Lakefront New Grist Sorghum Beer

Brewed by Lakefront Brewery
Style: Specialty Grain
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

(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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

(bottle). Clear, light gold color. Medium white head. Light grainy aroma and flavor. Short duration. Dry finish. Thin texture. Soft carbonation.

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.

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...