Cadian Cream Ale - Pump House Brewery

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Cadian Cream AleCadian Cream Ale

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Ratings: 39
Reviews: 23
rAvg: 3.05
pDev: 19.02%
Wants: 0
Gots: 1 | FT: 0
Brewed by:
Pump House Brewery visit their website
New Brunswick, Canada

Style | ABV
Cream Ale |  5.00% ABV

Availability: Year-round

Notes/Commercial Description:
Blonde coloured ale with the wonderful essence of fresh blueberries. Sweet flavours of peppery blueberries, malts and spicy hops make this one a winner all the way. A one-of-a-kind refresher.

(Beer added by: pezoids on 09-29-2003)
Beer: Ratings & Reviews
Ratings: 39 | Reviews: 23 | Display Reviews Only:
Photo of PEIBeerGuy
3.15/5  rDev +3.3%

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.

Photo of ChrisCage
3.43/5  rDev +12.5%

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'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 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!

Photo of seand
3.08/5  rDev +1%

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.

Photo of biboergosum
3.13/5  rDev +2.6%

341ml bottle. Is 'Cadian' a local term for 'Acadian'?

This beer pours a hazy medium golden colour, with three fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and mildly creamy bone-white head, which maintains average retention, eventually giving up an array of forked lightning lace around the glass.

It smells of sweet, fairly grapey fruit up front, soft cereal malt, a hint of sour milkiness, and some grassy honey. The taste is more purple rock candy, a tame creamed caramel malt, a touch of cereal biscuit, middling generic fleshy orchard fruit, and some rather understated earthy hops struggling to offset the sweetness.

The carbonation is moderate, just a wan frothiness milling about, the body medium-light in weight, and fairly creamy - equal parts dairy and air. It finishes well off-dry, the sugary biscuit and candy-like fruitiness not exactly going anywhere.

Well, truth in advertising, at least - this is indeed a creamy offering, though a tad too sweet and weirdly one-dimensionally fruity for my liking. The hops are also conspicuous in their absence, and I don't think I'll be revisiting this one.

Photo of Shadman
3.1/5  rDev +1.6%

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.

Photo of mrmanning
2.85/5  rDev -6.6%

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.

Photo of berley31
3.08/5  rDev +1%

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.

Photo of MeisterBurger
2.63/5  rDev -13.8%

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.

Photo of DogFood11
1.78/5  rDev -41.6%

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.

Photo of Viggo
3.78/5  rDev +23.9%

Thanks to Mandrake for sending this my way for CanBIF3!

Pours a clear amber, big fluffy white head forms, settles down to a thin layer and ring, leaves lots of lacing behind. Smell is sweet, very malty, caramel, citrus, bit of floral, some vanilla, quite nice, very balanced. Taste is sweet and malty, caramel, slightly buttery, floral in the finish, nice flavours. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with medium carbonation. Nothing spectacular but a solid ale and something I would drink on a regular basis were it available.

Photo of MMansfield
3.88/5  rDev +27.2%

Had a bottle in the fridge for a while now. Available at most NSLC locations.

Appearance: Pours a lovely golden colour with a huge frothy white head. Tons of lacing and great retention.

Aroma: Bread and butter mostly with a some florals. A slight hint of vanila in there as well. Not too aromatic.

Taste: Pretty well balanced. Not overly flavourful but provides a good drink. Quite sweet with hints of fruitiness. Finish is moderately bitter and buttery.

Mouthfeel: Has more body than I would've expected, lives up to the cream ale style for creaminess. Drinkability very high.

Final Statement: I really enjoy this beer. Contrary to the previous review, I feel this is a quality, solid entry into the craft cream ale category. The style is generally brewed to appeal to people who do not necessarily drink craft beer, however, this one is definately a pretty well crafted cream. Worth a try for sure.

Photo of biegaman
2.53/5  rDev -17%

Thanks to Jeff (tupalev) for the bottle! Enjoyed with Blankboy and HogTownHarry.
Pours with average head, a deep golden head. Bronzed in colour. Aroma slightly corn-starchy. Doesn't offer much for appeal. Quite unfavourable taste - like odd cider quality with rotting fruit. Macro like character. No idea as to hop or malt choice - poorly developed flavour profile. Carbonation a little too high, texture grainy and off putting. An overall ugly beer that leaves a bad impression of the brewery.

Photo of pootz
3.43/5  rDev +12.5%

A good solid cream ale.

bright gold in the glass 2 finger fluffy cap, goo lacing.

Aroma was bready malts over apple-pair tones

nice chunk of crystal malt up front, some sweetness, some fruit and some cedar hop tones....finished with a slight bittering and bready after tastes.

Very drinkable and mellow character

Photo of PiratePete
3.28/5  rDev +7.5%

This is the only Pump House product that is bottled although at the time of writing there are plans to bring out two of their other brews in bottle. Pours out a medium amber colour with a really big head leaving a light lacing around the glass. A very pleasant malt smell that is augmented by a malt taste and very nice mouth feel. Not heavy or light but just tingly and refreshing. A good ale. Leaves a slight hint of licorice in the mouth for a moment after it goes down. Not really all that creamy but I sure would like another one. It is only available in New Brunswick, Canada in bottle and on tap.

Cadian Cream Ale from Pump House Brewery
73 out of 100 based on 39 ratings.