Judge's Review: 90 Rating - Seven Crane Cream Ale by Boise Brewing Co.

Seven Crane Cream Ale by Boise Brewing Co. was judged via the BJCP guidelines category 1C, and we can expect is "A clean, well-attenuated, flavorful American 'lawnmower' beer. Easily drinkable and refreshing, with more character than typical American lagers."

The beer certainly looks like a good cream ale. It is golden in color, with very good clarity. There is a white pillowy head sitting on top of the beer that lasts quite a long time. During the course of the pint I had a thin layer of foam the whole time and it left a beautiful lacing on the glass. The aroma, however, was a little bit void. I really had to agitate the beer to get much out of it. But what I did get was a low corn-like aroma, some light and mildly honey-like malt, and a very faint floral hop. The beer is clean with no real fermentation characteristics that I can detect. The flavor mirrors the aroma fairly closely with a light and clean malt flavor that is a touch of honey and a little bit of baked bread. The bitterness is low, but noticeable. One of the things I do like is the hop flavor is right there. It is a floral flavor that sits right in the center of the tongue. It's well balanced, and clean. The mouthfeel is a bit more than your American lagers, as it should be. It's medium-light in body, well carbonated, crisp and refreshing. I just wish there was a bit more to offer in the aroma, but it's a beer worth trying and I would have more than one pint of it for sure.