Anderson Valley Summer Solstice Cerveza Crema

Brewed by Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Style: Cream Ale
Boonville, California USA

Caramel, slight vanilla, slightly peppery aroma. Clear, medium dark nut brown, fair label in a standard longneck. Unusual. Cherry tones, a bit over-tart, medium bittering. I would think that this is a nut brown or alt and not a cream ale. This is no more a cream ale than it is a schwarzbier - don’t let the name fool you, nor the miscategorization here. It’s called cream beer for the same reason that it’s called cream soda: vanilla. Chalky with some light cocoa tones. Medium to slightly heavy body, mouthy with a carbonated break. Finish is only a little clingy, aftertaste is light vanilla na caramel. It’s that way coming and going. Interesting and drinkable.

Tallahassee, Fl. - Market Square Liquors - 12 oz bottle. Pours a medium copper with absolutely no head. Wort-like aroma with a hint of dates. Flavor is sweet with some caramel, dates, nuts and raisins with a brief hint of chocolate. Mouthfeel is thick enough. Overall decent and one of the more flavorful cream ales I have had.

Bottle. Amber pour. Tall tan colored head. Aroma is sweet malts, toasted bread, light caramel, hint of honey and light spicy notes. Taste is spicy hops, caramel, toasted malts, Bit O Honey and grains. Body is meidum with a creamy feel and a moderately bubbly carbonation. Ends with more grains, caramel, light Bit O Honey, toasted malts and some toffee.

Tasteless. Boring, bland, other adjectives? I think not. All thats needed to describe this beer is few adjectives.

tasting sample at grape & gourmet. pours a pleasing copper color with a bubbly, white head and light lacing. aroma was is mildly sweet with hints of honey, orange, cream, and bready malts. flavor was much like cream soda with hints of caramel, candy, and a bit of citrus. palate was light and easy to drink. not a bad summer beer.

Bottle into shaker. Deep amber, small off-white head. Aroma is faint but pleasantly sweet and fresh. Flavor is butterscotch, brown sugar and cream soda with just a touch of citric bitterness at the end. Light and refreshing; my favorite example of this style and a perfect warm weather beer.

Courtesy redlight. Pours a clear, medium golden color with a small, foamy, off-white head that fades. A soapy, micro-spot wash marks the glass. The nose shows notes of honey sweetened grains, dried maize, flaked oats, and traces of cream. Faint hops lend floral notes. Flavors are similarly easy going and unoffensive, focusing on dried corn, honey glazed grain, and a mildly peppery hop finish. Light in body, with moderate fizziness, the palate lends itself to hot weather drinking. Decent lawnmower beer.

bottle @ redlight redlight. Creamy corn aromas, some cereal grains with hints of spicy hops. Pours a golden amber color with a thin white head. Creamy flavor, very smooth and light, refreshing, with slight hop crispness in the finish. Very easy to drink!