French Broad Re-Session Cream Ale

Name: Re-Ssession Ale
Date: 08/16/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewery

Appearance: hazy yellow, fine white head, streaks of lace,
Aroma: sweet malt aroma with a nice cereal character and sweet corn,
Flavor: sweet cereal flavor, nice corn sweetness, like a bowl of corn flakes, light floral hops,
Overall: an excellent example of the style,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **/4

Draught at Barley’s in Asheville. Pours yellow-orange with small white head. The aroma is orange, some spice, and a dark graininess. The flavor is spicy and citrus hops, much moreso than I had expected from a "cream ale." After that come notes of pulpy wheat and paper with some general dryness. Not a great beer, but refreshing enough on a hot summer day.

Gold pour, fair amount of white carbonation. The aroma was great, like a sweet cream or whipped cream. Mouth feel and flavor were a bit of a disappointment. I think too much hops for the style. This was nothing like any cream ale I’ve ever had. My friend and I were trying to decide which was the pilsner and which the cream ale after we mixed them up and niether was quite right. Their darker and heavier beers seem much better.

very light aroma, and a clear gold, talked to Drew about this beer it is called the "re-session ale" it is meant to be a sessionable light beer during the hot summer and it serves its purpose well, it is light and sessionable, little more body than you would expect, but light.

From draught sample at French Broad. Very little aroma on this one; a mild grainy note with just a bit of hoppy character. Mild. Golden clear with no head. Medium-light body with light carbonation. Fairly dry ale, quite a bitter hit for a cream ale - more a golden than a blonde, perhaps? Actually very similar to the pils or the Kölsch. Carbonic gaseousness and mild acidity are the primary flavors with some grain sweetness. A bit heavy, too, for this style.