Day 18: Cameron's Brewing Company's Cream Ale

I was excited for the Cream Ale. Cameron's Auburn ale was one of my favourites so far, and I have in the past enjoyed Sleeman's Cream Ale.

Not a very strong smell out of the bottle, poured light amber with light body and almost no carbonation. Pretty good. Creamy, yes, but almost a lager quality to this ale. I'm not sure I could adequately appreciate this beer in the dead of winter on the cusp of another cold snap. My enjoyment of different beers is greatly dependent on the situation. In hot weather or after a couple of hours of basketball, I enjoy a nice skunky lager like Heineken or Moosehead or Grolsch, or a cerveza like Pacifica or Dos Equis. In the winter it's so hard to beat a properly poured pint of Guiness on tap, particularly with some savoury food.

I think I'd love this beer in the summer, but right now, it's just a hard like. Better than Sleeman's Cream Ale, primarily because there is simply more flavour going on. Actually, it reminded me a little more of Lucky Buddha Beer, the beer with the best bottle of all time. Come to that, I'd prefer the Buddha. If I'm going for creaminess, the Buddha trumps what's going on here.

This one is refreshing and light and I wish I had four more for the next time I play basketball.