Cream ale
Term from the Brauwerkstatt brewing glossary, category “Beer styles”.
Explanation
Pale, light and crisp beer from the USA, often brewed with corn or rice. It is top-fermented or fermented with a mix of ale and lager yeast and then lagered cool, so it tastes almost as clean as a lager. Despite the name it contains no cream. Typical: 4.2–5.6 % ABV, 8–20 IBU.
Test your knowledge
What makes a cream ale creamy?
- Lots of lactose
- Only the name – it contains neither cream nor lactose
- Real cream
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Correct: Only the name – it contains neither cream nor lactose. Cream ale is pale, light and crisp, often brewed with corn or rice.
What went on sale for the first time in Richmond, Virginia, in 1935?
- Beer in cans
- Non-alcoholic beer
- The bottle with a crown cap
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Correct: Beer in cans. Krueger’s Cream Ale was the world’s first canned beer. The crown cap had existed since 1892.