Genesee Cream Ale is a cream ale

Cream ale

Cream ale is a style of top-fermented American beer resembling a German Kölsch.Unrelated to cream ales, the term cream is also sometimes used to describe a texture of beers pressurized with nitrogen, allowing cans and take-home mini-kegs to resemble true draft beer...

 produced by the Genesee Brewing Company in Rochester, NY. The brewery was known as High Falls Brewing Company

High Falls Brewing Company

Genesee Brewing Company is an American brewery located along the Genesee River in Rochester, New York. From 2000 to 2009, the company was known as the High Falls Brewing Company. In 2009, High Falls was acquired by the capital investment firm KPS Capital. Together with also newly acquired Labatt...

 from 2000 to 2009. The beer was introduced in 1960.

Genesee's brewmasters take an extra step of kräusening, a process in which finished beer is primed for carbonation with wort instead of sugar.

Genesee Cream Ale has won Gold medals in 1990 & 1991, Silver medals in 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994 & 2005, and Bronze in 1995, 2002, & 2004 at the Great American Beer Festival

Great American Beer Festival

The Great American Beer Festival is a three-day annual event hosted by the Brewers Association, held in Denver, Colorado, in mid to late September or early October. This year, 2011, the festival runs from 29 September through 1 October. The GABF brings visitors from around the world to sample more...

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Genesee Cream Ale has also won Gold medals in 2002 & 2004 at the World Beer Cup