Great Lakes Eliot Ness

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

(Best by Sep/20/04) I really like the color of this beer, sort of chestnut red. The nose is full of Hallertau and light sweet malts. The head only lasted for a little while, but there still is a small ring holding onto the rim of the glass. Malt and spicy hops meld effortlessly to produce a tasty brew. I taste bitter chocolate and smooth coffee and cream. This beer is nice and malty, but it is not overly sweet. Actually, the beer finishes dry and hoppy. A good interpretation of the style.

Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a fairly large light tan head. Aroma is sweet fruit, malt, caramel. Flavor is dried fruit, malt, caramel, some floral hops. Palate is medium light, medium carbonation, clean finish. Another great beer. Crowd pleaser.

This has always been one of my favorites. This beer pours a reddish dark amber with an aroma of hops. The body is full and the finish is long. Too bad I was driving or, I’d have had a second.

beautiful clear dull red color with a frothy off white thick but average sized head, beautiful. Light cereal aroma, a bit of carmel, very light chocolate nose too. Sweet and malty above all, light toasted grain. very drinkable, great body, light black mlats too. all around good

It has ben over 2 years nice I have had this got in in a trade with LeopoldStoch. poured a nice dark amber, with a light tan head that left some lacing.aroma brown sugar, malts a little sourness. flavor a nice sweet malt with a caramel kick to it followed by a touch of hops. just going to tweek the rating just a bit.4/30/04amber with nice lasting head nice copper color nice smooth malty with a little fruit with a touch of bitterness . GOOD BEER

My 600th rating... weee! Anyways big thanks to Degarth for sending this to me in my SecretSanta box. Great reddish-mahogony colored body along with a nice creamy white head. Nice wood chip and malty aroma. Wood chip, hoppy with malt taste, nice light fruit accents. Sweet with a light spice ending.

I had a bottle of this tonight after work. This brew pours a hazy medium orangish red hue. The brew is not pasteurized and has tiny particles of thin density. The mostly lasting head is huge, off white and creamy and has excellent lacing. The aroma is well balanced: a bit spicy with moderate hints of roasted grains and nuts, also having a moderate resinous piney hoppy texture, and light yeasty tones. To be quite honest, I was better able to analyze more of the hoppy qualities from my burps than from the nose. The beer’s initial flavor is moderately sweet and slightly bitter, transcending to a finish that is lightly sweet with a moderate sharp roasted bitterness that is slightly nutty. I enjoyed the medium body and dry texture. The carbonation was a bit lively for my liking, and the finish has a moderate amount of clean astringency. Overall a very decent brew.

Bottle. Pours a transparent rusty red with a short light tan head. Aroma of light earthy, grassy/citrus hops, toasted malt, caramel, light booze soaked fruits. Flavors of caramel, candied fruit, earthy hops, bready toasted malt and even a tinge of light smoke. Medium body, sturdy carbonation...malty/sweet/slightly dry with a earthy/bittersweet/malty finish. Overall pretty well balanced all around...a great session brew for spring/fall.