Cadian Cream Ale - Pump House Brewery

dasenebler

Maine

2.33/5  rDev -23.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

341mL, no date.

Pours a clear, very light yellow-gold with a decent head actually. Impressed with the retention. The lacing is minimal.

The aroma is grainy and hay-like, not much else.

The flavor is sweet and grainy, with almost no bitterness. Fairly clean, but I'm not digging the flavor at all. Kind of a weird grapey-fruity thing going on too. The mouthfeel has very large bubbles and seems forced and somewhat harsh.

I guess you could drink this, but I wouldn't repeat the experience. Next.

Serving type: bottle

09-21-2011 22:03:36 | More by dasenebler

StomachUlcers

New Brunswick (Canada)

1.75/5  rDev -42.6%

06-02-2013 05:28:23 | More by StomachUlcers

beerhunter13

Ontario (Canada)

2.75/5  rDev -9.8%

04-13-2013 16:46:32 | More by beerhunter13

cfalovo97

Ontario (Canada)

3/5  rDev -1.6%

11-06-2012 19:52:43 | More by cfalovo97

Gatordaddy

Maryland

3/5  rDev -1.6%

08-20-2012 02:12:57 | More by Gatordaddy

CurtisD

New Brunswick (Canada)

2.75/5  rDev -9.8%

08-16-2012 13:38:34 | More by CurtisD

Ivanhoes_Backpack

New Brunswick (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev +6.6%

03-15-2012 15:30:09 | More by Ivanhoes_Backpack

Skizem

New Brunswick (Canada)

4.5/5  rDev +47.5%

12-23-2011 22:39:58 | More by Skizem

schnarr84

Alberta (Canada)

3/5  rDev -1.6%

12-21-2011 00:07:03 | More by schnarr84

1p5v

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +31.1%

12-18-2011 06:36:13 | More by 1p5v

wordemupg

Alberta (Canada)

2.15/5  rDev -29.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

341ml bottle poured into pint glass 18/10/11

A clear golden yellow with lots of tiny bubbles feeding a finger of bone white foam that hangs around for a bit leaving a couple random patches of lace

S wet soggy cornflakes and a little purple candy, smells sour though not that inviting

T ya just more sour soggy cereal with a little sweetness too it, not that great just tastes a little off

M has some body to it and carbonation works well but it leaves a foul lingering taste in your mouth

O somethings just not right here, there's a flaw or it's just poorly made

I've had great stuff from Pump House but this just isn't it, I might give it another shot just to make sure I didn't get a bad bottle

Serving type: bottle

10-19-2011 01:38:51 | More by wordemupg

Converge

Alberta (Canada)

2.5/5  rDev -18%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

341ml bottle poured into a 16oz pint glass.

A - Fizzy white head. Urine yellow. No retention, no lacing.

S - Cereal grain sweetness, with evident honey undertones. Grassy and somewhat skunky.

T - Grainy sweetness, cereal, corn. Not very clean or crisp given the thin flavor. Not very good.

M - Fizzy carbonation. Thin body.

D - Unimpressive, but I wasn't expecting much. These cream ales just seem to be lagers with some weird funk added in.

Serving type: bottle

10-04-2011 03:06:25 | More by Converge

tigg924

Massachusetts

3.53/5  rDev +15.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Appearance: moderate carbonation, 1 inch head, clear, gold in color

Smell: toasted malt, sugar, and honey—smells like a non-alcohol beer

Taste: sweet malty, bready, grass with a bit of hops at the end

Mouthfeel: very sweet with a touch of bitterness at the end, medium body, medium carbonation, very smooth

Overall: Arguably the smoothest beer I have had in some time. This almost tastes like the base beer for 21st Amendment’s Hell or High Watermelon—what I would expect to get without the fruit flavor. A great, sessionable, malty beer. A nice take on the style.

Serving type: bottle

09-21-2011 13:12:32 | More by tigg924

joemcgrath27

Alberta (Canada)

2.88/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A - a hazy pale golden, short head dissipated fairly quickly
S - wheaty and yeasty, mild tropical fruit aroma, light leafiness
T - a grainy musty start, sour citrus, bready with a strange mineral aftertaste
M - light with lower carbonation, even a little flat, with a somewhat bready finish
O - a pretty average brew all in all, and not quite what I was expecting from a cream ale, glad I only bought a single

Serving type: bottle

09-12-2011 00:28:17 | More by joemcgrath27

andrenaline

Ontario (Canada)

3.23/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A - Pours a hazy pale straw colour, thin layer of head with little retention and no real lacing.

