Bottle at Pub Italia- Grassy, apples and pale malt nose. Pours a sparkling gold with a creamy white foam. Sweet appley flavour with grains and pale malts with some sweet cookie leading the finish. Just the faintest offering of a hop is present. I generally enjoy cream ales if they are well made, but this one is far fruiter and duller than what I prefer.

nice large head. malty grainy flavours. nothing too exciting here. nothing caught my attention. the other ratings seem to have it right.

<i>Bottle.</i> Sigh, a Cream Ale, these are never good. Pours a clear copper with a large semi-lasting foamy white head. Typical average and boring grainy aroma with a faint hint of hops. Flavour’s a tad better as it actually has a bit of taste, there’s some mild hops, grain and caramel malt -- it’s still very watery and bland though. The aftertaste is kind of unpleasant. Light bodied. This isn’t very good at all.

<b>Bottle (341ml)</b>. Oh boy, cream ale ... well, it’s a rating. Poured a clear brassy gold with an average creamy-rocky white head. Aroma of straw, grain and a bit of honey - light yet harsh but I’ll give it 5 because it doesn’t smell like a Delmonte product. Tastes the same - grainy, sweet, yes a little harsh, but it reminds me of slightly sweeter old style Canadian ales - not that that’s a particularly good thing, but yer Dad would probably like this one. Mouthfeel is almost stingingly sharp, a little too bitter - leaves a slightly harsh bitter aftertaste. Beats Blue.