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Lakefront New Grist Sorghum Beer

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bottled
common

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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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 thirdeye11 (520), Texas, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/101/55/20
Aug 21, 2009  
(12oz bottle thanks to Cavie) Pours a very pale yellow with soda like head. Smell is plastic and old lemons. The taste seems oxidized, with a dirty water palette linger. Not a good beer. The bad linger on the palette is the worst part of this beer.


 blankboy (3201), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/53/102/57/20
Aug 18, 2009  
My bottle (355ml) shared with HogTownHarry & garthicus. Pours a very pale clear yellow with a small lasting white head. Aroma: A weird caramel and apple combo. Flavour’s the same, as well as watery. Light to average bodied. Not very good.


 arventresca (338), Greenville, North Carolina, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/510/20
Aug 16, 2009  
Bottle. Pours lighter golden with a bit of a sweet smell. Interesting to say the least. Can’t really put a finger on the taste. A bit sweet with a little bitter finish. Probably not a keeper here.


jjkuck10 (36), , Wisconsin, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/511/20
Aug 15, 2009  
Pale yellow color with white head. Aroma is sweet, grain, with a sour . Taste is sweet, sour apple, a little grain and bitterness at the end.


 Cavie (1372), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/56/20
Aug 4, 2009  
Pale straw pour. Little dry aroma. Some diaper and sour on the nose. Taste is fairly absent. Some Sprite on the taste that immediately turns bad. Smacky finish.


 jbye4334 (658), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Jul 23, 2009  
(bottle). Clear, light gold color. Medium white head. Light grainy aroma and flavor. Short duration. Dry finish. Thin texture. Soft carbonation.


 WabashMan (801), Noblesville, Indiana, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/59/20
Jul 19, 2009  
An oddity, for sure, this one is a bit like an Eastern European lager, tempered by an unusual sweet rice flavor. As I said...odd. I understand that they’re trying to make due without some of the usual suspects of beer making, and such a niche market may exist and I’m glad someone is filling it. But I can’t imagine wanting to buy this again.


sizeoneshoe (1), Ontario, Canada
does not count click to see why this rating of Lakefront New Grist Sorghum Beer does not count
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/510/20
Jul 3, 2009  
Rating-As-I-drink: Appearance: Pale yellow, good clarity, rapidly diminishing head. Aroma: My first thought was bananas gone bad. Somewhat fruity, with a metallic edge. Very Minimal. Flavor: Mildly "malty", insofar as it can be without any barley present. A rather "meh", sour/sweet/metallic background note. Not overly distinct, but there’s some reasonable bitterness to the finish. But there’s that darn metallic edge, again... Mouthfeel: A bit above thin. This gets a slightly higher rating than average from me, because I can’t consume gluten, hence, no regular beers. I was first introduced to the concept of good beer by this site, then eventually realized why it kept making me sick. When you can’t have gluten, it’s a hot summer afternoon, and you’ve not had a beer for six months, you could do worse than this; you could also do better, but hey - the only choices at the LCBO in Ontario are this at 14 bucks, and another one at an outrageous 17 bucks a six-pack. I’m not pouring this one. I still know that breweries should be able to do better without gluten, though...



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