Cream Ale
Buoy Beer Company

 

Holy smokes this is actually really good! Can’t remember the last time I had a cream ale but this is delicious regardless of the style. Pint from draft at a bar in Astoria, OR. Great grain bill, properly carbonated, crisp yet easy drinking. Has a pleasant sweetness. Impressive!

Rated 11-9-2019. Have had this beer a few times. Don't really remember anything special about it though. It pours a golden color with medium head and an aroma of sweetness and mild hop. Nice well balanced Cream Ale, but nothing special.

Draft at the taproom in Astoria. Poured a slightly hazy, golden yellow color with a small, white head of foam. It left minimal lacing. It smelled of bread crust, caramel and floral notes. Sweet and malty with caramel and toffee. Mild bitterness.

 

12oz can from Hops & Bottles. Dark, cloudy golden, fizzy head. Malty, bready aroma. Taste is sweet, malty. Full, creamy body. Light tingly finish. Solid.

 

refreshing and satisfying cream ale that straddles the line between being light and poundable and beign sort of crafty and interesting, a hard one to walk in this style, but they do it well, this is one of the more flavorful and less generic straight up cream ale types i have had in awhile. a sunny rich golden color to it, a shade or two deeper than many, nice and clear from the can, lathery white head on it, racing bubbles. less maltiness to me than their pils, its light and without the bready european character, and it seems like maybe just a pinch of corn or something is in here as well, uniquely earthy as it warms. the yeast is subtle but not invisible and it dries this out well, not quite bone dry, but tidy enough that the finish has some snap, even in the absence of much bittering hops. i think the proportions are excellent, and its simple without being boring, a honey note in the middle, clover flower and light lime at the end, light but not watery with just a little fluff to the feel, and awesome carbonation. maybe a tad more body than most cream ale drinkers probably want, might limit drinkability around can seven or so, but im not worried about that. loved this ice cold, but it warms up better than most too. good to have these guys in idaho now!

 

Very good cream ale - it's got that bready sweetness, yet there's an underlying sharpness that keeps it from being too sweet. It's still got that soft drink-like smoothness, but with a bit more of a satisfying bite. I like the style anyway, and this is a good example and I slurped it down in no time at all!

Look: Clear rich orange in color with a lofty off-white head that swells up and holds as a lid, settling to reveal great lacing left behind
Aroma: Honey, wet straw, raw dough, floral hops, and some Hawaiian bread notes
Taste: Hawaiian bread starts it off and builds as floral hops and honey trickle into the mix and intermingle nicely. Some straw – almost reminiscent of a Kolsch, and dough trail the initial hit before Hawaiian bread and floral hops close it out
Mouthfeel: Full, very clean, medium-high carbonation, and soft throughout, especially on the finish
Overall: I dig it. This is a nice American Cream Ale and also is one of the few I drink fairly often that isn’t flavored, which is nice. It has the typical ‘crème soda-esque’ taste to it and like another tweener style I’m into (Kolsch), is a great tasting and easy drinking beer for any occasion or season. Delicious

12oz can

Pours over a finger of creamy white head into my Boston Lager glass. Retention is really nice, with only a tiny bit of head fading after a couple of minutes. Initial lacing looks great. Body is golden yellow, crystal clear, with a load of bubbles coming up. Looks very good so far.

Nose smells great. Corn, dough, bready, creamy, sweet - hits all the food groups. Wonderful!

Flavor delivers for the most part. Maybe just a hair lighter on the bread than the nose lead on, which is a little bit of a bummer, but not a huge deal. Corn, creamy. Really nice.

Carbonation is medium-low. Body is pretty light, but there is a little weight in here. A nice brief dose of sweetness, finishes crisp and well attenuated. Bitterness is very low, but present. Solid mouthfeel.

Drinkability is great, this is tasty, light, and well balanced.

Appearance turned out super good. The head died, but the lacing was thick all the way down.

Overall a solid cream ale, really yummy.

 

 

Great beach brew. Tastes exactly like you’d expect with a cream ale, with an added strong pleasant grain aftertaste. Effervescent. Very refreshing, but not too light.

4 month old can into a pint glass. Classic true yellow crystal clear color with a white foamy head that settles quickly into a weak crown but decent lacing. The smell is malty, a tad nutty, and a bare hint of hop. The taste is interesting, very bready, creamy, malty, and it finishes on a slight nutty and sour note, but instead of evolving it just all hits the palate at once, and dies rather quickly. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with a nice crisp finish.

This is a good "drinking" beer that reminds me of Banquet and the like, albeit a tad more refined. Not bad, but also not super impressive either.

Single 12 oz can from Roth's Vista Market in Salem OR
$1.79
Pours a clear golden coloured body with a large creamy thick white head.
Aroma of creamed corn and grass..some paper and abit of honey.
Taste is rather lagerish..the creamed corn in the aroma..is not in the taste. Bitter after taste,,kinda chemical really.
mouth feel is OK..avergae.
Not great cream ale..i think honestly cheap ole Genny was better,

Had this on 2019-06-01 in Astoria, OR at the brewery on tap.

This and the Helles were my favorites from the flight today.