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Great Lakes Eliot Ness

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6903.6/5.03.59/5.06.2%100Lager glass
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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 tarheels86 (731), Washington DC, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/514/20
Oct 10, 2009  
355mL. Awesome. Poured a clear amber with an enormous yellow head that has awesome retention and leaves excellent lacing. Spicy rye aroma with some strawberries, All-Bran cereal, cream of wheat, caramel malt, cornbread, brown sugar....very earthy. Taste is excellent: massive hop backbone with rye toast, earthiness, buttered biscuit. A killer session beer! LIke drinking spiked brown sugar cream of wheat.


 MrPickles (113), Wisconsin, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/515/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Bottle. Deep red pour with a head that lasts throughout. Aroma is full of a sweet malt caramel and hops. Flavor is the same with a touch of honey. I was expecting to get over poured with hops on this one, but I enjoyed this a lot.


 daknole (2882), Plantation, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Sep 19, 2009  
Bottle. Amber pour. Light tan head. Hops, caramel, honey and bready notes. Flavor is sweet and has some caramel, honey, yeast and hops. Pretty good stuff.


 MrBeerFanatic (350), jamestown, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 10, 2009  
Pours a deep dark red amber with a off white head with a red hue. Aromas of burnt hops and malts like caramel. Flavor is a little bready with undertones of caramel and crisp hops with a sort of earthy overtone like it was aged or barreled. Clean finish. For some reason when I drink this, its like I’m drinking an "old school" kinda beer.


 italianjohn (346), Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/104/514/20
Sep 8, 2009  
Pours a very attractive deep amber color and clear ... off white head sweet caramel malty aroma and sweet malt caramel taste slight bitter finish medium body this is a good one


 inkubus27 (248), Highland, Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/517/20
Sep 7, 2009  
I tried the Great Lakes Oktoberfest before this... and they seem like identical beers to me... So yeah, this pours a deep amber, nice frothy tan head... not much of an aroma... Really malty, almost zero bitterness.... A great session beer.. I actually really like this stuff, and it’s great for football season


derkaiser (24), Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Sep 7, 2009  
I grew up near the GLBC so I am very familiar with their products. I had Eliot Ness for the first time at a recent wedding that had a variety of GL beers. I enjoyed it the most out of what was presented. I nice smooth taste to it.


jimmiec (41), Louisiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Sep 6, 2009  
12 oz bottle (Wine Works, Springfield, OH) - Aroma: low toasted (malt) Appearance: reddish amber color, clear, and white head; Flavor: low toasted (malt), malty, dry finish, low to mod bitter; Mouthfeel: mod body, med carbonation; Overall: dry, complex malty, hopped beer.



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