Thursday, May 26, 2016

Microbrew times at the 100th Indy 500 - Sun King Sunlight Cream Ale

Greetings readers from Indianapolis, Indiana where I have come to watch the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500!  Over the next few days I will be sampling a variety of local beers, for science of course, and writing about them here!   My first review is of a cream ale by one of Indianapolis's oldest craft breweries, Sun King.  Cream Ale is a classic east coast beer style that is an extremely approachable alternative to lagers.   Sun King have an interesting take on the style with this refreshing beer.

I'm drinking it from a tall can, so the nose is hard to describe, from the can it's quite mild but out of a glass it probably is a lot more pronounced.  The best word I can use to describe the progression of a sip is "escalation".  It starts out being fairly watery and un-intresting but the cream ale goodness really shows up through the middle of the sip before being punctuated with a hoppy and slightly bitter finish.  This is not a hoppy beer per se, but the hop presence is more pronounced than in other cream ales.  It's smooth and easy going but some lager drinkers may be turned off by the hops, on the other hand those who like more bitter pale ales will really like this as it hits that hop button.  I found that the balance was a bit odd, but still a refreshing brew.

It's available in bottle shops and in bars and restaurants throughout Indiana.

Alc 5.3%
IBU 20
Rating: 3.5 Steins

What you need to know

Breweries
135 North College Ave
Indiana, IN
46202

7848 East 96th Street
Fishers, IN
46037

Website
sunkingbrewing.com

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http://www.facebook.com/sunkingbrewing

Twitter
@sunkingbrewing

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