Favorite Cream Ale

Go for Sweet Action by Sixpoint. Really nice cream ale.

 

I like Anderson Valley's Summer Solstice which should be fairly easy to get and Pumphouse's Cadian Cream. Have not tried as many in this style as other styles though.

 

If imperialized versions work for this, then I'd put forth Slumbrew's My Better Half. Damn, that stuff is tasty...

 

Well, Hale's is already my favorite Cream Ale, so I've got no decent input.

Summer Solstice is pretty good as well.

 

Love this stuff.

 

Kiwanda Cream ale. Delicious.

 

This was better than portrayed... not to style, but quite available in my area.

Climax Cream Ale - http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1307/4363

Sixpoint Sweet Action is good, but not to style either.

 

Blatz Cream Ale (sadly defunct)... How about Little Kings?

 

'gansett Cream Ale is fo' real yo.

 

My vote is tied for:
Sixpoint Sweet Action
Anderson Valley Summer Solstice (though not available in spring)

 

I never got some of the hate I've heard for Little Kings. If I ever have a dedicated beer fridge, I think I'm gonna have an 8-pack in there at all times...

 

Sun King's cream ale is fantastic!

 

Gonna give some West Coast love:

TAPS Fish House & Brewery Cream Ale

 

New Glarus Spotted Cow. I would love it if I could find a source to ship it to Alabama.

 

Sixpoint Sweet Action and Sun King Cream Ale. Excellent beer and canned too!

 

hales cream ale on nitro, best it gets for me.

 

+2 for Spotted Cow. Solid for the style and available everywhere (at least in WI )

 

Spotted Cow is by far the best Cream Ale.

 

Man, you can fit a whole lot more than 8 in there- leave one of the drawers in the fridge and fill it up with a case of Little Kings. I miss 7 oz. nip bottles- they fit perfectly in that little "leg" pocket of overalls or carpenter pants, stick one in there, do a little yard work and take break and crack open a Little King Cream Ale. (Just remember not to bend down once you remove the cap- I did that once picking some greens in the garden...tasty lettuce that evening, tho' my pant leg was sorta damp the rest of the day).

I think LK's problem is being a very pale color but hoppy beer in a very light colored green bottle leaves it often lightstruck. I remember in the late '90's when they were briefly in the NJ market they actually came in a transparent shrink-wrapped loose pack case- so even buying a case wasn't a sure thing. (WHAT were they thinking!) But once they returned to the cardboard case they're fine. Sadly, they're gone from around here (again) - the last ones I saw were over a year old and had been sitting under lights all that time. No promotion at all.

One of the last great pre-craft era US golden ales left...