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Lakefront New Grist Sorghum Beer

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common

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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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 radagast83 (1289), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/510/20
Nov 24, 2006  
Pretty much like a macro, but I thought it was pretty crisp. Odd having a gluten free beer though.


 Slick (1962), Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/514/20
Nov 24, 2006  
Nice golden color,small to no head or atleast it was gone before i noticed it’s size.Funky sort of aroma with a sweet side some appleish thing going on as well as a bit of an aroma i can’t quite identify.Very different flavor,not exactly bad though.The flavor is sort of bitter throughout the tasting,with a bit of a bite in the end and a slight bitter aftertaste that sort of lingers a bit.I might have to rerate this one after a few more but for now all i can say is different,very different and i still have 5 more of these so i hope it grows on me.......second bottle and theres little change in my opinion,it’s still a very strange brew,but i have to give a few points for the effort.It couldn’t have been all that easy to use these ingredients and come up with a brew that some what tastes like beer.I might be a bit crazy but as this brew warms up a bit i seem to get an almost ciderish after taste.Hmmmm.


 bubbleflubber (892), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/511/20
Nov 23, 2006  
This pours like a cheap macro into the glass, with a corn yellow hue and no real head of which to speak. The nose is spot on for Dunkin Donuts Blueberry Munchkins... and I do mean spot on! Honestly, that flavor starts to permeate the mouth too, but not nearly as pleasurable as DD. There are some sours, but corn-like. This just feels cheaply made. I think it’s presence alone turned me off. Weird, but it’s one of those beers that if it looked better, I’d bet dollars to peanuts that it would have rated better.....


 thedm (3834), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/104/512/20
Nov 14, 2006  
This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of frothy medium sized white colored bubbles that was mostly diminishing and left behind a hazy softly carbonated light orange colored body and a fair lacing. The aroma was malty. The mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start mediumly tingly at the finish. The flavor contained notes of malt hops breads and sweet candy. A decent one but not one that I would consider buying again.


 Ofortuna (322), Grafton, Wisconsin, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/53/102/57/20
Nov 10, 2006  
There is a conviction that man’s awareness of death is one of the guiding forces in life. Beneath every surface activity, then, is the awareness. With this beer there lies the impending doom of what awaits. However, beneath its surface lies further confusion leading one into a state of utter despair. This beer fails on nearly every level.


 OldGrowth (1408), North Carolina, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/103/57/20
Nov 9, 2006  
Bottle, from trade with jimbowood. Not much aroma. Lemon, sourdough, a dry champagne thing. Pale golden yellow color, like ginger ale. Small head that faded quickly to nothing. Bitter flavor. Reminds me of a dry cider or a sparkling wine. Lite oily creamy mouth feel, dry finish. Well, maybe if I were told it was sparkling wine I’d think more of it, but as a golden/blonde ale not so much. Thanks jimbowood.


 pinkzambia (989), Boise, Idaho, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/59/20
Nov 8, 2006  
Bottle: Gold color with really no head. Sweet, cheap perfume aroma and perhaps a berry flavored girl’s lip gloss. In some ways, it doesn’t even taste like beer. Sweeter flavors of tangified fruits. The feel is pretty thin and doesn’t leave an unpleasant flavor in your mouth, at least. Well, if I was allergic to gluten and barley, I guess this would be ok. But, most likely, I would just stop drinking beer if this was my only option.


 IndianaRed (1555), Boise, Idaho, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/511/20
Nov 8, 2006  
Bottle pours a pale orange with a fizzy coarse white head that is but a fleeting memory after a few seconds. Aroma is of leather and fruity. Tastes sour and cardboardy. Fruity and sweet. Of apples and pears as well. Verry odd. Not as bad as I feard, which is about all I can say. Thanks to Pinkzambia for sharing this one. I hear spooning with porcupines is becoming quite popular.



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