S - Scent is reminiscent of a hefe with caramel notes. Some grassy wheat and tart citrus notes with sweeter caramel undertones.

T - Unique flavours, and I'm a bit confused by the style. Almost a cross between a hefe and a cream ale with wheat and cloves coming off the top followed by some caramel and toffee notes on the finish.

M - Medium bodied ale, but goes down a pit prickly. Finish is a tad dry as well.

O - Overall, not at all what I was expecting from a cream ale. Unique indeed and worth a try, but Pumphouse has some better offerings IMO.

Serving type: bottle

03-26-2011 18:50:56 | More by andrenaline

spree92

New Brunswick (Canada)

3.53/5  rDev +15.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A- Poured a cloudy orange-yellow. The white head dropped fast but left great lacing lines. A lot of carbonation bubbles rising to the top, fast.

S- Sugary sweet smell is very strong. Apple rind, citrus peel and a slight belgian yeast finish.

T- Wow, a little disappointed. Very bland. No hops or malts. Very minor fruit flavors.

M- All that carbonation, and it isn't noticeable.

D- -34c with wind today, this would be better suited for the summer. Still, smooth and creamy though.

Serving type: bottle

02-28-2011 23:00:09 | More by spree92

PEIBeerGuy

Prince Edward Island (Canada)

3.15/5  rDev +3.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A hazy, (even) creamy-looking yellow ale with a bit of semi-creamy head that reduces to a skim pretty quickly.

The smell is a mix of apple and custard / tapioca. It smells sweet and creamy... so far, the name fits.

The taste is hard to pin, which is good, I guess. When I had some in the summer, straight out of the bottle, I enjoyed it more, though. It's still OK in a glass. The apple smell isn't in the flavour. The flavour is more of something creamy... a bit of biscuit dough, maybe. There is something about it that reminds me of lettuce of all things (slightly bitter lettuce, at that). Kind of a clove / spice note to it. It's a bit odd, really... OK, but not great.

The feel is good. The carbonation is balanced well, and it's not too watery. Just creamy enough.

The drinkability is OK. It is a bit odd/unique, which is, in some regards, good, but... overall, it's not too tasty.

Serving type: bottle

11-27-2010 15:22:46 | More by PEIBeerGuy

ChrisCage

Alberta (Canada)

3.43/5  rDev +12.5%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 5

A- Not exactly what I was expecting but this is very hazy brew! It is a pale golden color and it does lack a head unfortunately. It starts out fairly thin and settles to a foamy patch right in the middle of the glass. Moderate lacing but it doesn't stick for long....the overall look reminds me of an unfiltered apple cider.

S- There isn't much aroma and what there is, is dominated by a dry grassy/grainy smell. To be more precise, it has a malty sweet aroma and it's very mellow...it's very basic and actually makes me think I'm smelling white milk, which I don't recall ever happening before. No hops noted on the finish....just kind of bland smelling in general.

T- Very malty but it isn't as sweet tasting as the aroma let's on....more of a creamy/buttery flavor that ends up lingering on the palate after the swallow. There is a small hop presence on the finish but nothing special. This is a uniquely flavored brew, but that's probably a good thing IMO.

M- This is a thinner bodied beer, however there is a certain creamy texture to it that makes it feel richer than expected. The carbonation is normal I'd say...not palate scrubbing but not overly mild.

D- Would I drink this on a regular basis? Probably. It's different in it's own right....it definitely is creamy which is why it's called a cream ale I guess. It's richer in character than I expected and I think it would please the average person who just wants a decent craft beer to drink. The alcohol is hidden well and I would have no problem downing several of these!

Serving type: bottle

08-20-2010 03:20:04 | More by ChrisCage

seand

California

3.08/5  rDev +1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A: Pours a translucent yellow with a creamy white head. A film retains well enough to leave some lacing.

S: Somewhat grainy and a bit overly sweet.

T: Also a bit overly sweet, almost syrupy, not particularly balanced. Kind of one dimensional.

M: Creamy medium body, medium carbonation.

D: Reasonably drinkable, though a bit too sweet.

Serving type: bottle

07-03-2010 21:59:18 | More by seand

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

3.23/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Is 'Cadian' a local term for 'Acadian'?

