Genesee Cream Ale

Brewed by High Falls Brewing Company
Style: Cream Ale
Rochester, New York USA

I loved Genny Ice, so I was intrigued to try Genny Cream. Good creamy frothy taste and goes down smooth. Genny is Good!

This was a terrible beer. Like a glorified weak, pale, macro lager. Bottle... Poured golden with a white head the dissipated immediately. Aroma was the best thing going for it, vanilla sweet and some malt. Over carbonated and not much flavor. Cracker malt flavors and a dry finish.

Sweeter and maltyer than most american standards. A slight hops nose but lacking hops in the flavor. My dad used to drink this stuff by the case, so I’d thought I’d give it a try. Could have been worse.

I have a vague memory of Genny Cream being acceptable given the low price when I first had it in Delaware, but I recently bought it in Kansas City, MO, and it’s moderately skunked. I will say the mouthfeel is one of the smoothest I’ve had in a long time. This beer’s probably an excellent choice in it’s local market (like Yuengling in Philly or Blvd Wheat in KC), but it it’s had to travel far, there’s probably a better choice. Paid $5 & change for a six-pack.

12 oz can poured into pint glass. Fizzy yellowish gold in color, with medium white head. Smell of alcohol and a slight hoppy note. Flavor is a little lacking for a cream ale, but not horrible considering the price range this beer competes in. Easy to drink with a nice carbonation. Overall I would put it right in the middle of the road at 10 of 20.

Very different from the other Cream Ales I have had. More like a Pale Ale. grainy and watery. not a bad beer but not the best.

Presentation: It was poured from a 12oz. can into a pint glass. Appearance: It had a light golden yellow color with visible carbonation and an average size white fluffy head. The head faded as I drank and left some spotty lace that slides down the sides of the glass. Smell: The aroma is full of sweet grain and corn adjuncts. There are some light hints of grassy hops as well. Taste/Mouth feel: Its flavor is mostly sweet grain with a heavy corn flake cereal character. The hops are mild in flavor but offer more in the way of bitterness to the mix. On the tongue there is a slick creamy texture with some fizzy carbonation inside its light to medium body. Notes: If retro beer is your thing, Genesee Cream Ale could be the next Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Clear, light gold with a white head that fades quickly. Nice light, grainy nose with not much in the way of hops but a lot better than bud, miller, et. al. Very crisp, but sweet ,taste. As a side note...the thing that makes me rate this brew so highly is it’s afinity with Bourbon. Try it with your favorite as a chaser and you’ll see. It must be all the corn used in the brew.