Great Lakes Brewing Red Leaf Lager

Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing (Ontario)
Style: American Dark Lager
Etobicoke, Canada

Bottle thanks to matt7215. Pours a hazy red with a small white head. The aroma is mostly a caramel malt. The taste is dominated by a somewhat spicy caramel flavored malt. Initially it is a quite fizzy and a spicy malt that is followed by a soft sludge of sweet and not pleasant finish. Not bad, but needs something, especially in the finish.

Bottle - reminds me of Ricards Red. Not great but not bad either. The aroma wasn’t offensive. Sweet aftertaste

341 ml bottle from the Ontario Craft Brewers Discovery Pack - pours a dark amber with a small white head. Fairly sweet, malty aroma, but a good amount of grain in there too. A lightly toasty quality as well. More toastiness in the mouth, with slightly less-than-average carbonation. Faint, dry finish, with some lingering alcohol. Ok, but where this brewery really shines is with their seasonal ales. Stick to those (and steer clear of the benign lagers) and you’re fine....

Red amber hue with thin wispy head... sarbonated aroma slight apple cider. good body slightly weak though.... nothing special though...

Deep red amber clear pour with a short creamy white head. Sweet apple and wood aroma with traces of peat moss. Looks alright but very plain. Sweet grapes and apple. Not much hop. A little earth and ..... nope nothing else. Lots of carbonation though. Bleh.

341ml bottle, 5% a/v From the Ontario Craft Brewers 6 pack at the LCBO. Pours a deep red amber with a medium tan head. Metal, caramel, and almost lactic acid bitterness invade the nose, while the tongue detects malt flavour with little else. smooth on the finish. As the last two have now said, GLB makes fantastic seasonals, but this is just too incredibly average to be any good.

Brown bottle, 341 ml, Ontario Craft Brewers Discovery Pack purchased at the LCBO, savoured on January 8 2008; eye: dark copper, clear, no effervescence, beige head that falls rather rapidly, no lacing; nose: malt, corn, light hops, diluted caramel; mouth: malt, a bit of cardboard, a bit of "itchiness" on the tip of the tongue, malty finale with hops more present than expected, slightly grainy texture but mainly watery, mildly sweet, lightly bitter, light-medium body, rather carboanted; overall: so? FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, ensemble cadeau Ontario Craft Brewers Discovery Pack acheté au LCBO, savourée le 8 janvier 2008; œil : cuivre foncée, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse beige qui tombe plutôt rapidement, pas de dentelle; nez : malt, maïs, grain, léger houblon, caramel dilué; bouche : malt, un peu cartonné, un petit piquant su’l’bout d’la langue, finale maltée avec un houblon plus présent que mes attentes, texture légèrement rugueuse mais pas mal aqueuse, moyennement sucrée, légèrement amère, corps léger-moyen, plutôt carbonatée; en résumé : bof

(Draught) Copper body with an almond head. Nice malt aroma. VERY THIN. Clean finish...