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Blackboard Series #5 - Cream Ale With Cold Brew Coffee
Victory Brewing Company - Downingtown
- From:
- Victory Brewing Company - Downingtown
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Cream Ale
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 11.89%
- Reviews:
- 37
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 01, 2020
- Added:
- Dec 21, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 34
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
Clean blonde brew, unassuming. Coffee aromatics surprises the nose. Smooth roasted flavor all derived from the addition of cold brewed coffee on a lightly bready base.Fragrant coffee aromas surface from this smooth cream ale. Cold-Brewed coffee adds rich, roasty notes to this medium-bodied and effervescent brew.
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Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina
3.93/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Picked up a single from TW Arrowhead 7-2-17 for $2.79. Enjoy by 03JUL2017. Received at TW 6-30-17 but stored in the beer fridge since purchase.
Beer poured golden orange with a okay white head. Lots of sediment at the end of the pour.
Nose is light coffee, nice and pleasant.
Taste is light coffee, light citrus, very nice.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied and smooth.
Overall a nice brew that i am glad to have tried.
Oct 15, 2017Beer poured golden orange with a okay white head. Lots of sediment at the end of the pour.
Nose is light coffee, nice and pleasant.
Taste is light coffee, light citrus, very nice.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied and smooth.
Overall a nice brew that i am glad to have tried.
Reviewed by Jlabs from New York
4.09/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Light in color,but then the smell of coffee hits you nicely, not overpowering, but subtle either. Taste is where the subtlety of the coffee is which is perfect as i didnt want to dominate..very easy to drink..not as good as Carton's Regular Coffee , but this is a nice representation of a coffee infused cream ale
Aug 11, 2017
Reviewed by ThomasTheTank88 from Ohio
2.72/5 rDev -26.5%
look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.72/5 rDev -26.5%
look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
First I'd like to say this is one of the coolest bottle/cap designs I have. Has everything someone wants on the bottle, cool looking cap as well. Now onto the beer... very different. Blonde in color but clear. Smelled of a light roast but tasted more of a medium roast. Didn't really taste a "cream ale" taste, but bought it because it looked interesting. Probably won't buy again.
Jul 04, 2017
Reviewed by Dope from Massachusetts
3.87/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.87/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Enjoy by June 27, 2017 (whoops)
A: Pours a clear amber with a big fizzy light tan head. Quite good head retention. Fuzzy chunks of lacing everywhere.
S: Light coffee aroma. Faint cereal grain maltiness.
T: Smooth, mild coffee flavor with a pleasant and soft bready maltiness. Coffee turns slightly bitter (but still creamy) in the finish where it stands alone briefly.
M: Medium bodied, smooth and creamy.
O: Simple, smooth and easy drinking brew. The coffee is a really nice touch to the typically fairly bland cream style. Mouthfeel is great and mellows the whole thing out.
Jul 03, 2017A: Pours a clear amber with a big fizzy light tan head. Quite good head retention. Fuzzy chunks of lacing everywhere.
S: Light coffee aroma. Faint cereal grain maltiness.
T: Smooth, mild coffee flavor with a pleasant and soft bready maltiness. Coffee turns slightly bitter (but still creamy) in the finish where it stands alone briefly.
M: Medium bodied, smooth and creamy.
O: Simple, smooth and easy drinking brew. The coffee is a really nice touch to the typically fairly bland cream style. Mouthfeel is great and mellows the whole thing out.
Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland
3.69/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from the bottle into a nonic pint glass.
Slightly opaque body, with a unique mix of colors. Ranges from dull orange, touches of chestnut brown, and even bright lemon yellow. Head creation is a little flat, barely making half a finger, but managing to stay in a simple tall if soapy thin puck.
Small notes of coffee, and a touch of fruity bean quality. Slight hint of spice as well, not sure if it's malt or hop angle or the beans itself. Cream ale sweetness not so much present, or noticeable, but a decent fine smelling brew.
Fairly simple palate. Light bodied with a touch of mellow sweetness. Hints of milky coffee and also a good fruity bean. A sharp spice perhaps touching herbal hop qualities on the finish. A nice lingering vanilla sugar character, which doesn't come off like lactose either. Coffee character is fairly mellow but subtle and goes well with the base sweet malt body.
This comes off more as a sweetened coffee pale ale, and fairly decent. Interesting if a bit odd brew.
Jul 03, 2017Slightly opaque body, with a unique mix of colors. Ranges from dull orange, touches of chestnut brown, and even bright lemon yellow. Head creation is a little flat, barely making half a finger, but managing to stay in a simple tall if soapy thin puck.
Small notes of coffee, and a touch of fruity bean quality. Slight hint of spice as well, not sure if it's malt or hop angle or the beans itself. Cream ale sweetness not so much present, or noticeable, but a decent fine smelling brew.
Fairly simple palate. Light bodied with a touch of mellow sweetness. Hints of milky coffee and also a good fruity bean. A sharp spice perhaps touching herbal hop qualities on the finish. A nice lingering vanilla sugar character, which doesn't come off like lactose either. Coffee character is fairly mellow but subtle and goes well with the base sweet malt body.
This comes off more as a sweetened coffee pale ale, and fairly decent. Interesting if a bit odd brew.
Blackboard Series #5 - Cream Ale With Cold Brew Coffee from Victory Brewing Company - Downingtown
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
131 ratings
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