Catawba Valley Farmer Teds Cream Ale

Brewed by Catawba Valley Brewing Company
Style: Cream Ale
Glen Alpine, North Carolina USA

I had this at Asheville Brew & View as a third choice (the other two beers taking the night off). It wasn’t exactly the best cream ale I’ve ever had, but it wasn’t half bad. It had a well presented vanilla taste to it. Try Wexford or Genesee instead, if you have the chance.

On tap at Charlotte Oktoberfest ’05. Yellow body with a medium-sized white head. Aroma was very malty. Flavor was sweet with hints of fruit and vanilla with a mild hop finish.

Draft at Asheville Pizza and Beer as a guest. Dark gold, thin white head. Very faint aroma of what? mint? although that could have been recently applied chapstick. Flavor is clean and crisp, but maybe too timid. Nice fizzy champaigne like body. Some white wine notes in the finish, as well as some hops.

pours a clear gold with mild white head. light aroma, light fizzy palate with semi creamy finish. light sour front.

on tap to glass. pale gold yellow with thin quickly disappearing head. aroma is bisquit-like. flavor is somewhat creamy and oily, with a sweet bready flavor. a little corn maltiness in the end. not bad, but there are much better beers with more flavor out there.

On tap at Barley’s. Nice. Lighter than I like beer most of the time, but it was a good break from the stouts I was drinking. Lots of carbonation, pretty bubbly, not unpleasant. Very mild hops, fairly sweet, vanilla-y. Reminded me of a pilsener for some reason.

Clear gold pour fluffy off white head. Malt and corn on the nose. Thin bodied overly grainy flavor

Sampled at the 12th Annual Knoxville Brewer’s Jam. Pale yellow, thin white head. Dry hop and lager like pale malts. Slight skunkiness on the palate. Where is the creaminess? An ok lager.