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Lakefront Eastside Dark

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66
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
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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 PilsnerPeter (2612), Flushing, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 16, 2009  
Bottle: Brown pour with a ruby hue and a creamy tan head that lasts. The aroma is sweet malts- lots of dark caramel and light chocolate, quite fresh smelling. Creamy feel with a nice malt character encompassing a soft sweetness and toasted character. Dark caramel, later gritty cocoa toasted notes and perhaps a hint of smoke. Well balanced and tasty. A well done German style dark lager.


 ChainGangGuy (2555), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Feb 2, 2009  
Appearance: Pours a hazy, walnut brown body with a thin, wispy, white head. Smell: Aroma smelling of underperforming dark, nutty malts, light raisin fruitiness, and a pinch of hot chocolate mix. Taste: Mild maltiness displays an overall nuttiness and flavor of clearance aisle cocoa powder. Lightly sweet. Minor apple and raisin fruitiness. Faintly floral hops and bitterness. Though it was always light, the vague, unsweetened chocolate flavor is what you’re left with on the drying, crisp finish. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium, fine carbonation. Drinkability: Take it or leave it. I was hoping for more toasted bread qualities, but it kept giving me nuts! It’s shrug-inducingly acceptable, but when shopping for a dunkel, I prefer Ayinger’s Altbairisch Dunkel. That’s just me though!


 mrant (330), New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/105/513/20
Jan 31, 2009  
Smells of dark roasted coffee malts and faint floral hops. Taste is similar to smell, well-balanced coffee malts with a pleasant hop back. Very nice dark lager.


 Nejhleader (929), Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
Jan 28, 2009  
has a nice malt aroma, flavor is kinda dark malt, but nothing really notable about it, decent body.


 BeerHawk (1175), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Jan 19, 2009  
Bottled Aug week 4. Poured dark brown with an off-white head. Aromas of burnt malts. The flavor is much more subdued malts. Light body. Just OK.


 smith4498 (874), Miami, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Jan 16, 2009  
Pours brown with light tan head. Toasted malt aroma. Flavors of toasted malts, chocolate, coffee and some nuttiness. Medium body with moderate carbonation and a smooth mouthfeel.. Decent.


 HonkeyBra (1326), Lemont, Illinois, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/101/58/20
Jan 11, 2009  
Dude sniffed it and said it had some poop in there. I think I picked it up. Kind of malty and crappy. Really thin. Not horrible for a dunkel, but you could do better.


 JaBier (1212), Capital City, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 2, 2009  
12oz bottle from the mix pack. Pours medium brown with a half inch off-white head. Roasty coffee aroma with some hop and lots of malt. Malty flavor with roasty coffee and hop finish.



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