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Great Lakes Brewing Co.
Beer Geek Stats
- From:
- Great Lakes Brewing Co.
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Altbier
- ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 3.14 | pDev: 35.67%
- Reviews:
- 2
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 14, 2011
- Added:
- Jul 31, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by projectflam86 from Ohio
3.85/5 rDev +22.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.85/5 rDev +22.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Served on tap at GLBC.
A- Pours a red copper color with a medium sized head that leaves a bit of lace.
S- Smell is mostly of fruit and a bit of spicy hops. Very subtle but seems on par for the style.
T- Nice caramel malt flavor initially with some ripe fruit and biscuit and nutty flavors. A fairly noticeable hop presence in the finish that seems like one of the noble varieties.
M- Very clean and smooth on the palate with medium low carbonation.
O- Overall a very enjoyable beer and one that I could see pairing with a variety of everyday meals.
Oct 05, 2011A- Pours a red copper color with a medium sized head that leaves a bit of lace.
S- Smell is mostly of fruit and a bit of spicy hops. Very subtle but seems on par for the style.
T- Nice caramel malt flavor initially with some ripe fruit and biscuit and nutty flavors. A fairly noticeable hop presence in the finish that seems like one of the noble varieties.
M- Very clean and smooth on the palate with medium low carbonation.
O- Overall a very enjoyable beer and one that I could see pairing with a variety of everyday meals.
Reviewed by VncentLIFE from North Carolina
1.56/5 rDev -50.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
1.56/5 rDev -50.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
Named after the traffic light, first installed in Cleveland. Poured a red color with a very small head. Head retention was poor. Looked like a good solid Irish Red.
Smelled of a simple ale with a bitter hop smell that was very subdued.
The taste was a train wreck. Actually, I'd prefer the train wreck. Very astringent, to the point that its a turn-off. The only malt flavors I got were adjunct and bad.
The bad flavors tend to stick around through to the finish unfortunately.
I hate to rip apart a GL brew, but they missed the boat on this one.
Jul 31, 2011Smelled of a simple ale with a bitter hop smell that was very subdued.
The taste was a train wreck. Actually, I'd prefer the train wreck. Very astringent, to the point that its a turn-off. The only malt flavors I got were adjunct and bad.
The bad flavors tend to stick around through to the finish unfortunately.
I hate to rip apart a GL brew, but they missed the boat on this one.
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Beer rating:
3.14 out of
5 with
3 ratings
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