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Lakefront Cream City Pale Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2203.23/5.03.22/5.05.6%62.9Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
This top fermenting amber-colored ale is brewed using generous amounts of malt and kettle hops. The trademark of this ale is its beautiful hop bouquet and taste that comes from a liberal dry hopping of the highest grade Cascade hops during the secondary fermentation. The malt firmness of this ale comes from the perfect mixture of two-row malted barley, carapils, and caramel specialty malts. The ale has an original gravity of 1060 and is fermented at 65 degrees farenheight which imparts the classic ale fruitiness to the brew.
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 theisti (1671), Leawood, Kansas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jul 21, 2008  
12 oz bottle purchased at Metcalf Discount Liquor on 91st Street. Bottled in Apr WK 2 according to the bottle. Pour is clear golden ruby with a one inch off white head. Aroma of lightly toasted malt and floral grassy hoppiness. Aroma has earthiness and mineral in it as well. Taste is very nice, and reflects the nose perfectly. Toasty biscuit sweet maltiness accented perfectly by the slight bitterness of the hops. The mineral character is strong throughout giving this a very unique flavor. I drank and rated this prior to reading the commercial description, and was a bit surprised to see the hops are Cascade on this one. I would have guessed more of an English variety. The body was medium, and very drinkable. Nothing complicated in this one, but beautifully executed.


 amishcaravan (237), Winona, Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jul 10, 2008  
slight floral scent of hops. taste is of hops and a little caramel. kind of a sweet finish. Not a bad brew.


 IlanMan (817), Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 10, 2008  
Pour is dark golden with a medium white head. Aroma is very malty with some light hop characters. Flavor is malty with some deep caramel, light fruity characters, and deep hops. I mostly got deep flavor hops and not many aroma hops. Decent brew. Drinkable.


 shendrix (478), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 7, 2008  
Certainly a credible America pale, pouring much more orange than I was expecting, with a nose that made me think of crushed pine nuts. Far less hoppy than one of its Indian relatives, this beer tastes of biscuit, grapefruit, and pine.


 mcc5468 (103), USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/512/20
Jun 25, 2008  
Cloudy orange pour. Slight hop aroma. Slightly less of the hop level in the taste than I would like. Pretty good overall - I would describe it as an IPA-light.. I would drink again but wouldn’t go out of my way to buy it.


jcp23 (47), Duluth, Georgia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/511/20
Jun 18, 2008  
Slightly hazy, darkish orange color, with thin white head. Mild hop aroma. Mild Cascade flavor on a decent malt foundation. One of the most average, unexceptional pale ales I’ve had. Not bad, but just mediocre and uninspiring. In a word; boring. The hops are OK, it just needs more of them. I wouldn’t seek it out, but I wouldn’t turn one down. Ambivalence anyone?


 BigBen2120 (688), Derry, New Hampshire, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Jun 8, 2008  
12oz brown bottle from The Lighthouse in Manchester as part of this brewery’s sampler 8-pack. Pours amber-orange with a thin film of off-white head. Smells piney and citrussy with biscuit and caramel present in the background. Tastes strongly citrusy, piney, and caramel. Flavor is appealing and well-balanced. Medium in body with ample carbonation. A solid APA for sure - nothing more, nothing less.


 BelgianBeerGal (1292), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
May 30, 2008  
Bottled. Slightly hazy orange colour with a small white head. Aroma of citrus hops and caramel malt. Hop flavour heavily balanced with more caramel malt. Finshed short, dry and moderately bitter. Decent APA.



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