Lakefront New Grist Sorghum Beer

Brewed by Lakefront Brewery
Style: Specialty Grain
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

12oz bottle, clean pale yellow color, with an off-white head, light fruity nose of kind of apple juice, cidery with a faint honey, grainy rice cereal aroma follows through on a light-bodied palate, with a crisp earthy rice cereal, sorghun character and a faint acidic juicy citusy, lemony accent with a hint of honeyed apple juice, leading towards a watery, citusy finish.

watery clear gold, not much head, not much lace. nose is fruity, cidery, grassy. flavor is apple cider with a touch of late bitterness. medium bodied, creamy mouth feel, light bitter finish. too weak in all areas to be agreeable. it doesn’t taste bad, it just doesn’t taste good. lakefront brews many good beers, of which this is not one. single bottle from binny’s orland park.

My first try of a sorghum-based beer. Lots of carbonation, but not a large head. More like a foamy cap if that. Huge bubbles streaming up from center of glass. Dark golden body. Dusky honey aroma. Not exacly sure how to describe the flavor. Little bit sweet, which moves on quickly to sourness. Very thin body. I suppose if you’re deathly alergic to gluten this might be great, but I’m going to have to try the others to see if they’re just as bad.

Crystal blond with light head. Breezy, spicy nose of rice and perhaps sorghum. A light farmhouse pepperiness. Flavor is similarly of an intriguing spiciness, with similarities to grain yet different enough to keep one guessing. Nice farmhouse peppery finish. Earthy and prickly. Crisp, quenching and flavorful. Reminiscent of a farmouse ale using a subdued yeast.

suprisingly fruity aroma. looks a bit like a cider or lambic. fizzy head. sounded like alka seltzer when pouring. flavor reminds me of sake - from the rice, I am sure. would probably go well with sushi (ha). A bit dull on the palate, however. hint of bitter. not very interesting, but drinkable.

clear yellow, dry paper/grassy aroma. pretty abrasive up front, much MUCH more approachable once the fizzy white head died down. before it was a funky tart cider/funky mess. now that I type all this out it settled to a clean tasty beer. reminds me of the stick part of those lik-a-stik candy packs i’d get as a kid. i’d ride my bike all the way 3 1/2 miles to the drug store by casey’s. pretty far for a 10 year old kid. my sister was only 8. but anyway. little bit of a honeydew melon sweetness and added layer as well. if i couldn’t drink beer, i’d become a wine snob. but if i shared a 6er with a celiac buddy, i’d happily drink several of these beers with him/her.

12oz bottle into a pint glass. Aroma is not much actually... A bit of sweet. The flavor is powdery, chalky, and sweet and sour. It’s hard to explain but this really reminds me of Fun Dip.

From a bottle at SB&WF 2009. Clear golden with small white head. Synthetic acidic malt aroma with lemon and green apples. Light body, fizzy carbonation. Dry with some acidity.