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Lakefront Eastside Dark

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66
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bottled
common

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2553.21/5.03.2/5.05%85.5Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein
Commercial Description:
Eastside Dark The rich, coffee-like aroma and flavor ot this find Dark Bavarian style lager beer is derived from a precise blending of three different specialty barley malts, chocolate, black patent, and Munich malt. Munich malt is also added to bring about the creamy body of this malty brew that has an original gravity of 1060. The most impressive aspect of ths brew is the perfect balance between the specialty malts and coveted Mt. Hood hops. Unlike many other dark beers, East Side Dark doesn't have the bitter aftertaste associated with it. Instead, your palate is greeted with the rich body and balanced flavor that only this beer can deliver.
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 17thfloor (1457), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/511/20
Nov 26, 2009  
12oz bottle. Pours a dark opaque brown with a tall foamy sudsy light tan airy froth. Aroma of brett and roast, sweet and tart, berries and dark sweet tootsie-roll, actually smells pretty good, definite brett infection which is somewhat lucky as it could have been something not so friendly, Flavor is upfront very bretty, some sharp tartness, bitter, not very roasty, mostly tart, some other infection present that isn’t so pleasant, hint of grassy munich malt sweetness. Medium/light bodied with lots of added airy fluffy but fairly sharp carbonation, no doubt due to the infection. Will have to give this another go... uninfected. Now that I think about it, my bottle of Lakefront White had a pleasant infection also.


bigguns22 (99), Maryland, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/57/102/514/20
Oct 28, 2009  
Pours dark brown to black small to medium tan head.Lite aroma of citrus.Flavors of malts and citrus and dried cherries.


arkurzynski (95), West Bend, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 2, 2009  
Pours deep red/brown. Not much to the nose. To me, a little skunky flavor. An otherwise ok brew.


 scrizzz (1266), kirkland, Washington, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 2, 2009  
Oostkant!!! Burnt chocolate with a peaty topsoil nose. Earthy and rich. Very dark brown, small tan head. Wow. Pretzels. Even the salt. Crisp and cracker like. I’m digging this character. It’s like Paul Newman pretzel sticks. Sweet lip smacking finish, molasses sweet.


 daknole (2895), Plantation, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 1, 2009  
Another bland effort from lakefront. Oh well. Brown pour. Come spent coffee on the nose with some toasted malt, dark caramel and very light hops. Flavor is malty and has a chocolate note. Nothing is really wrong with this beer, but it is just boring.


 drowland (1391), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 21, 2009  
Got this in a mix 12-pack I picked up while visiting Milwaukee. Not a bad brew, but nothing special.


 BeerFanDan17 (610), Land O Lakes, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/104/511/20
Aug 16, 2009  
A very sweet and malty dark lager. Very sweet like dark cherries or dark chocolate with a honey bite. Pours dunkel dark.


 zapprentice (310), East Setauket, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/511/20
Aug 13, 2009  
Aroma is of coffee with some slight chocolate notes. Flavor is very similar but a slight watery palate that turned me off a bit.



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