Buffalo Bills Orange Blossom Cream Ale

Brewed by Buffalo Bills Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
Hayward, California USA

Date: 04/21/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, 50 More Beers on the Wall

clear pale orange, wispy white head, sweet orange aroma, lots of sweet orange flavor but not too sweet, soda like quality with high carbonation,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Looks orange. Smells like orange crush. Tastes like orange soda with a slight hint of beeriness. Gak.

From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 13/10/2007 Fruity orange aroma. White head. Clear golden coloured and very fruity orange flavour with a crisp and dry finish.

Poured a light yellow color with an averaged sized head. Faint, almost rotten, orange peel smell. Very light orange taste with a fizzy, overly carbonated body. After tasting this one I could only ask why. Why did they make this and why did I buy it?

Clear, golden ale with a small, creamy, off-white head. Terrific retention and adequate lacing. Smells like Orange Crush. The flavor tastes like a suicide made with 1/2 Orange Crush and 1/2 American Pale Ale. The flavor is not nearly as sweet as the aroma. Well-balanced. Light-bodied with lively carbonation. Short, bitter, dry finish. Better than anticipated, but nothing to write home about.

The aroma isn’t bad, but it’s more like an orange pop than a fruited up cream ale. Hazy yellow and flat-headed, it’s just too sticky, candy-like sweet for me. Orange flavor. Orange finish. Orange ya glad it’s over? (I can’t believe I wrote that... or am leaving it in.)

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Golden color with a moderate light cream colored head. Orange cream soda aroma, only a hint of pale malt which you really do have to look for. Initial light malt sweetness followed quickly by an artificial orange soda flavor that continues through and lingers. A bit overboard on the extract, light in the malt and honey. If you like orange soda, you'll like this one.

Pale staw golden color with a light fizzy head and no lacing. The aroma is lightly tart and citrusy with a hint of sweet honey. The flavor is well balanced with the honey and orange finishing the flavors. This is a very light easy drinking beer with some good fresh flavors. Another winner from Buffalo Bill.