This beer pours a cloudy medium golden colour, with one finger of creamy off-white head, which maintains good retention, eventually giving up a ring of painted lace around the glass. It smells of sweet cereal grain, a bit of orchard fruit, and a slight milkiness. The taste is sweet creamy malt, a mix of mild caramel and biscuit. There's some fleshy fruitiness in there too, with some very soft earthy hops struggling to offset the sweetness. The carbonation is moderate, the body medium weight, and definitely creamy, and it finishes off-dry, the sweet creamy biscuit nature not going anywhere.

Well, truth in advertising, at least. This is a creamy offering, a tad too sweet and one-dimensional for my liking, and the hops are conspicuous in their absence.

Serving type: bottle

06-25-2010 02:15:48 | More by biboergosum

Shadman

Alberta (Canada)

3.1/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Not sure if Cadian is drunkese for Canadian....

Bright colour, let's call it bright straw yellow. Slightly hazy, with a fizzy head, poor retnetion. Little bits of lacing.

Sweet, slightly malty aroma. I do detect an almost creamy nose to this, almost like ice cream.

It's not that the taste is bad, just a bit too muted. To be honest, my first thought was this tastes like a domestic Saisson ale. Sweet maltiness, a nint of hop dryness. touch of preserved fruit ( pear/apple)

Bit watery & thin. Low carbonation works pretty well here though.

Doesn't knock your socks off, but then it is in a bit of a 'catch all' category. Macro friend's might find it enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2010 02:07:55 | More by Shadman

mrmanning

Ontario (Canada)

2.85/5  rDev -6.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Bottle- Deep straw, pours a fluffy but short lived white foam. Simple nose with grains, sweet fruit (plum) cereal, some caramel, slight hops.Tastes sweet of cereal grains, some bready malts, a bit fruity. Slightly hoppy in the finish.Ok. Wouldn't have pegged it as a cream ale if I didn't know beforehand.

Serving type: bottle

11-16-2009 13:33:19 | More by mrmanning

berley31

New Brunswick (Canada)

3.08/5  rDev +1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A: Poured with a small, off-white head that diminished to a thin foam quite quickly. Body is yellow and slightly hazy.

S: Aroma is nothing special... smells like some cooked corn and light traces of wheat.

T: Again, unfortunately, nothing to write home about. Lightly sweet at the beginning, but quickly fades to nothingness. I'd expect more from a cream ale than this.

M: Medium-bodied and slightly creamy, with soft carbonation.

D: Sure, it's easy to drink, and you can detect what it seems like they're trying to do with this beer... but in the end, they don't quite manage to deliver.

Serving type: bottle

09-01-2009 23:34:39 | More by berley31

MeisterBurger

Ontario (Canada)

2.63/5  rDev -13.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Pours very foamy, with a big bubbly head that clearly had somewhere else to be because it was gone in a real hurry. Color is somewhere between pale gold and straw.

At first it smelled a little like....a macro adjunct lager. Uh oh. Some grain, mostly oranges or sweet mandarins. Slight grassy hops.

Taste is...thin. Watery. Wanting. I get a wheaty, buttered corn taste that is somewhat sweet with an underlying fruity flavor with a bitterness in the middle and a clean finish. Overall I would have to say that the taste lacks any real substance or character and is wholly unremarkable.

Mouth feel is mostly a flat yet creamy, very light bodied beer.

This beer might have a use as training wheels to help wean someone off macro brewed lagers, but otherwise it's not anything I ever need to put in my mouth again.

Serving type: bottle

04-23-2009 00:33:29 | More by MeisterBurger

DogFood11

California

1.78/5  rDev -41.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1

The search for a new brew to try continued today at a Saint John Liquor store. Pump House Cadian Ale caught my eye as their red was a decent gobble. This light copper brew was clear and filled with moderate to mild carbonation.

This one lays on the sweeter side of the palate even for a cream ale. It has some underlying extract type sweetness. Vanilla, cream soda backer. Has a hard time cleaning up. Would have liked to have something in there to cut the sweetness. Maybe a charred edge or a sampling of bitterness.

Notes: I wouldn't want this as a session beer nor would I seek it out for an occassional taste. Fairly one sided offering with little to nothing of interest.

Serving type: bottle

12-27-2007 19:34:16 | More by DogFood11