LUVV: Orange Creamsicle
Heavy Reel Brewing Company

It looks, smells, and tastes like a freakin' orange creamsicle. That's it.

It's overly thick, chewy, and sweet. Everything you despise about a beer. Yet here I am enjoying it and giving it a positive rating because I live a sad, lonely life.

 

I haven’t heard of this brewery, but when I saw this orange creamsicle beer on Tavour I figured it sounded good enough to blindly grab. It’s also a hot day so I think this is a fittibg beer for the weather. Let’s get into it

Pours an opaque milky orange with a finger of orange white head that fades to nothing and leaves minimal lacing

The nose is certainly a creamsicle, but it has a nice tartness to it. I’m picking up on aromas of orange juice, vanilla bean, lemon zest, doughy malt, cocoa powder, marshmallow, and light peanut

It’s quite similar in taste, just a tad sweeter. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting orange juice, marshmallow, vanilla bean, milk chocolate, lemon juice, and light raspberry. The swallow brings notes of vanilla bean, orange juice, marshmallow, milk chocolate, peanut butter, light raspberry, and doughy malt

A medium body pairs with gentle carbonation, resulting in a slick yet tart beer. Finishes mostly dry and balanced

It’s nothing earth shattering, but solid as far as a Kettle Sour goes

 

 

Pint can in an oversized snifter glass.

Orange creamsicle look. No head or lacing. Looks good.

Orange, candied and sour. Sugary OJ with powdered sugar and sour cream. Good aroma.

More orange creamsicle flavor. Sweet and sour OJ.

Medium-Light and sweet and sour. Candied stickiness. The 6% abv along with juice add
body.

Nice combo that goes down easy. One is enough for now but I’ll revisit another day.

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a more orangey orange juice. This is spot on: big orange with candied and lightly sour tones, cool vanilla and marshmallow. Taste is sweeter, smell is more tart. The only thing spotting it from ascending higher is the sip is shorter lived than you want. Feels like the dessert sour it is: creamy, cool, sneaky thick while lightly sour. Great early summer dessert beer