Cream ale

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Cream ale[1]
Country of origin	United States
Yeast type	Top-fermenting Final gravity	1.006–1.012
Malt percentage	60–100%

Cream ale is a style of American beer which is light in color and well attenuated,^[1][2] meaning drier. First crafted in the mid-1800s at various breweries in the United States, cream ale remained a very localized form with different styles until the early 20th century. During Prohibition in the United States, a great number of Canadian brewers took up brewing cream ale, refining it to some degree. Following the end of Prohibition, cream ale from Canada became popular in the United States and the style was produced anew in both nations.^[3]

Style

Cream ale is related to

give them a more assertive character. Despite the name, cream ales do not contain any dairy products.

While cream ales are top-fermented

.

Examples

• A Frame Cream Ale (
  Squamish, BC
  )
• All or Nothing Think Big'Ger Cream Ale (
  Oshawa, Ontario
  )
• Buckle Bunny Cream Ale (Eureka Heights Brew Co, Houston, Texas)
• Castle Cream Ale (Castle Danger Brewing Company, Two Harbors, Minnesota)
• Coastie Cream Ale (St. Michael's Brewing Company, Navarre, Florida)
• Creole Cream Ale (Abita Brewing Company, Abita Springs, Louisiana)
• Croydon Cream Ale (Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company)
• Genesee Cream Ale (Genesee Brewing Company, Rochester, New York)
• Grindhouse Cream Ale (Ghost River Brewing Co., Memphis, Tennessee)
• Hale's Cream Ale (Hale's Ales)
• Katie's Cream Ale (Great Basin Brewing Company)
• Kiwanda Pre-Prohibition Cream Ale (
  Pelican Brewery, Pacific City, Oregon
  )
• Muskoka Cream Ale (Muskoka Cottage Brewery)
• Newburgh Cream Ale (Newburgh Brewing Company)
• Post Road Detour (Lost Shoe Brewing & Roasting Company, Marlborough, Massachusetts)
• Premium Cream Ale, (
  Brooklyn, New York
  )
• Retro Styles Pre-Prohibition Cream Ale (
  Edmonton, Alberta
  )
• Riser Cream Ale (Good Measure Brewing, Northfield, Vermont)
• Schoenling Little Kings (Schoenling Brewing Company)
• Scoop Dog (Wise Man Brewing, Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
• Session Cream Ale (Full Sail Brewing Company)
• Sleeman Cream Ale (Sleeman Breweries)
• Sunlight Cream Ale (Sun King Brewing)
• Unicorn Milk (Twenty Six Acres Brewing, Concord, North Carolina)

See also

• Beer style
• Draught beer
• Kolsch
• Irish cream ale {c.f. Kilkenny (beer)}

References