Great Lakes Eliot Ness

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

Dark Amber color, medium head. Malty aroma. A full-bodied Vienna Lager. Big malty flavors, caramel and slightly nutty. Nice hop bite. Well balanced. Great tasting beer. Smooth taste. Finish is clean and slightly dry. Aftertaste is slightly sweet. Thanks to jcalabre for the beer.

This bottled brew poured a large sized head of foamy fine to medium sized mostly lasting light brown colored bubbles that left behind an unnoted lacing. The body contained average carbonation, was unnoted and dark caramel brown in color. Its aroma contained notes of mild caramel malt . Its mouth feel is initially tingly smooth with a lingering palate and a caramel malt aftertaste. Its flavor contained malty caramel notes. The flavor lasts a long time into the finish. Very yummy.

Bright red with an average head that unfortunately didn’t last long. Subtle caramel carries the aroma. The flavor is likewise caramel-based, with a syrupy-grape finish. Decent enough to drink some more.

Fruity and hoppy nose. Dark amber, low head. Medium matiness, ok balance to aromatic hops. lightish body. Slight herbal aftertaste.

Bottle. Pours an amber body, sweet and malty. Light hoppiness, caramel malt bready with a touch of nuttyness. A solid lager!

[Draft @ TDR SH] Poured a clear amber color with a small, white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of nuts, caramel, toasted malts, and light floral hops. Taste of sweeter caramel, light nuts, citrus fruits, toffee, light toast, and a bit of hops in the finish.

Mahogany like color with an off-white head that lasts the whole way down the glass. Lots of malt flavor and aroma, but something that distinguishes it from a doppelbock. Maybe it's a hint of fruit or citrus? Doubt it, but that's all I can guess on. Maybe just more hops. Anyway, it's a very nice and drinkable beer. It doesn't have that "whole meal" feeling like a doppelbock.

Best before January 13, 2006 bottle received in a wonderful trade with StewardofGondor and drunk on 12/15/05.
Pours a dark amber, with light beige and tarnished brass notes. Head is initially large and beige, receding eventually to a light covering, but providing for a fair amount of lace. Aroma is packed with intense bready and nutty malts. Yeasty, doughy, grainy and quite strong. Light soily hops and touches of caramel and toffee, but lots of breadiness. The flavor is quite similar, having a good amount of breadiness (brown bread) and plenty of nuts and caramel. Light notes of vanilla and a moderate yeastiness on end. The flavor is quite strong and really builds on the your palate. Low acidity, which is somewhat surprising, as these highly bready notes can often times impart that. Texture is lightly creamy/watery, with lively, but unobtrusive carbonation. I almost think I note some alcohol in the finish, after it has warmed significantly, but perhaps not (was sort of a peaty, dry, whiskey note). Could stand some crisper hops, or more of a lager yeast bite, to clear the palate and the texture can be a bit too aerated/bubbly at times.