Great Lakes Eliot Ness

Bottle out of Great Lakes sampler. Dark amber color with a creamy off white head. Aroma sweet, also some spiceness as well. Slightly floral scent. Head is soft and creamy. Taste is a bit sweet, some toffee and maybe caramel. Some fruitiness like apples. Tiny bit of hops. The mouthfeel of the beer is excellent. Definitely the best Lager I’ve had so far.

Deep amber color with a small beige head. A sweet malt flavor, a dash of honey hiding within, with nutty undertones. The floral hops combine well with the sweet malt. This is one of my favorites.

Poured with a good creamy head, a brilliant red color, and a nice aroma of sweet malt. It warmed up slightly as I drank it, and made for a nice smooth syrupy finish.

Sweet malty aroma. Has a rich amber color. Had a honey malt flavor with a crisp finish.

Pours with a brilliantly clear amber color that shows a rich brownish tinged ruby color when held up to the light. It is topped by frothy, almost creamy, light tan colored head. Wow the aroma is quite rich with a malty sweetness that I was not expecting from a Vienna. The aroma is so sweet it almost takes on a fruity note that is a bit like raisins, or even perhaps a hint of cherry. There is also a light spicy hop note here that accentuates the fruit character found in the nose. Underneath the sweetness is a bit of dry toasted malt aromatics that are just noticeable.

The taste is definitely sweet, though thankfully not nearly as much as the aroma might expect. There are fruity notes of raisins and again a hint of cherry. The hops have a nice, though subtle, contribution here that is lightly spicy, every so slightly herbal and a nice balancing bitterness in the finish. As the beer warms up the sweetness picks up a bit, at times it becomes a bit too much. Most of the time it is held in check by the hopping levels and the under-current of dry maltiness; like notes of biscuits and lightly toasted malt. This beer certainly blows most examples of the style out of the water, but I can’t help but think that this would be that much better if it had not finished a little bit drier; it would be a bit more in balance and all that much more quaffable.

Poured cloudy amber, orange highlights. Wispy head, ring of bubbles clings to edge of glass. Aroma combines caramel, light hops and some nutty roasty malt. Citrusy hops appear first in the flavour, caramel sweetness follows, finish shows some more of nutty malt. Very easy to drink.

Pours a clear ruby/amber body with a small bubbly biege head. Very good hoppy, roasted fruity aroma. Sweet roasted malty flavor. Soapy, medium bodied. Nice drinkable beer.

A very good beer. One that will be kept on a regular basis in the beer fridge. Now to try out their other varieties.