Great Lakes Eliot Ness

Cleveland, Oh - Progressive Field - Indians/Twins game - 12 oz bottle. Medium copper pour, thick khaki colored head, nice lace. Hint of chocolate in the aroma. Sweet flavor with hints of caramel, toffee and some cotton candy. Thickish mouthfeel. Pretty solid.

I am not a big fan of Great Lakes, the finish on most of their beers really puts me off for some reason and Eliot Ness follows suit. Aroma is nice and sweet with hints orange. Hints of orange hit me through the entire experience. Color is and amber/orange with an off-white head. Nice matly flavor up front that becomes more bitter towards then end and finishes with an odd bitter flavor that hangs in my mouth unenjoyably.

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?

Great Lakes Sample Pack from Woodman’s Oak Creek. Great Color Red bordering burnt orange. Crystal clear, with impressive carbonation and an ivory head. Aroma is toffee, caramel, and a hint of roasted nuts. Flavor is mostly malt, with just enough hops to balance it out. Highly drinkable...clean and refreshing.

Poured reddish with a nice whitish head. Nice sweetish aroma. Good blend of maltiness and hop bite, kind of non-descript, but is very drinkable. This brewery seems to do a consistenly good job with the middle of the road brew styles and making them a little more interesting.