Great Lakes Nosferatu

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

Draft at Capones during the Black Friday even of 2008. Pours a clear orange amber with a beige head. Aroma of tea and plants. Different yes, interesting yes, good?....suprisingly yes. Flavor is more conventional with notes of chocolate, nuttiness and tehn tea coming through. This one was different but enjoyable.

Appearance: dark deep amber with hint of reddish brown. Large creamy beige head. Aroma: medium light alpha hop aroma with noticeable alcohol feel. Burn with woody hints, sweet malts sitting deep below. Touch of vanilla. Flavour/Palate: soft front with fruity, leafy wet hops. Soft clean malts quietly fill void. Twig like bitter ending with softer sublime flow. Semi dry alcohol felt detached. I am not sure what they wanted to create here. Quality is present but direction somewhat misguided.

Brewed in the USA.... Courtesy of AFI96, thanks waylo. Pours a med amber color with a small white head. Aroma of strong hops, and malts. The taste is of spices, hops, and caramel. The finish is very dry and a bit dissapointing on tap. I want to try this in a bottle....... not sure if it will make any difference. Mad props for having a vampire on the bottle....... lol.

On tap at Capones. Dark amber with a creamy off-white head. Not much on the nose maybe a touch of hops. Taste is molasses, light hops, bread, and light spiciness. I did have this after Russian River Blind Pig so my tastebuds may have been destroyed by that. Decent lacing. I wasn’t super impressed.

Bottle at The Map Room. I had heard this called a brown long ago - and I assumed a good one. Then I couldn’t find it for about a year. What I found was both well done and disappointing. Probably not the fault of Great Lakes. Nice light brown/red color with distinct notes of flour and the lightest caramel. Really dangerously smooth for an 8%.

Bottle at home <b> Thanks to Jsquire for this </b> Nice Crisp copper ... sweet vineous nose ... very caramel malty front ... more bitter than expected ... big floral hoppyness ... good depth ... medium carbonation ... medium body ... Goes well with the strong Cheddar as recomended by jsquire... Beer tips with the Trade top bloke.

Bottle. Pours red with a beige head. The aroma is... sandy? with citric hops. The flavor is quite strange, I know I’m not helping anyone with that description but I really don’t know how to describe it. Also some floral hops. Weird, but not bad.

10 oz. glass poured draft at Charleston’s (New Lenox, IL). Finally got around to having before it dissappeared with the season. Burnt sienna pour with a small tan head, slightly hazed with copper notes around the edges. Aromas are muted, a touch of caramel and floral hops. Taste is similar, toffee and caramel build in to a finish that sports a bitter hoppy bite. Hides its strength well. Quite a looker and a smooth and well balanced brew, but lacks any depth or memorable qualities.