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Lakefront New Grist Sorghum Beer

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common

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unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2642.06/5.02.08/5.05%2Lager glass, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
An all-sorghum beer. New Grist, a beer for Celiacs brewed from sorghum and gluten-free yeast grown on molasses. New Grist is the first “official” gluten free beer in the U.S., although it cannot technically be called “gluten-free” until established governmental guidelines are determined for all products claiming “gluten-free” status. In the interim, this Celiac-safe beer can be called “barley-free,” and is a welcome product to those who need to live on restricted diets due to intolerance to gluten, a protein found in common brewing grains such as barley, wheat, rye, oats, spelt, kamut and triticale.
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 sliffy (2012), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 28, 2007  
Bottle: Pours a clear gold with a light white head. Aroma, sweet spices, and an herbal and floral character, some bready notes. Flavor, sweet corn, bready, herbal and floral hops. I was expecting something horrid, but this wasn’t really that bad at all. I could enjoy it if it was infact my only option.


 troyc (1175), Lubbock, Texas, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Nov 23, 2007  
(Bottle) Pours a yellow hue with a white head. Sweet malt aroma. Light hop notes, with a sweet grain base. Better body compared to other sorghum beers that I’ve tried. Fine carbonation. Not very good, but all right for a gluten free beer.


 hershiser2 (914), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/54/103/58/20
Nov 18, 2007  
Bottle. Pours yellow, lotsa bubbles, an inch of rapidly fading white head. Smells like wet dog, wheat, and grass. Flavor of... uh, lemon and grass, but not much else... hell, not much of any flavor.


 colts9016 (198), Idaho, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/55/20
Nov 13, 2007  
Okay this beer is rather intresting. The smell is sweet, floral molasses and yeast. The color is really light. The taste is like honey nut cheerios. with hops. Not a very good combination. The finish is what did it for me. I was long and not very good.


 cheapdark (2017), Monacatootha, Pennsylvania, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/101/54/103/59/20
Nov 4, 2007  
This is my first sorgum beer. Interesting sterile medicinal aroma, reminds me of the smell when you walk into a hospital. Pale yellow ubiquitous lager color and appearance. Looks very sparkling in the glass. Sterile taste carries over to the flavor. It departs from the normal beer flavors to something I’ve never encountered in a beer. Not bad. Certainly this is better than many ’normal’ beers I’ve had. I guess I would not mind drinking this once in a while. It is missing something that is present in most beers. Flavor all its own. Has a finish that is not really bitter but it is not well mannered either. Not as bad as I anticipated after hearing others speak of sorgum brews.


 roder60 (1023), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
0.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/101/52/101/51/20
Nov 1, 2007  
Poured a very light offwhite offyellow color with almost no head. Flavor a weird light watery corny taste with matching weird smell. Not sure what exactly that is - maybe the sorghum. All i know is i dont like it one bit.


 beerheart (237), Erie, Colorado, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/58/20
Oct 21, 2007  
From a bottle, poured into a pint glass. Yellow-straw color. Frothy white head that lasted until the end of the glass. Very light hop flavor, but really pale and bland. Definitely a citrusy flavor, sweet, with some spices. Finishes clean. Definitely far from my first choice in a beer, but really not that bad.


 kimcgolf (832), Dacula, Georgia, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/59/20
Oct 15, 2007  
All I can say after drinking this is that I’m glad I’m not on a restricted diet. Pours to a lemony-straw color, with a thin white head that lingers thru mid glass, and leaves a little lacing. Both the aroma and taste are hard to identify, but "funky" best describes them. A very odd taste and finish, no doubt due to the sorghum. If someday I have this asa my only choice, I may reconsider, but uintil then, I’ll pass on Sorghum beer.



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