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Lakefront New Grist Sorghum Beer

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6
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bottled
common

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unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2622.06/5.02.08/5.05%2Lager glass, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
An all-sorghum beer. New Grist, a beer for Celiacs brewed from sorghum and gluten-free yeast grown on molasses. New Grist is the first “official” gluten free beer in the U.S., although it cannot technically be called “gluten-free” until established governmental guidelines are determined for all products claiming “gluten-free” status. In the interim, this Celiac-safe beer can be called “barley-free,” and is a welcome product to those who need to live on restricted diets due to intolerance to gluten, a protein found in common brewing grains such as barley, wheat, rye, oats, spelt, kamut and triticale.
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 AlabastorJones (765), San Francisco, California, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/510/20
Jul 23, 2007  
winey grape juice nose, sparkly yellow clear with no head, sugary soda flavor, smarties and skittles all things of the like, artificial and strange


 Floback (333), Naples, Florida, USA
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Jul 18, 2007  
Sick-o. the taste reminded me of frog dissections in 8th grade Biology class


 RichJ7 (1175), Cullman, Alabama, USA
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Jul 6, 2007  
Pours a darkish gold with a very thin white head that fades fast. Odd, sweet rice aroma. Flavor is ... well, it’s just awful. It tastes like burned cough syrup: very sweet and medicinal. Astringent, highly carbonated mouthfeel. Lingering finish that’s just plain bad. Not a single thing good about this beer.


 blklab2007 (957), Connecticut, USA
1.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/51/101/55/20
Jun 29, 2007    Updated: Aug 11, 2007
tried this just to see what it was about. a friends wife has allergies and cant have regular beer (too bad). not much in the smell department and the taste was worse. there is some coppery metallic taste i cant get past. yuck. at least they made an attempt.


 can8ianben (903), Pasadena, California, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/59/20
Jun 20, 2007  
I can’t believe it’s not wheat! Actually, it’s a pretty bland attempt to fit in, however if I couldn’t handle gluten like my friend who gave me a sip, I’d probably be pretty happy to find this beverage. It’s basically an atempt at macro swill, so if you don’t like that, don’t bother (other than to say you tried it).


 beerinmarch (2781), Alabama, USA
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/52/102/53/20
Jun 19, 2007  
I tried. This was just aweful in my opinion, something about this flavor just hit me and I just couldn’t even put a dent in this glass. Drain-pours are rare with me, but this I had to. This bottle only spared the fate of the drain because my girlfriend, who doesn’t like most beers, actually liked it. Foul herbal flavor, bitter funky finish. Nothing I liked.


 mistersinalin (368), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/58/20
Jun 9, 2007  
I have to say that this was more like wine in the mouth - not much carbonation. Having been oin the farm, I caught the plentyful sorghum aftertaste. Should have called it New Grossed.


 bhensonb (4245), Woodland, California, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/103/58/20
Jun 7, 2007  
A strange, but not unpleasant aroma. Something of yeast, fruit and honey. Pale brassy color with a frothy white head that laced a very little. Something of a berry aroma as the glass approaches the lips. Near medium mouthfeel. There is indeed a cideriness here. Maybe with a bit of citrus. It does tend towards sour rather than sweet. Leaves something of a herb/veg mouth coat. Finishes with no bitter and a little citrus sour in the back of the mouth. Probably an acquired taste, but really not a bad thing.



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