Orange Blossom Cream Ale - Buffalo Bill's Brewery

BeerAdvocate

Massachusetts

2.4/5  rDev -20%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Review from BeerAdvocate Magazine June 2007.

Brewed and bottled by Pyramid Breweries Inc. A flavored Cream Ale, an obvious and easy direction for a summer seasonal, which is marketed to a wide audience and even non-beer drinkers.

Orange cream soda permeates the aroma from the bottle even before we pour it into our mugs. Clear and tawny, though darker than we anticipated. Lacking in the head department. The smell of orange cream soda just doesn't shake. A very light body displays a wet and watery mouthfeel. Crisp with a soda-like carbonation. Hops? Malt? Hello, anyone home? What a surprise, an orange-cream-soda flavor from start to finish. Hard to detect any real beer- like quality until the end, when a touch of watery malt comes through. Odd orange candy flavor in the finish takes over your taste buds.

Borderline malternative--the orange cream soda flavor is just too much. And it tastes sort of diet at that. You'd be better served by just buying an orange cream soda and dropping a splash of vodka in it.

Serving type: bottle

09-27-2010 18:48:53 | More by BeerAdvocate

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Kerrie

Michigan

2.76/5  rDev -8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

I knew not to expect much since I saw the ratings here first, but I figured I'd try it out. Afterall, I do like so low rated beers and dislike some of the higher rated ones.

A- Looks like watered down orange soda with no head or lacing.

S- The smell is the best part. When I opened the bottle, I smelled a creamsicle. I spent a lot of time smelling this beer before tasting it, and for good reason. The taste does not live up to it. That said, I'm sure many people will dislike the creamsicle smell simply because it's not beer-like, but I loved it.

T- Bleh. Tastes like orange flavored water, and the uncarbonated variety at that. I'd be better off with a 50 cent liter of flavored water from the dollar store. As the BA review mentioned, orange soda with vodka would be better. It'd certainly be more flavorful and would give a better buzz.

M- Nothing wrong with the mouthfeel. Not as watery as I'd expect, given everything else, but nothing special.

Overall, I wish I would have just looked at the prior ratings and avoided this one.

Serving type: bottle

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Standard lager-looking brew with a fine head in the tall Stella's glass. Nice lacing and long-lasting sudsiness. The look and mouthfeel is quite nice, so at least they know the industrial art of brewing beer at Buffalo Bill's.

Aroma is a perfumey orange-water scent. Rather sweet. Well, quite sweet, for a light beer. Not exactly malty. Quite fruity and bitter-tart, just like oranges with the peel. It's actually not a bad orange flavor. There is just something too much like candy about this. I would not want to drink a pint, but it's hard to fault the general beeriness of it. Let's hope they never make a malt liquor based on this stuff. From the 12 oz bottle purchased at Ralph's supermarket in San Clemente.

Serving type: bottle

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