quickly finishes.
M/O: A medium body, a bit more hefty here than expected. For as effervescent as the head was, this is more moderate carbonation that is a bit syrupy. Not the worst thing drink.
If you were to describe what a generic "beer" is to anybody that doesn't know, this would be it. Right down the middle, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Some local breweries around me have tried to make this style, while not ever going to be a go to for me, they could all learn a thing or two from this classic example. Glad I got to try it, even if its not exactly for me.
Nov 27, 2025S: A somewhat neutral and nondescript nose. Some cereal grains, maybe a touch earthy hops.
T: Cereal grains, cracker like malts, cooked corn, plenty of sweetness. There is a bit of an earthy hop, and spicy kick as this quickly finishes.
M/O: A medium body, a bit more hefty here than expected. For as effervescent as the head was, this is more moderate carbonation that is a bit syrupy. Not the worst thing drink.
If you were to describe what a generic "beer" is to anybody that doesn't know, this would be it. Right down the middle, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Some local breweries around me have tried to make this style, while not ever going to be a go to for me, they could all learn a thing or two from this classic example. Glad I got to try it, even if its not exactly for me.
Reviewed by jonphisher from New Jersey
3.16/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.16/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours brilliantly bright, crystal clear gold, white head; little bubbly, light lacing, a very nice looking beer.
Nose is sweet, little syrupy in nature, think malt extract can; lightly pungent character that hints at sour to me; stale dry hops.
Taste is mostly sweet and syrupy; little too much so for me on this one; malt does have a touch of depth; maybe toasty or husk like; there is a very light hops note on the finish; think over dried hops that have lost their green.
Body is medium, it’s a little thick and heavy for the style for me; leans into syrupy land, though it does dry up a little bit with the lightest touch of bittering hops.
Overall this is not an AAL/Cream Ale I’ll go back too, this one’s just a tad too heavy and think it misses the drinkability that I enjoy in this style; too much lingering heaviness. I'm one who enjoys a well made AAL/Cream Ale but this one isn't for me.
Jul 20, 2025Nose is sweet, little syrupy in nature, think malt extract can; lightly pungent character that hints at sour to me; stale dry hops.
Taste is mostly sweet and syrupy; little too much so for me on this one; malt does have a touch of depth; maybe toasty or husk like; there is a very light hops note on the finish; think over dried hops that have lost their green.
Body is medium, it’s a little thick and heavy for the style for me; leans into syrupy land, though it does dry up a little bit with the lightest touch of bittering hops.
Overall this is not an AAL/Cream Ale I’ll go back too, this one’s just a tad too heavy and think it misses the drinkability that I enjoy in this style; too much lingering heaviness. I'm one who enjoys a well made AAL/Cream Ale but this one isn't for me.
Reviewed by deleted_user_1366261
4.34/5 rDev +40.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.34/5 rDev +40.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
In a can at a buddy's place. Couldn't pour it into a glass, so here goes - has a nice corn taste with a smooth finish. Having had other cream ales before, this is one of my faves.
Apr 18, 2025Rated by Sinfull from New York
3.03/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.03/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Clear , golden color. Medium-sized, white head. Sweet corn and hay in aroma. Malty taste, with nothing more than corn sweetness. Drinkable in summer.
Mar 07, 2025
Reviewed by HoppingMadMonk from New Jersey
3.58/5 rDev +15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.58/5 rDev +15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Super clear light amber appearance.
Body is just below average with also just below average carbonation
Aroma is hard to detect but what I get is malt,mildly floral and earthy. Some bread,grain and cracker as well.
Taste has a mild sweetness followed by bread,grain and cereal. Odd but pleasant part is I pick up some sort of fruit.
This seems to go from one extreme to another but I honestly liked it
Feb 09, 2025Body is just below average with also just below average carbonation
Aroma is hard to detect but what I get is malt,mildly floral and earthy. Some bread,grain and cracker as well.
Taste has a mild sweetness followed by bread,grain and cereal. Odd but pleasant part is I pick up some sort of fruit.
This seems to go from one extreme to another but I honestly liked it
Reviewed by BloodSoakedAleMug from New York
1.65/5 rDev -46.6%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.25
1.65/5 rDev -46.6%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.25
Look: Pours a sterotypical "beer" color with a pretty dense, but still rocky head of white foam that lasts about 30 seconds before dying down and leaving no lacing on the glass. Lots and lots of carbonation visible streaming up the sides of the glass.
Aroma: Oh no... it smells like sheet metal... like it literally smells like a roll of nickels or like someone just took a grinder to a piece of copper fitting... I'm trying as hard as I possibly can do discern any other aroma to the nose but ... nothing. I hate to do it but it's an absolute 1 out of 5 on the aroma.
Taste: Metallic. Corn syrup. Nah, definitely not for me. There is a very, very vague floral hop thing going on but it's so brief its not even worth mentioning as it is blanketed by this sickeningly sweet artificial corn syrup flavor, and it's only as the beer warms (you do not want to drink this at any other temperature than ice cold).
Feel: Syrupy... but bubbly.
Overall: An absolute dumpster fire. Sorry; I'm not one to rag on macro beers, I've drank enough miller lite, coors and PBR to fill a large pool - but when people say "fizzy yellow water" or use terms like "piss beer" they are talking about beers like Genesee.
Oct 30, 2024Aroma: Oh no... it smells like sheet metal... like it literally smells like a roll of nickels or like someone just took a grinder to a piece of copper fitting... I'm trying as hard as I possibly can do discern any other aroma to the nose but ... nothing. I hate to do it but it's an absolute 1 out of 5 on the aroma.
Taste: Metallic. Corn syrup. Nah, definitely not for me. There is a very, very vague floral hop thing going on but it's so brief its not even worth mentioning as it is blanketed by this sickeningly sweet artificial corn syrup flavor, and it's only as the beer warms (you do not want to drink this at any other temperature than ice cold).
Feel: Syrupy... but bubbly.
Overall: An absolute dumpster fire. Sorry; I'm not one to rag on macro beers, I've drank enough miller lite, coors and PBR to fill a large pool - but when people say "fizzy yellow water" or use terms like "piss beer" they are talking about beers like Genesee.
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