 GG (1615), NorCal, California, USA
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Oct 15, 2007 Granted, the bottle that I am rating is slightly out of date (best before June 07), but I don’t think drinking it 4-5 months past it’s "prime" will make much of a difference. Or does it? This beer just wasn’t very good, which is strange because I absolutely love Great Lakes. An aroma of iced tea, lightly sweet with a bit of a twang to it. Appearance is stunning. A beautiful reddish/orange hue, mostly clear with a nice 1 inch head on pour which disipated to a thin scummy foam. The thing about the flavor was the tartness/sour factor which wasn’t pleasing at all, especially in a lager. I would almost dismiss it as hop bitterness, but it reminds me of some kind of bug spray. I will definitely have to hunt down a fresher bottle and will re-rate if/when I do. But until that time, this beer was a letdown.
pintsize (1042), Austin, Texas, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 14, 2007 Updated: Feb 14, 200810/10/07 bottle. All I can say about this is: BURNING MALT. That is all I can taste and all that I have to say... well and I kinda like that about this brew.
lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 11, 2007 Updated: May 8, 2008<bottle from Archer Liquors>
Have to say I’m surprised at the scores for this one. I wasn’t impressed at all.
Pours a maroon transluscent color with a medium head. Smell is a bit sour, slightly skunky, and metallic tart maltiness. Not terrible, but not inviting...Taste is not crisp at all, but rather sour smooth caramel. While drinkable, I wouldn’t recommend it. If this as as good as the style gets, maybe I just don’t like Viennas as much as I though I did..
jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 10, 2007 12 oz bottle-pours a big light tan head and reddish copper color. Aroma is musty malt-some caramel and bread, some fruit. Taste is musty malt-some caramel and bread, some fruit, some/faint light/spicy hops. OK effervescence. Thanks E Notch for bringing this one back.
alexanderj (2227), Chino Hills, California, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 3, 2007 Bottle; poured an amber color with an off white head. Aroma of caramel and fruit juice. Nice palate; flavor of caramel, bread, fruit juice and caramel; sweet. Well done for the style, but to me this is rated to high.
WSSmiles (124), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 26, 2007 From a bottle at The Rusty Bucket. It had a very bold and full taste for a Lager. I would agree that it has its own taste.
NobleSquirrel (1105), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 20, 2007 Updated: Jun 16, 2008a reasonable enough vienna, nice and malty lager with plenty of character. I think what I like about this beer is that it is quite original while maintaining it’s old school roots. nice.
shigadeyo (2263), Harrison, Ohio, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 13, 2007 9/12/2007: Great Lakes Eliot Ness is amber in color with a foamy beige head. The aroma and flavor are earthy and contain a nice caramel/toffee maltiness and just enough earthy bittereness to create a very well-balanced beer. This medium-bodied beer is smooth and very drinkable. This is a solid Vienna lager that will hopefully get more and more people interested in the the style.
12 fl. oz. bottle at the Newtown Village Tavern. Thanks for buying the rounds Tom (Tmoney99). I really appreciate it! Rating #451 for this beer...
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