Little Kings Cream Ale:
Well hello there, and welcome to the bar.  Today, hell, this WEEK we are going to explore short beers.  “Why” you ask?   Why not and it’s my review, that’s enough of a reason for me.  Today we start off with what is probably the shortest beer in the current arsenal of booze, Little Kings Cream Ale by Hudepohl Brewing.  Now before you go and blow off this review as another Belgium beer, think again grasshoppers, it’s based in Cincinnati (not much of an improvement but still surprising).  In reviewing this beer, I went from being disgusted to surprised to actually enjoying it though I have an unflattering name for it: Sofia.   (It’s something that came to me during the drinking process.  I can’t explain why this happens, it just did and why fight it?) First, Sofia’s nose  is very distracting on this beer.  It smells very sour and bitter, almost turning me off this whole little short beer week before it got started, yet I soldiered on knowing that I couldn’t drop off a theme week idea that took me all morning to think of.  The beer really doesn’t produce much of a head to it, mainly staying watered down and quickly disappearing  to the edges.  Now to where this beer almost lost it’s nickname (or earned it) is this: Sofia improved the more time I spent with it.  The taste started out very normal and sour, bringing back memories of April and very bad beers.  However, the beer quickly added a slightly sweet malt flavor that finishes with a creamy taste.  There really is no aftertaste to speak of so the beer doesn’t linger on the palette, and that is surprising given the odor this beer gives off.  Overall, a good beer that I wouldn’t mind revisiting again sometime.