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Great Lakes Eliot Ness

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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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 GMUcrew7 (360), Mason, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 19, 2008    Updated: Aug 29, 2008
Pours nice clear amber color, with beigeish head. Aroma is excellent, very malty, mostly caramel with some roastiness at the finish. Flavor is also very good, sweet malts start off, with a bready finish, very well balanced. A great beer in a style that is usually disappointing.


 AOF (282), Naperville, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 19, 2008  
Deep amber color on top of a thin yet fizzy off white head. Sweet malts, caramel, and yeasty dough domintate. Some hints of fresh citrus and piney hops, especially on the finish. Light to medium in body with a well balanced sweetness to it. Finishes slightly dry and hoppy.


 ucusty (1880), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/513/20
Jan 15, 2008  
Pours auburn and transparent with fizzy off white head. Big malty aroma. Caramel malts up front hops, roast and fresh bread on the backside. I wish I had access to great lakes beer on the regular


 naivepegasus (183), USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Jan 15, 2008  
Pours amber with a two fingers of tan-white head. Maltiness dominates the odor. Starts off light, but builds with a really nice, soft caramel maltiness with an aftertaste of hops and burnt toast. An interesting, flavorful beer.


 jbean (110), Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Jan 13, 2008  
Bottle. Pours amber with one finger white head that reduces to lacing. Aroma is slighly hoppy, but predominantly toasty maltiness. One of the most flavorful Viennas I’ve ever had. Toasty, with some caramel malt, and some hops at the end. More hoppy than I expected. Pretty delicious.


 dalekliz (546), San Diego, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 11, 2008  
Bottle. Clear amber-orange with a nice white head. Aroma of hops and citrus. Pleasant taste of hops and malt. Not a very strong flavor but still tasty.


 lamas (715), Adams Morgan, Washington DC, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Jan 10, 2008  
Bottle. Please enjoy by: 01/13/08. Pours a clear, deep amber body with a one finger-thick tan head. Rich caramel maltiness in the aroma. Solidly medium-bodied. Lots of rich caramel and sweetly roasted maltiness start things off. Finishes with some drying, Corn Flakes-ish graininess. Another excellent job by Great Lakes at a style nobody cares about.


 Goodgrief (1148), Middletown, Delaware, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 1, 2008  
Dec. 2005 - Beer poured amber color (really red) with nice little head and lacing. Aroma was sweet malt as was the flavor. Flavor really improved as it warmed. Sweetness and bitter hop finish were nicely balanced. Nice.



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