Great Lakes Nosferatu

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

dark amber/light brown with a white head. hoppy nose with quite a bit of fruity roasted malt. flavor nicely balanced bitter hops and roasted fruity malt. full bodied moderate carbonation. finish bitter hops and a strange mix of alcohol and fruit that almost reminds me of cherry cough syurp. solid enjoyable beer nonetheless.

12 oz. bottle. Poured richly and ruby red with tight froth head and nice lacing. Aroma of aggressive fruit sugars and floral hops. Caramelly sweet with slight burnt toffee and spicey yet floral hop bitterness. Pricey but don’t be scared....

Sampled at Great Lakes. An interesting brew. It’s an american strong with a lot of characteristics of the belgian strong, but mellowed out. Dark brown/tawny in colour with spicy malts and a decent amount of hop. Raisin and caramel are prominent. lemon and cherry hide as well. This was a nice seasonal to get a glimpse of. Will have to come back in June for their stout seasonal.

Bottle from Sean, thanks! Damn, wanted to try this for a long time. Bright (dark?) red in color. This is a really fresh bottle. Smell is mostly hops, some malts and a little sweetness. Taste is bitter and strong, sweet and caramel, much like a barley wine. A little harsh perhaps, but pretty nice, hope it will mellow out in another year or so. I really enjoyed it, and the label is really cool.

This rating is overdue. Bottle back in 2005. Hazy amber pour..small whitish head. Spicy, moderately sweet nose..caramelish. More sweet malty flavor...citric hoppiness too, herbal and earthy as well. Nice lingering bitterness in the end...decent mouthfeel...enjoyable.

Definitely pours a reddish color witha small head. Aroma was very fruity malty and had a little hoppiness. The flavor was bitter and had a lot of citrus hoppiness and also a little sweet. This was pretty balanced. Another great beer from great lakes.

12oz, Please enjoy by Nov 23/06. Pours a not quite blood red, though it is copper red with a one finger beige head. Aroma of pine resin grapefruit, and pineapple almost to the point of astringency, some caramel and lightly toasted malts, brown sugar. There is some candy sugary sweetness, but There’s a buttload of hops off balancing this brew as best they can. More grapefruity, spicy, and resiny hops in the taste. The alcohol isn’t really hiding at all, though isn’t terribly strong either for 8%. The beer has a lingering chalky bitter finish. Not as full bodied as I’d imagined (medium) and soft moderate carbonation. Quite nice.

A cause for celebration when this is released, one of my favorites. Pours a beautiful dark amber / bronze with a good sized tan head that does a very nice job of lacing the glass. The aroma has dark fruit and lots of floral hops and citrus hops that blend grapefruit and pineapples. There is a cane sugar like sweetness. Medium to full bodied with a slick resiny feel and a good deal of moderate intensity carbonation. Taste has lots of tropical-esque citrus, dark roasted mlat and some piney woody hops. Very full flavored beer. The finish has lots of grapefruit hops and and plenty of the initial flavor. An incredibly balanced hearty beer that I hope to experience many times this fall.