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Great Lakes Eliot Ness

Great Lakes Eliot Ness - Vienna

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A Vienna brewed by
Great Lakes Brewing Company

Cleveland, Ohio USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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6463.6/5.03.59/5.06.2%100Lager glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Deep Amber red color, with a fragrant malt aroma. Flavorful notes of rich caramelized malt and noble hop flavors harmonize on the palate leading to a crisp clean finish. Named after one of Cleveland's most respected safety directors, who frequented the brewpub's bar during his tenure from 1935-1941 and, according to popular legend, was responsible for the bullet holes still evident today.
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lordsummerisle (17), New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 2, 2009  
12 oz. bottle. Pours copper with thin off-white head. Aroma is malty with pine notes and slight alcohol. Taste is sweet caramel malt and nuts with a nice hop finish. Extremely well balanced. A little too dry in the finish perhaps. Still, this might be the best dark lager I’ve ever had--admittedly I’m not usually an aficionado of the style. Very good, worth seeking out.


 Onslow (117), Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/57/103/516/20
Jul 1, 2009  
Dark amber pour from a 12oz bottle. Two fingers of off whit ehead that collapses with lacing down the sides of the glass. Malty aroma with gentle hops and slight ethanol overtone. Overall tasty beer - sweet malt at the start with a hoppy bite at the finish, well balanced. A litttle on the sweet side but not in a bad way.


 Bigmmartin (271), Dayton, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/515/20
Jun 25, 2009  
I don’t even know what the hell a Vienna is. I just consider this an Amber Lager.... which I guess is apparently a Vienna. Hmm...ok interesting. Anyways, I only drink this on tap at the Sports Deck in Kettering because it’s the best beer they have available. It has a nice deep amber color and decent aroma. Flavor is mild to moderate sweet and malty. Some caramel. Crisp finish.


 Pipper (113), Ohio, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/510/20
Jun 23, 2009  
Bottle at a restaurant, no glass. Aroma is hoppy and grassy with maltier bud lite flavor and some carbonation. Finishes dry and forgetable. Find this boring maybe I just don’t like the style.


 BeerGestapo (587), Windsor, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Jun 15, 2009  
Brewed in the USA....... Courtesy of The Capt, thanks Mark !! Pours a copper color with a medium foamy head. Aroma is of caramel, sweet malts and toffee. Taste of biscuits, nuts and caramel . This Vienna style is clean, sweet and very enjoyable !!!


Blaze312 (87), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
May 31, 2009  
12oz bottle. Pours a brownish red color. with medium off white head. Aroma of caramelized malt. Taste sweet, and somewhat reminds me of an oriental taste.


 1010 (178), Marysville, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
May 30, 2009  
pours an amber red with a sweet malty taste. Really a great vienna. 12 oz. bottle


 bitbucket (1910), Kirkland, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/104/515/20
May 26, 2009  
12oz, thanks kmyers8807! Pours clear dark orange with a thick and lacy pale orange head. Piles of sweet caramel and bread in the aroma. Medium-full body and light carbonation. Full, rounded taste of stewed prunes, caramel, nuts and noble hops. Dry finish. Nice balance.



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