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My Turn #001: Dan
Lakefront Brewery, Inc.
- From:
- Lakefront Brewery, Inc.
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Baltic Porter
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 12.19%
- Reviews:
- 19
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 30, 2020
- Added:
- Nov 18, 2011
- Wants:
- 7
- Gots:
- 1
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.39/5 rDev -15.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.39/5 rDev -15.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Review from January 2017.
Pours black with 4/5" tan head. Good looking beer. Aroma hit those roasted malt and dark fruit bitter nights vibe meets a big punch of alcohol.
Taste pushes a big amount of bitterness and alcohol around. Not sure what all the hubbub about chocolate is, sure there is chocolate malt but it doesn't really push much in the way of 'chocolate' like notes. Soy sauce bitterness isn't accurate either, but it might be closer. Had more coffee from the roasted malt vibe than it did chocolate or dark fruit (thankfully).
In the end it ends up leaning back towards an American porter. Not sure why it had such an imperialized strength, just didn't seem like it fit, the biggest problem with the beer was the booziness, didn't hide the alcohol at all, and this is a style that seems to amp up the alcohol perception wise. Or maybe it was traditional and the booziness drowned out the dark fruitiness of it.
Jun 30, 2020Pours black with 4/5" tan head. Good looking beer. Aroma hit those roasted malt and dark fruit bitter nights vibe meets a big punch of alcohol.
Taste pushes a big amount of bitterness and alcohol around. Not sure what all the hubbub about chocolate is, sure there is chocolate malt but it doesn't really push much in the way of 'chocolate' like notes. Soy sauce bitterness isn't accurate either, but it might be closer. Had more coffee from the roasted malt vibe than it did chocolate or dark fruit (thankfully).
In the end it ends up leaning back towards an American porter. Not sure why it had such an imperialized strength, just didn't seem like it fit, the biggest problem with the beer was the booziness, didn't hide the alcohol at all, and this is a style that seems to amp up the alcohol perception wise. Or maybe it was traditional and the booziness drowned out the dark fruitiness of it.
Reviewed by TWHansen from Wisconsin
4.94/5 rDev +22.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4.94/5 rDev +22.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
I am enjoying my final bottle of the limited-edition Dan on an unremarkable Saturday night, three days after quitting my job and for no better purpose than washing down some regrettable national chain pizza. It is as I remember it; I plowed through rather a lot of it when I could. A great walloping honker of a porter, 8.5% by volume, thick and rich and round and full. Yes, like the bottle says, a salty sweetness, almost a gourmet caramel kind of a thing. The body is frankly Rubenesque. Here she is, your Roller Derby Queen. Lassiez les bon temps roulez, etc.
This one needs to make a comeback. I live just up the hill from Lakefront Brewery and currently only their remarkable IBA comes close to punching these buttons for me. Similar to both the Sprecher Black Bavarian (my first love) and Oskar Blues' Old Chub but slightly hoppier and smoother than either. I wish I had thought to sock away more of it.
May 05, 2013This one needs to make a comeback. I live just up the hill from Lakefront Brewery and currently only their remarkable IBA comes close to punching these buttons for me. Similar to both the Sprecher Black Bavarian (my first love) and Oskar Blues' Old Chub but slightly hoppier and smoother than either. I wish I had thought to sock away more of it.
My Turn #001: Dan from Lakefront Brewery, Inc.
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
50 ratings
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