In this fall beer blog, we are going to get into another brew from Great Lakes Brewing. It is their fall seasonal, which is their Oktoberfest. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this Midwest craft brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this Ohio base craft brewery. Let us get into this Lager.
It has a clear copper to light amaber color with a white constant head. The smell has a sweet malty to slight caramel notes. The taste has a sweet malty to slight caramel notes. The aftertaste has a dry malty notes. It is pretty drinkable beer.
Here is a description from their website (www.greatlakesbrewing.com):
Prost! Our take on this classic German style is a celebration of maltiness— packed with rustic, autumnal flavors to put a little more oomph into your oom-pah-pah.
FlavorÜber smooth with vibrant malt flavors and a festive flourish of noble hops (lederhosen not included).Pairs With Roast pork loin, potato pancakes, and wiener dog racesBeer Availability: August
World Beer Championships4-Time Medal Winner (Gold, Silver)Here is their website and twitter addresses:
Website; www.greatlakesbrewing.com
Twitter: @GLBC_Cleveland
Ending, I love this time of the year because I love the pumpkin ales and Oktoberfests. It also makes me sad because the Motorcycle will be put up for the season. This Oktoberfest is a little different brew than from the rest on the market. Most American Oktoberfest have that sweet caramel notes. The traditional Oktoberfest that comes out of Germany has more of malty notes. This brew from Great Lakes Brewery is close to the Europe style but yet still has a little American notes. There is a little sweetest there. This is one of the best Oktoberfests in the Midwest area. I always pick up a six-pack each season. This is one of the Midwest go to brews. I highly recommend this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
Cheers!
Bill DJ Weiser
Email: djweiser16@gmail.com
Twitter; @djweiser
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New Beer Blog Great Lakes Brewing Sharp Shooter
In this summer beer blog, we are going to get into another brew from Great Lakes Brewery. It is the first seasonal with their new packaging. It is a new beer in their books. It is Sharpshooter Session Wheat IPA. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this Midwest craft brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this craft brewery. Let us get into this beer.
It has a cloudy golden color with a white constant head. The smell has a nice welcoming orange notes. The taste has a citrus to orange notes. The aftertaste has an orange like finish that is not over bearing. It is pretty drinkable beer.
Here is a description from the beer bottle:
Inspired by Ohio’s “little sure shot” Annie Oakley, our Session Wheat IPA is peppered with rounds of whole Orange peel and fully loaded with Jarrylo hops.
Here is their website and twitter addresses:
Website: www.greatlakesbrewing.com
Twitter: @GLBC_Cleveland
In the end, I saw this coming down the pipeline. I thought Great Lakes Brewery was way behind the beer trends. I have to say they came up with something different than the rest of White IPA’s. I like it. It is not my go to as far as Summer seasonals. I have to say it is up with all the straight wheat ales and fruit beers that hit the market during the summer. With that all said, I was wrong. Great Lakes Brewery is seeing something that I did not see. I highly recommend this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
Cheers!
Bill DJ Weiser
Email: djweiser16@gamil.com
Twitter: @djweiser
Instagram: @djweiser13
New Beer Blog Great Lakes Brewing Lake Erie Monster Imperial IPA
In this beer blog, we are going to sample another brew from Great Lakes Brewery. It is their Lake Erie Monster Imperial IPA. If you read my earlier beer blog posts, you know the history of this Ohio base craft brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this Midwest craft brewery. Let us get into this Imperial IPA.
It has a clear golden color with a white constant head. The smell has a tropical to almost mango like notes. The taste has a some nice sweet citrus to tropical fruit notes like a mango. The aftertaste has a lasting dry bitter finish. It is a sipping beer.
Here is their website and twitter addresses:
Website: www.greatlakesbrewing.com
Twitter:@GLBC_Cleveland
Ending, I look forward every year for this beer to be released. I was pretty stun to see that I never blogged about this brew. This brew has a well built malty backbone to give off a nice balance for Imperial IPA. The malty backbone let the hops shine nicely throughout the drinking experience. I love this beer. I love the mango and tropical like notes. This is a great beer and I wish it was one of their everyday brews. I highly recommend this brew. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
Cheers!
Bill DJ Weiser
Email: djweiser16@gmail.com
Twitter: @djweiser
Instagram: @djweiser13
New Beer Blog Great Lakes Brewery Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
In this beer blog, we are going to get into a nice English style porter from Great Lakes Brewery. It is their Edmund Fitzgerald Porter. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this Midwest craft brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this Ohio base craft brewery. Let us get into this porter.
It has a jet black color with a constant tan color head on this porter. The aroma has a smokey roasted malts along with hints of chocolate and coffee notes. The taste of this full body has a smooth sweet chocolate to coffee notes. The aftertaste has a dry chocolate to coffee finish. It is a sipping beer but this one is kind of drinkable.
