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Great Lakes Brewing Co.

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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:
3
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 14, 2011
Added:
Jul 31, 2011
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4 by SaintJonah from Ohio

Nov 14, 2011
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Reviewed by projectflam86 from Ohio

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, 2011
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Reviewed by VncentLIFE from North Carolina

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, 2011
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Beer rating: 3.14 out of 5 with 3 ratings