Great Lakes Eliot Ness

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

Dark honey color, thick creamy white head. Toasty caramel aroma and flavor. Mild bitterness. Not really a whole lot to say about this. It’s certainly a well made lager, enjoyable and good to have around, yet nothing spectacular.

From a 12oz. bottle Eliot Ness poured a very nice, very clear amber. Some red highlights when held to the light. The head was white and creamy with a few larger bubbles mixed in. Only about quarter inch head which disappeared rather quickly to just a light sprinkling on top throughout the drink. Minimal lacing. This beer looked real good except for the head dissapating so quickly. The smell is just average. Smells of grain and maybe a little husk? It’s strange but for some reason theres something in there that brings to mind a wet dog. I also pick up a tiny touch of sweet malt and when it warms a little alcohol. The taste is very good. A slight sourness on the tongue at first followed by quickly maltiness and a touch of bitterness to finish things off. As it warms it brings out a tiny bit of alcohol. Medium bodied. Not a whole lot of carbonation. Tastes right.

glbc. Pours a nice deep gold with a fluffy lasting head and great lacing. Aroma of nutty toasty and bready malts with a nice light metallic and moslty herbal hop character. Toasty malt flavors with light munichs or vienna malts, nutty, and biscuity with a slight sweetness and a great crisp bitterness. Nice and easy to drink.

A well made Vienna pretty much says it, I have liked everything I have had from this brewery. Page196 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide only 376 out of his 500 Classic Brews to go.

Poured a bronze gold but ended up a amber in the glass, a few bubbles with some lacing, fragrances of sweet and malt, syrup scents, very little hop aroma, taste of malt, little hop bite, sweet in the mouth, touch of caramel on the tongue.

Service in a pilsner style glass. Nice amber colour with a nice tan head that left little lace. Smell was fairly empty with a minimal aroma that was slightly sweet and nutty. Taste exceeded the smell. Very Nutty malted taste which was pleasant and not overpowering and meshed well with the other undertones of toffee. Nice mouthfeel that had a nice balance of carbonation. overall an enjoyable and drinkable beer that i would be delighted to have again.

Amber with big, creamy tan head / Light sweet malt nose / Medium, creamy body with lively spritz and fine, sweet finish / Flavors of malt and caramel with cotton-candy, burnt sugar finish, and balanced by surprisingly assertive hops / A superb example of this style.

bottle: beautiful clear reddish amber colour with big fluffy head. aroma has sents of sweet malts. flavour of caramel malts and some real nice toastyness that blends well with the mellow bitterness of the hop finish. very nice beer.