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Great Lakes Eliot Ness

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6913.6/5.03.59/5.06.2%100Lager glass
Commercial Description:
Deep Amber red color, with a fragrant malt aroma. Flavorful notes of rich caramelized malt and noble hop flavors harmonize on the palate leading to a crisp clean finish. Named after one of Cleveland's most respected safety directors, who frequented the brewpub's bar during his tenure from 1935-1941 and, according to popular legend, was responsible for the bullet holes still evident today.
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 AlabastorJones (765), San Francisco, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jul 8, 2004  
malty brown sugar carmel aroma, slightly foggy ruby colr, thick tan head, slightly bitter finish with a little lime, barley malts, a little fruity and a little chocolately, interesting flavor


 RollinHard (760), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 22, 2008  
The thanks go out to Crizay tonight! Pours reddish burnt orange with an off-white head, more substantial than German counterparts, but still dissipating. Aroma of toast, toffee, slight dark fruit, light hazelnut. Hops are faint, but fruity on the nose. Well blended aroma. Sweet caramel taste, some toffee, light bread crust and earthy dirtlike hop flavor. Finishes with a leafy hop taste, toast, bark, with some lingering caramel flavor intermingling with the earthy bitterness. Light mouthfeel, but full flavors make it seem better. Medium carbonation. This is very good, what more could you want from a Vienna?


 tarheels86 (757), Washington DC, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/514/20
Oct 10, 2009  
355mL. Awesome. Poured a clear amber with an enormous yellow head that has awesome retention and leaves excellent lacing. Spicy rye aroma with some strawberries, All-Bran cereal, cream of wheat, caramel malt, cornbread, brown sugar....very earthy. Taste is excellent: massive hop backbone with rye toast, earthiness, buttered biscuit. A killer session beer! LIke drinking spiked brown sugar cream of wheat.


 jayme9874 (756), Hamburg, New York, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 3, 2002    Updated: Feb 19, 2007
Clear red/copper. Nice head and lace. Toasty, buttery malt nose with hints of caramel. Lively in the mouth with a palate full of burnt caramel and chewy soft malt. Nice spicy hop finish. Well balanced and damn tasty! Seems to vary from bottle to bottle. Can range from amazing to average. I think thats what explains the disparity in ratings.


 mmmbeer (752), Austin, Texas, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/59/20
Jul 27, 2008  
(Sampled 7-14-08 at Brownings Brewery) Dark amber in color, tan head that laced. Faint aroma of malt. Hits the mouth with a medium body, malt comes in nicely, a turpentine bitterness appears in the middle and lasts well after the finish. Old keg? Up for a rerate down the line...


 mcbackus (750), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/517/20
Feb 12, 2007  
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.


 Pawola22 (748), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Dec 26, 2008  
12oz bottle. Pours a clear amber body with a small, creamy, beige head that dissipates slowly and leaves a nice lacing. Aroma is malt dominated with a good amount of caramel and toffee. Some nuttiness and hop characters. Taste is similar to the aroma. Well rounded and sweet. Finishes with a little bit of lingering bitterness. Medium bodied and creamy. Overall, its a nice, smooth, easy drinking beer that doesnt stand out, but is quite enjoyable.


 herbjones (742), Orange, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/517/20
Oct 12, 2002  
Ruby pour with a creamy head.Sweet malty nose. Nice creamy palate that is very light on the tongue. Malt seems to be the name of the game with just a little hop bite at the end. Very nice beer. Thanks to hopsrus for this one.



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