Sunday Night Suds - Lakefront Brewery Cream City Pale Ale

This week's Sunday Night Suds review looks at Lakefront Brewery's Cream City Pale Ale.

As explained on the side of the bottle, Lakefront Brewery called its Pale Ale "Cream City" after the color of the bricks used to build Milwaukee (home of Lakefront Brewery).

The beer itself is typical of pale ales as it has a distinct hop flavor. However, the beer is balanced by some citrus flavor which is not an additive or adjunct and takes some of the bite off of the beer. For those looking for heavy IPA flavor, I would not recommend this brew. But if you like hops in a beer that you can easily drink more than one of (with an abv of 5.68%, on the light side for American Pale Ales) this beer is for you.

The Lakefront Brewery web page for this beer recommends the Cream City Pale Ale with salads as well as "full fat cheeses and other rich, fatty food." I did not try the Pale Ale with "rich fatty foods" but I did find that it went well with chicken wraps and taboule. More research is definitely required...

Lakefront Brewery Cream City Pale Ale is under the kosher supervision of the Star-K. Although the LOC on the Star-K site http://www.star-k.org/loc/kosher_letter_8197_lakefrontbreweryinc.pdf says that this (and about 15 other varieties) are kosher, but only with the Star-K on the label, I was unable to find a Star-K on the label of any of the varieties that I purchased. This seems common with the Star-K as many of the Sam Adams beers that are listed as under the Star-K do not have the symbol on the label. Concerned that I had wasted my money, I contacted the Star-K last year and they confirmed that Lakefront brews are permissible without a Star-K on the label.

For the experts' take on the Cream City Pale Ale please click here http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/741/2222 . As always, please remember to drink responsibly and to never waste good beer unless there is no designated driver.

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