Oskar Blues Money Shot Cream Ale

Brewed by Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Style: Cream Ale
Lyons, Colorado USA

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.

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."

02May07 on tap @TacoMac. On the menu as a Blonde but Cream Ale makes more sense. Surprisingly good. aroma of a golden lager. color of a golden lager, crisp light, refreshing. Great Body. Only if all BMC were like this, they would have it done! An almighty American Lager w/o the American Lager staleness flavor.

The Money Shot was served on draft @ The Mellow Mushroom in Tampa. It pours a clear gold color with thin bright white head. It has a light aroma that grows as it warms. I smell pale grainy malts and a slight mild fruitiness like Concord grape jelly (very faint). The taste is nice and refreshing of the lawnmower beer variety. I get a healthy helping of pale malts, some light breadiness and then a mild citrus hop bite. For the style this is excellent. But I’m not a big fan of the style. Just as a beer it pretty darn good.

Draft at Max’s. Clear yellow color with a foamy white head. Creamy texture, frothy, light and sweet corn and grain flavor, fresh, but really not too interesting. Refreshing and lightly spicy, with flavors and scents of creamed bananas, but all in all it’s a pretty regular beer.

On Tap at the Front Door in Boise, ID. A clear light golden color with afull white head. Light and a bit sweet. Nice soft palatte, not too thin or watery (for the style) Went down easy, with very little bitterness. Fairly tasty.

Ah, this explains why this beer wasn’thte hugely impressive beer that the rest of Oskar Blues’ specialty beers have been. The style doesn’t allow for impressive beers. Still the solid session brew. Bright aroma and flavor with a bit of a citrusy character. Without the slight fruitiness I would have pegged this as a good pils (and if it had coriander to back up the citrusy notes, I would have pegged it as a thin, filtered witbier).