Cream Ale
Genesee Brewing Company in Rochester, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Cream Ale Regular|
Score
4.91
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Smooth like a lager. Crisp like an ale. The Cream Ale was one of the first beer styles created in America, and ours has been the style standard since Genesee first brewed it in 1960. Genesee Cream Ale has won numerous awards throughout the years and remains just as smooth and flavorful as it’s always been. It’s a true American original.
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5.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
24oz can from a random Butchers in Orange County, California. Poured into an old Corsendonk stemmed tulip a few times, at my daughters on 28th August 2025. Golden body, clear and clean, short lived white affair on top. Soft feel to the proceedings, bland overall with a weak malt and hop presence, no expert on Cream Ale's, but this isn't something to write home about. Finished the whole can, but I'll not be seeking out another any time soon.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Aug 2025
at 21:00
6.5/10
RB score 2.26
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2025
at 22:49
7/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Notes from January 2011 .99c can from Whole Foods just because I forgot what it tasted like. Just got done with a bigger beer, so I expect this to rightly leave me less then satisfied, but continuing on that familiar path. Rounded pint glass. Shiny, gold, active brew. Four fingers of lather. Smells like steeped grains, minor fruit phenols, aluminum & a touch of table sugar. Odd flash of plastic/clove laced malt in front. Overall taste is very much like soggy white bread. Crust is nicely toasted. No butter. Crispy lettuce. Barely a touch of acidity. Good bubbly. Frothy. More & more cracker through the finish. Pretty clean, that deserves something. You can do better, but it's nice filler I think.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2024
at 01:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at Genny Brew House. Clear golden, thin creamy head, lively carbonation. Biscuity aroma, grainy, white bread. Taste is grainy, malty, crackers. Creamy feel. High school all over again.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2022
at 00:46
7/10
Dark gold pour. Thick foam. Hops and vanilla cream nose. Creamy vanilla and hops mixed flavor. Smoothe and nutty.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2021
at 18:02
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
12oz can. Poured a pale golden color with a fizzy, medium sized white head. Aroma was light corn, light malts. Actually not as bad as it may first seem. Light bitterness, touch corn. Light grain. Mild floral hops.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2021
at 06:20
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz. can from Downtown Produce. Pours a crystal clear pale gold color with a white head and good retention. Almost no lacing. Skunky malt aroma. Generic Euro lager flavor with just a tiny skunk finish. Relatively smooth and less grainy than a typical lager. Light body. It won't win any awards, but a respectable cheap beer.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Nov 2020
at 23:15
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz bottle, pale golden clear with slight white head. Medium body. Corn malt aroma with some pepper to it. Mildly bitter grass corn taste with a brief spicy finish. Still an ok, unpretentious beer to drink very cold on a hot day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2020
at 18:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Nose of sweet corn, bit juicy, followed by bread, cereal, grassy hops, clear pale golden, minimal head that quickly disappears, hardly any lacing, average carbonation, light sweetness, light bitterness, soft, creamy, fruity, smooth light body and a bit creamy/ buttery, thin feel, watery, sticky, light dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2020
at 21:51