Cream City Pale Ale
Lakefront Brewery
- From:
- Lakefront Brewery
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #1,245 - ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #34,405 - Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 12.67%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 135
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 01, 2025
- Added:
- Mar 01, 2002
- Wants:
- 14
- Gots:
- 31
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
Named after the cream-colored bricks used to build Milwaukee, this amber pale ale is one of the foundational Lakefront Brewery brands, first brewed over 25 years ago. Cream City pours a light amber with a frothy, stable white head. The light citrus, grapefruit noses comes from North American hop varieties, while caramel malts lend a backbone to their crisp, balanced bitterness. Finishes smooth with mild hop flavor. Try this one with oven-roasted foods: roast beef, meat loaf, or a chickpea vegan meatloaf.
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Reviewed by DoubleJ from Wisconsin
3.43/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Lakefront should have made a cream ale with a name like this! But instead we have a pale ale. On to the beer:
Toasted orange with yellow hues and about a half-inch of head. The aroma is light and clean with soft pine. This is a ho-hum pale ale, clean and on the hoppy side with a touch of sweet malt. This rides on a medium body, and while this is fine, I'm still crushed that this name wasn't used for a cream ale.
Feb 01, 2025Toasted orange with yellow hues and about a half-inch of head. The aroma is light and clean with soft pine. This is a ho-hum pale ale, clean and on the hoppy side with a touch of sweet malt. This rides on a medium body, and while this is fine, I'm still crushed that this name wasn't used for a cream ale.
Reviewed by cyclonece09 from Wisconsin
4/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours orange red with a fluffy white head. Smells of citrus hops and slight grassy notes. Tastes of grassy hops with citrus notes and a nice bright grain. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good beer.
Dec 01, 2023
Reviewed by JimboBrews54 from Michigan
4/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Solid middle of the road pale ale. I remember this one well because of the reminder of rolling rock to it. This one has many notes that give way to a balance and then again has a good solid back end that is reminiscent of a cream ale.
Apr 26, 2019
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.15/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.15/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Solid 1" of creamy head on top of a mild orange color. Aroma was neutral.
Minor hops and bitterness, tastes like it wants to be Spotted Cow. Bready, biscuity malt flavors. Not a whole lot going on, like most cream ales.
Feb 18, 2016Minor hops and bitterness, tastes like it wants to be Spotted Cow. Bready, biscuity malt flavors. Not a whole lot going on, like most cream ales.
Reviewed by milwaukee512 from Wisconsin
4.5/5 rDev +24%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +24%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
I have lived in Milwaukee drinking hoppy beers for nearly a decade and somehow overlooked this gem. Lakefront should kill off their lame session IPA (Extended Play) and promote this one more heavily. Easy enough for casual beer fans, but hoppy enough for serious IPA drinkers. Always a good choice.
Apr 13, 2015
Rated by AlaskanYoung from Arkansas
3/5 rDev -17.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -17.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Was a pretty decent beer
Mar 05, 2015
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