Great Lakes Nosferatu

Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Cleveland, Ohio USA

Bottle from Archer Liquors. Pours dark ruby copper with a one finger fine beige head. Lots of grassy/floral hop over rather roasted malt for aroma. Near full bodied with creamy carbonation. Flavor is lots of roast malt with lots of hop. It’s a confusing mix of hop. It’s bitter. It’s floral. It’s grassy. It’s other things. Including absolutely delicious. Absolutely.

Enjoyed from a 12oz bottle in a pub glass. The beer pours a deep amber color with a long-lasting white head. Grassy hop notes dominate the nose, something that I don’t remember in sampling this beer on previous occasions. It seems as though the beer was dry-hopped for a few days too long. The palate is a nicely balanced combination of assertive hop bitterness and flavor (even if it is a grassy flavor) and malt sweetness. The finish is slightly bitter and clean. Overall, perhaps not the best sample of the beer, but still a great beer for the crisp and cool fall weather.

What a bite...from the hops not the Vampire. A sweet caramel backdrop sets up the sharp hop notes masterfully in this excellent ASA. Nosferatu has a hefty citrus hop nose with a dark "Red Ale" look. The flavor is likened to a soft barleywine with a slightly thin body that is the only detriment. Another excellent offering from my favorite, Great Lakes.

12oz bottle. Pours copper. Tiny white head. Aroma of tea, some delicious fruit that I can’t ID. Flavor is floral, beautiful hops. Minimal spice on the finish. Great autumn beer. Didn’t even realize this beer was 8% until I logged on here... Yum!

Bottle thanks to Crizay I believe, from a trade a while back. Pours a clear crimson hued brown with a diminishing medium sized beige head. Aroma is soft old malt heavy with plum and caramel. Spicy with some oxidization and a bit of malt. Finishes up dry and with some big bitterness.

12 oz. bottle at Lunar Brewing Co. Poured to a Czech-pils glass, a deep, brownish red with a creamy, tan head and good, clingy ribbons of lacing. The nose started with a fleeting wisp of orange rind, grain as rolled oats, some earthy yeast, maybe even a little wood, and a touch of alcohol showing through the interesting array of notes. The flavor added to the presentation, a rounded, tongue coating, hop bitterness that grew more intense as the beer warmed, along with a nice, balancing malt presense. The alcohol then exposed itself with some warmth midway through which became an enjoyable, Strong Ale experience.

Pours amber with a big cream colored head. Aroma is fruity, citrusy, slightly earthy and spicy hops. Flavor is a great blend of caramel, with big citrusy hop that has a big amount of earthiness and a little spice. Very good.

ooks and smells like a spiked Iced tea. The smell is fairly weak. Taste actually has some of that tea characteristic but first hits you with a blast of hops that is well balanced and doesn’t leave you too bitter. Rather enjoyable and masks it’s alcohol content well. Medium body and low carbonation.