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Great Lakes Eliot Ness 3.59 700

Great Lakes Eliot Ness

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
7003.6/5.03.59/5.06.2%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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 Damico (201), Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/519/20

Oct 22, 2009  
This has a rich, malty aroma and a nice ruby amber color. The flavor is smooth and quite tasty for a lager, with a whopping 6.2% to boot. This is one of the best lager’s I’ve ever tasted.

iceman15658 (26), Acme, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 1, 2010  
Bottle To Pint. Nice Earthy aroma followed by a wonderful semisweet caramel taste. Nice beer


zer0crew (62), Duluth, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 1, 2010  
Bottle. Pours a very clear, red-amber with a thin layer of head. Only a tiny bit of lacing (a few patches here and there) Not much of an aroma.Taste is like a roasted carmel, a tiny bit sweet and hoppy.


 dchmela (1476), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 31, 2009  
Bottle from my Secret Santa. Deep amber pour with a thin off white head. Smooth crisp caramel malt taste with a touch of noble hop bitterness. Earthy hops and some caramel round out the aroma. Very nice session brew.


GrungyBob (52), Kettering, Ohio, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/103/55/101/55/20
Dec 27, 2009  
Bottle, pours a clear reddish brown with a thick tan head. Aroma is not existant. Taste, is much like the aroma not a lot there. a little malt but outside of that nothing. very cloe to drinking water. lousy beer.


 douglas88 (1686), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Dec 23, 2009  
12 ounce bottle from Chicken Chucks. Pours a clear amber with a medium white head. A smooth rich malty nose, caramel and toffee. The flavor is similar; smooth caramel, toffee, slight oxidation, rich fruity malts. Nice.


 phaleslu (592), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Dec 19, 2009  
12 oz. bottle from Baba Budan’s, their December 2009 beer of the month ($2.25!). Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Aroma of toast, caramel, hops, dried fruits, and earthy notes. The flavor is also nice and toasty, with minimal hop bitterness to go along with the caramel malt sweetness and light roastiness. Light-medium bodied, with active carbonation and a crisp, almost sugary-sticky mouthfeel. Easy to drink, and a good year-round go-to beer from Great Lakes. I couldn’t believe I hadn’t rated this yet.


weihenweizen (71), West Virginia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/512/20
Dec 15, 2009  
Refrigerated botte. Pours a deep amber red color. The taste is dominated by heavy earthy hops with some malt sweetness. Not a big fan of the style. This brew is certainly not a session beer.


 satan165 (620), River Grove, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 9, 2009  
72oz growler from brewpub. nose is good roasty, biscuity malt with hint of aromatic savory spice. malt forward without being too sweet, subtle hopping does the trick. translucent dark amber with good carb and bitter lacing. some fruitiness shines through in finish.



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