Oskar Blues Money Shot Cream Ale

Tap at the Brickskeller. Bland orange, clear appearance. Creamed sweet corn and caramelized sugars on the nose; herbal, grassy, and dull. Tastes of crisp leafiness and milk sweetness in a strange collaboration, with vegetal hop notes of salted cucumber and celery. Plenty of crystal. Lightly peppery, with sagebrush , mint leaves and weird sugars, almost suggesting some kind of horrid vegetable flavor of jolly rancher. Thin in body, crisp and punchy. Finishes with a swell of sweat and bitterness; quite off putting. It really isn’t bad at all, but the synthetic and contrived qualities are too dominant; the idea of a hoppy cream ale is rather confusing, and it shows.

Not too impressed with this at all, not like cream ales are good anyways but this isnt good at all

Date: 05/02/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac

clear yellow, fine white head, thick lace like ice on a winter window, floating ice crystals from the frozen glass, light indistinct malt aroma, creamy body, sweet corn flavor, light balancing bitterness but stays sweet overall, nice for a cream ale but that’s not saying much

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

On tap at HDG. Orange in color with a nice creamy white head. Hoppy malty aroma. Citrusy estery notes. Malty grainy flavor. Medium bodied. Creamy tasting. Finish is hoppy. Well balanced. Nice beer.

Draught at HDG. Copper color with a frothy head. Aroma of fruity esters and citrusy hops. Flavor of "jammy" malts with fruit/ester essences like cherry or strawberry, similar to Boulder Hazed and Infused or even Dale’s, and cut through with citrusy hops. Full and satisfying ale. Very good, though an absolutely terrible and unsubtle name. "Money Shot" and "Cream" made me think of that infamous beer scene from "American Pie."

Tap at Hop Devil. Pours with a large, frothy white head. Light spalt and saaz hop aroma, bitter pale malt. Creamy, lightly hoppy taste, very balanced, a touch bitter. Very sessionable, and very enjoyable.

Draft at Mellow Mushroom. Golden body, medium sized white foamy head. Aromas of sweet malts, dough, floral hops, some metallic notes. Flavor is bland but unoffensive, with the sweetness of the malts dominating. Palate is on the watery side. Finish is medium length and has a bit of a hop bitter bite to it. Something else in the aftertaste is a bit off to me, can’t put my finger on it. Overall decent, but Terrapin’s Cream Ale is a much better effort.

Tap @ Front Door: Pours a golden misty color, decent white head and lacing. Nose of light hops and a bit of thin malt, lightly lotiony. The flavor is creamy...along with some citrusy and light sweet pale malt notes. Not that intense, but that’s the idea. Easy drinking, yet a bit floral. Not bad.