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Taps Red Cream Ale

Percentile
13
overall
Brewed by Taps Brewing (Canada)
Style: Cream Ale

Virgil, Canada

bottled
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492.43/5.02.47/5.04.9%14.3Footed Pilsner, Lager glass
Commercial Description:
Our newest product, Taps Red Cream Ale is beginning to rival our Premium Lager in popularity with our customers. It is a delicious, full-bodies ale with a clear, beautiful red colour. Cream ale is made by using ale yeast fermented and conditioned at colder temperatures. The colder temperature causes a slower, more gradual fermentation, resulting in a smoother flavour. Our Red Cream Ale has a full-bodies silky texture that is crisp and strong in flavour, with a fresh, clean finish.
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 Beershine (2710), Where Climate Suits My Clothes, Vietnam
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Draught @ Winking Judge. Clear, red, with small white head. Blackberry, tobacco, and cherries in the nose. Weird cherry pit bitterness at the end. Strange but drinkable.


 PaulHegedus (464), Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/56/20
Sep 9, 2008  
Can. Dark amber with a very short lived head: holds aromas of grass and heather, caramel. Tastes unpleasantly sour, herbal, with caramel.


 jimmay (203), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 30, 2008  
473 ml can from LCBO. Large carbonation, small head, quickly dissipates. Fruity, smoky armoa, and flavour. Nice orangey, red colour. Intersting, not sure I’d want to drink all night, but a differeent diversion from the ordinary.


 KyotoLefty (1400), Kyoto, Japan
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/58/20
Aug 29, 2008  
500 ml can in Toronto. Reddish brown color, low white head. Highly effervescent. Rather weak aroma of caramel malt and hops. A touch of dark fruits. Fruity, malty flavor. Smooth, with dark fruits and some bitterness that is quite earthy. Slightly candy-like as well. Not really special or interesting, but quite drinkable and not really bad.


 GRM (1255), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/53/20
Jul 14, 2008  
Can, 473 ml, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on July 14 2008; eye: caramel, lightly hazy, light effervescence, voluminous beige head that falls rather rapidly, a bit of lacing; nose: nice hops mixed with caramel syrup, lots of grapefruit, lime; mouth: watery, a bit of lime, a bit of caramel syrup, finale in citrus-caramel; overall: once is enough FRANÇAIS Canette, 473 ml, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 14 juillet 2008; œil : caramel, légèrement voilée, légère effervescence, mousse beige abondante qui tombe plutôt rapidement, un peu de dentelle; nez : bon houblon mêlée avec un sirop de caramel, beaucoup de pamplemousse, lime; bouche : aqueux, un peu de lime, un peu de sirop de caramel, finale en citron-caramel; en résumé : une fois c’est suffisant


 hopson (594), Williamsville, New York, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/511/20
Jul 7, 2008  
draft- not as bad as I thought it would be. Creamyness not there. Nice estery profile, with a robust bitterness. Cream ale- certainly not, but a decent drinker at a place with little options.


 radiomgb (1962), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/56/20
Jun 1, 2008  
Orange/bronze in colour, very small white coloured head, very patchy light lacing. The aroma is very appley, quite sweet, some sourness. The flavour is fruity, lightly floral, some grains, high sweetness. Sweet mouthfeel, light body, medium/light carbonation. Fiishes sweet, lingering, late dryness.

Words can’t describe how boring this beer is.

473ml can from the LCBO in Peterborough, Ontario.
Opened on December 21, 2007.
No date.


 cyrenaica (440), Milton, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/516/20
May 10, 2008  
473ml can
4.9% ABV
I tried this beer on May 9, 2008 after purchasing from the Queen’s Quay LCBO outlet. The beer poured a beautiful translucent rusty red colour with some effervescence leading to a short-lived whitish head. The aroma was sweet malt, some fruit tones (I’m thinking plums), and a little hoppiness. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, amply carbonated, and a little sour on the tongue. The flavour is no where near as fruity as the aroma. There is some sweet maltiness, some sourness in the middle, and slightly bitter finish. This beer suited my tastes quite well.



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