Beers similar to Orange Vanilla Cream Ale

Cream Ale·United States·5.3% ABV·One of 29 Cream Ales in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Orange Vanilla Cream Ale's creamy and malty character. Orange Vanilla Cream Ale, "OV" for short, joined Sun King's everyday lineup in 2021. Crisp malt character meets notes of vanilla and orange, with the feel of a frozen dessert bar in a cream ale frame. It pours at 5.3% ABV and 20 IBU from the Indianapolis brewery run by Dave Colt and Clay Robinson, who started brewing together at The Ram in 2005.

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Orange Drop

Real Ale Brewing Company

United States · Cream Ale · 5.5%

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93%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same vanilla notes and orange notes as Sun King, and noticeably less bitter.

What carries overcreamyorangevanillasmooth-drinkingcrisp

Structure: less bitter

Structure: Very close — a touch less bitterness, a touch more sweetness.

Structure: less bitter

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Point Cream Ale

Stevens Point Brewery

United States · Cream Ale · 5.0%

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86%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares vanilla notes and sweetness with Sun King; adds herbal notes, noticeably less bitter, but drops orange notes.

What carries overvanillacrispmaltycreamysmooth

Structure: less bitter

Compared to Sun Kingherbalorange

Structure: Very close — a touch less bitterness, a touch more sweetness.

Structure: less bitter

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Irish Coffee Cream Ale

Southern Tier Brewing Company

United States · Cream Ale · 5.5%

ALTERNATIVE

79%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Sun King on vanilla notes and drinkability: adds coffee notes, noticeably less bitter, drops orange notes.

What carries overvanillacreamycrisplightmalty

Structure: less bitter

Compared to Sun Kingcoffeeroastedorangesweet

Structure: Very close — a touch less bitterness, a touch more sweetness.

Structure: less bitter

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Salem Midsummer Cream

Batemans Brewery

United Kingdom · Cream Ale · 4.1%

79%

MATCH

A touch more honey notes, a notch softer, no orange notes — vanilla notes and sweetness as with Sun King.

Structure: a notch softer

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Nitro Creamsicle

Lakefront Brewery

United States · Cream Ale · 5.6%

79%

MATCH

Keeps orange notes and vanilla notes like Sun King, adds citrus notes, sweeter, drops malt character.

Structure: sweeter, crisper

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Honey Cream Ale

Montauk Brewing Company

United States · Cream Ale · 5.2%

76%

MATCH

Mirrors Sun King's sweetness and drinkability — plus honey notes, sweeter, minus vanilla notes.

Structure: sweeter

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Honey Robber

Blue Point Brewing Company

United States · Cream Ale · 5.5%

72%

MATCH

Like Sun King on drinkability and cleanness — adds honey notes, sweeter, but without the vanilla notes.

Structure: sweeter, more bitter

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St-Ambroise Cream Ale

McAuslan Brewing

Canada · Cream Ale · 5.0%

72%

MATCH

As with Sun King, same sweetness and drinkability; adds citrus notes, noticeably more bitter, no vanilla notes.

Structure: more bitter

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Churro Wheat Ale

Garage Brewing Co.

United States · American Wheat Ale · 5.5%

72%

MATCH

Crisper — same vanilla notes and sweetness as Sun King, adds wheat character, crisper carbonation, but without the orange notes.

Structure: crisper, sweeter

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Grindhouse

Ghost River Brewing

United States · Cream Ale · 4.8%

71%

MATCH

Same sweetness and drinkability as Sun King, adds honey notes, but without the vanilla notes.

Structure: very close

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