Cream Ale
Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. in Guelph, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Cream Ale Regular|
Score
4.42
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With origins dating back to the 1800s, Sleeman Cream Ale is the brew that helped relaunch a brewery. Found on page 64 of the original Sleeman recipe book, it’s made from a variety of imported hops and combines the easy-drinking nature of a lager with the rich fruit character of an ale. You’ll notice a slight aroma of pear or apple in this medium-bodied, well-balanced ale.
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5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle, 5%. Clear pale yellow colour. Mild flavour, slightly sweet. Low bitterness. OK rounded.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2008
at 17:36
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Bottled. Yellow colour, small white head. Aroma is mild fruits, maize, malts and some slight notes of caramel. Flavour is the same along with paper and some mild notes of rubber.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2008
at 04:09
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Clear golden with tiny white head. Sweet fruity aroma with mild caramel notes. Sweet flavor with fruity and mild cardboard notes. Ends mild bitter.
Tried
on 04 Aug 2008
at 18:51
4.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
My bottle is labeled Sleeman Cream Ale 64. Nice brown bottle. Pale yellow american lager appearance. Off sour aroma, but not skunky. Taste is pretty mild at first. Decent carbonation. Very mild metallic processed finish manifests itself on the tongue during the finish. Decent session brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2007
at 16:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Big shiny offwhite head. Yellow body with lots of carbonation. Thin malty aroma. Malty perfumed taste, somewhat vague. Smooth, clean mouthfeel. Traces of corn and hops. No real aftertaste, just a little metal. It’s OK, a bit of flavour, and no real offtastes. (0.355l can, courtesy of Air Canada.)
Tried
from Can
on 03 Aug 2007
at 22:51
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Golden pour that has a short-lived creamy head. Aromas are grassy and sweet... almost a honey scent in the background. Flavor is a little grassy, then sweet in the finish. Rather uninspired.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2007
at 12:24
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
The grassy hop aroma expected from a light lager. The brassy gold color and frothy white head you’d expect from a lager. A bit thin bodied. Not bad. The level of bitter is indeed what one might expect from an English bitter, and the accompanying malt is not inappropriate. Something of a mule, in the hybrid sense. However, it is surprisingly drinkable. Interesting essay.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2007
at 22:09
5.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Slightly sweet barley malt aroma. Medium yellow with moderate head and nice lacing. Sligthly sweet malt flavor up front with mild sour finish. Light body. A standard cream ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2007
at 17:56
2.4/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
This isn’t terrible but very light all around. Scarcely any flavor or aroma at all, but what is there isn’t offensive, even though it is nothing more than a hint of medium sweet malt. A golden colored beer; basically a fancy pale lager.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2006
at 14:22
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Had this as part of Sleeman sampler pack. Pours golden, a bit of a sharp aroma. Can taste malt, and certainly corn. An average beer for certain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2006
at 08:04