Great Lakes Eliot Ness

Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing Company
Style: Vienna
Cleveland, Ohio USA

My favorite great lakes so far. Enjoyed this beer incredibly. Makes me feel like a man. Which is sad, cause I am a man.

I admit that this is not my favorite style, but I would expect more from Great Lakes. I like the idea of them having a lager, and the front end of it is tasty and refreshing, but the sweet finish is really uneccesary. Its pretty much a brown ale, and not very good. I wish they would have erred more on the side of pilsner. Too sweet.

pretty flavorful beer, some caramel flavor to it, slight aftertaste. worth the try but probably not a repeat.

June 2007. Draft at the brewpub. Dark amber body, small white head. Toasty malt aroma, and something I can’t place - like toffee/caramel, but not quite that. Similarly toasty malt in the flavour, light balancing bitterness. Alcohol is deceptively absent. Average palate. Decent. I had hoped for a significant improvement over my bottled sample, but while the draft was better, it was not a dramatic improvement. 6+/3/7/3/14 3.4 <P>March 2007. Bottle. Rich amber brown body, small creamy beige head (3+). Fruity, malty aroma that smells a lot like the sweet caramel and malt of fresh malt extract (not saying they used extract, just that it has similar aromas). Malty flavour, caramel, light bitterness in the finish. Tangy aftertaste. Average to medium palate is a touch undercarbonated. Pleasant but does not knock my socks off. Less hoppy than I expected - It is nearing the expiry date so perhaps it is not 100%. Reminds me of HOTD for some reason. 6/3/6/3/12 - 3

On tap at Capone’s during the Great Lakes tasting. Pours a lightly hazy golden with just hints of some amber and a medium foamy white lacing head. Aroma of citurs hops, kind of grassy, lemony, foral with more fresh hoppiness than I expected from the style. Flavor had a very intersting spiciness going on at first, bready, kind of earthy, yeast and tea.

Bottle sampled from Capone’s. Pours deep copper with an off-white head. Aroma of toasted caramel malts, nuts, and slight traces of hops in the nose. The flavor is is toast, caramel, nuts, and a mild bitter finish. Good brew.

Pours a rich amber color with a hoppy nose and thin reddish head. Nice taste that goes down easy and has a lasting finish. Hops are a bit weak in the taste but overall this is a decent beer.

After reading many great reviews I bought a six pack of E.N. along with another another great lakes label. Neither one lived up to the hype i had read but this one seemed somewhat drinkable but not worth the money in my opinion.