Sleeman Cream Ale

Brewed by Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. (Sapporo)
Style: Cream Ale
Guelph, Canada

Tap @ Hop Devil. Clear yellow with a creamy white head. Aroma is light corn juice, not a good sign. Taste is not horrible, which is better than I thought. Mouthfeel is absolutly smooth, not too sweet. Lightly hopped.

Sampler pack from Albertson’s.

Cram Ale: The Sleeman flagship beer? Flagship for one of the crappies Navy’s on earth! Lets start with the clear bottle… Novel but not practical; my home refrigerator light is going to skunk these beers! However no need to worry, this beer was already skunked.
The aroma is not good! Skunky sweet corn, hint of butterscotch, lemon. The flavor is almost non-existent; seriously, it’s like sweetened seltzer water with a hint of cereal. Palate: thin and watery…. Overall: Really bad, I poured it out, and now I have to find 3 people to drink my remaining bottles.

The aroma is pretty much sweet malt and a little skunky. The appearance is golden with a light orange hue. The flavor is very malty and moderately bitter. it has some citrus and rubbing alcohol that don’t seem to belong. The aftertaste is sweet and vegetal. The palate is not exactly creamy but still smooth. Overall it’s drinkable but seems low quality.

From 3-beer sampler pack. Not too good. Very little beer flavor - some metallic taste. A bit too dark for a cream ale, too. I don’t like it.

I hated this beer. I tried it a second time with a cold and it tasted good. I give this a 2 for being a good beer to drink when you feel sick and can’t smell.

Bottled. So I have now completed the 70 styles and as I’ve never had a cream ale before I didn’t know what to expect. Obviously this isn’t a good version of the style judging by its 17th percentile, and I was suitably unimpressed, although it seems to fit the style nicely. A golden colour with an initial white head but that fades quite swiftly. The aroma is quite grassy and lagerish; a tad sweet and not very inviting. The taste is like a boring English golden ale just with far fewer hop flavours. I sense the lager hops in there but there’s nothing to shout about. Better the masses drink this than crappy lagers, but it is dull.

Bland excuse for a beer, nearly odorless with a slight, sweet, grassy malt taste and a suggestion of hop bitterness in the finish. Nice golden color, but that’s not enough to redeem this sorry brew.

What I drank was a bottle of Sleeman Cream Ale 64, which may or may not be the same beer. Sleeman has yet (on their website) to acknowledge this as one of their Heritage series, aka John Sleeman Presents... in Canada. I’ll move the rating later, if need be.

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Refreshing but without any remarkable taste. Bland. Pours clear golden colour.