Rogue Honey Cream Ale

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Cream Ale
Newport, Oregon USA

There is not much else to say about this that the commercial description does not speak of. A very smooth and malty cream ale, with obvious hints of sweet flowers and honey. A rich maltiness, that is very smooth and creamy, this is very easy to drink.
Earlier Rating: 7/23/2003 Total Score: 2.9
Malts and honey as an afterthough and slightly in the aftertaste. Not very reminiscent of a cream ale and my first disappointment from Rogue.

Cloudy golden color. Malt aroma. Malt and wet malt taste, roasted malt, quite strong ending bitterness. Honey?

Bottle. Slightly hazy golden body with a moderate creamy white head. Sort of an odd aroma, fruity sort of funky vegetal notes underneath. Flavour is lightly malty with minute amounts of honey. Pale malts. Average Palate. Ok but a bit dull overall.

65cl bottle from Utobeer. Not sure what I expected this to be. Golden with thin off beige head. Distinctive Rogue hop aroma. Citric. Bit more toffee whisky on aroma. OK in mouth. Nice toffee/hop finish. Sweetish in mouth, Still attack of hops on end. Fine, but after the hop and toffee it doesn’t go anywhere

Bottle: This actually has a honey-gold color, but little aroma. It is smooth to drink and has a nice sweet and crisp essence, but I don’t think in a blind taste test I would’ve come up with honey. Pretty good, but one of the more disappointing offerings from Rogue.

This beer was a bit of a disappointment. No honey or cream taste whatsoever. I was hoping for a rather unique flavor, but that didn’t happen! Tasted like a cheap beer.

Bottle- Hazy yellow pour with a fizzy and large white head. Aroma is mostly hops and grass. No honey that I can detect. Bitter hops flavour, again no honey. Dry as all get out, and not too bad, just lacks complexity, and is very, very one dimensional. Add actual creaminess, and some honey, and you’d have a 3.5 average rating at least.

I disagree with the "retired" label applied to this because of the quantity I have just experienced. Just had this in the Franklin, TN Mellow Mushroom. 22oz bomber. Hazy color, great flavor. Definately some nut, mostly hazy. I enjoyed it very much. Definately some hop bitterness in the finish. I’ll be going back soon to have another!