Here is a description from the beer bottle:
Thanks to our craft brewing process, when you take a swig of our Edmund Fitzgerald, it will taste smoky, robust, dark, and bittersweet. Thanks to our environmental efforts, if you take a swig of Lake Erie, it won’t taste smoky, robust, dark, and bittersweet.
Named after the ship that frequently docked in Cleveland and sunk in Lake Superior in 1975, our porter combines a complex, roasty aroma with a bitterweet, chocolate-coffee taste.
In keeping with the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516, this beer is traditionally brewed from all natural ingredients: barley, hops, yeast, and water. no chemicals or preservatives are used.
Here is a description from their website (www.greatlakesbrewing.com):
Edmund Fitzgerald® Porter | Great Lakes Brewing Company
Robust and complex, our Porter is a bittersweet tribute to the legendary freighter’s fallen crew—taken too soon when the gales of November came early.
FlavorBrewed in memory of the sunken freighter, with rich roasted barley and bittersweet chocolate-coffee notes.Packaging:
- 6-pack
- 12-pack
- Draft
ABV – 6.0%IBU – 37Pairs With Oysters, chocolate, and heartfelt balladryBeer Availability:
- Year-Round Beer
World Beer Championships12-Time Medal Winner Since 1991 (World Champion, Platinum, Gold, Silver)Great American Beer Festival Awards5-Time Medal Winner Since 1991 (Gold, Silver)Here is their website and twitter addresses:
Website: www.greatlakesbrewing.com
Twitter: @GLBC_Cleveland
Closing, there is not too many craft breweries out there that has a dark beer as their flagship beer. Great Lakes Brewery is known for this brew. It is a nice English style porter and it is one that the craft beer drinkers use to compare to other porters. This beer is Midwest go to porter and dark beer. There is some nice tasting notes that will have you coming back to even in the hot summer days. It is really a sipping beer but some people make it a drinkable beer. This is one of my favorite English porters. I love it. I wished they did other versions in package. I mean a vanilla bean, cherry, etc versions of the porter. I know do it in draft but I am talking package. Speaking of package, I wish this beer was in cans and I pretty stun this brewery does not put any of their beers in cans. I highly recommend this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
Cheers!
Bill DJ Weiser
Email: djweiser16@gmail.com
Twitter: @djweiser
Instagram: @djweiser13
New Beer Blog Great Lakes Brewery Eliot Ness Amber Lager
Great Lakes Brewery Elliot Ness Amber Lager is the feature brewery and beer in this beer blog. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this Midwest Craft Brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this Ohio base craft brewery. Let us get into this Amber Lager.
This Amber Lager has a clean Amber color with a white constant head. The aroma has a sweet malty to hints of caramel and candy notes. The taste of this medium body has a sweet malty to caramel notes with a smooth crisp aftertaste. It is extremely drinkable beer.
Here is a description from the beer bottle:
In memory of Eliot Ness and his paddy wagon of guilty criminals, we have the “Fatty Wagon” (minus the criminals). Our eco-friendly Fatty Wagon and beer delivery truck both run or straight vegetable oil (SVO), which results in lower toxic emissions and a 25% savings over the cost of regular diesel fuel.
named after the one-time Cleveland Safety Director who frequented the original bar that is now the Great Lakes Brewpub, our deep amber lager has a faint hop nose and a slightly sweet finish.
In keeping with the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516, this beer is traditionally brewed from all natural ingredients: barley, hops, yeast, and water. No chemicals or preservatives are used.
Here is a description from their website (www.greatlakesbrewing.com):
Eliot Ness® Amber Lager | Great Lakes Brewing Company//
Admittedly, it’s a bit of a paradox to name our Amber Lager for history’s most famous agent of prohibition. But it’s a smooth, malty (and dare we say, arresting?) paradox.
Flavor: Almost untouchably smooth–armed with lightly toasted malts and noble hops.Packaging:
- 6-pack
- Draft
Glassware:
- Mug
ABV: 6.1%IBU: 27Pairs WithSmoked meats, hearty breads, and a classy fedoraBeer Availability:
- Year-Round Beer
World Beer Championships: 12-Time Award Winner Since 1995 (Gold, Silver)Here is their website and twitter addresses:
Website: www.greatlakesbrewing.com
Twitter:
Closing, I am a little slow but I am starting to realize that Great Lakes Brewery makes some great beers. I love their porter, pale ale, and their golden lager. I will be adding this brew to that list. There is a nice balance in this amber lager. This beer has a nice smooth creamy aftertaste. I love the caramel notes and the overall balance in this beer. This is a great Amber Lager. I love it. I will be adding this beer in the later summer and fall days. This beer and banana bread beer will a nice break in the fall from all the pumpkin and Octoberfest brews. I highly recommend this beer. Plus, this beer is so much better than Samuel Adams Boston Lager and Brooklyn Lager. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
Cheers!
Bill DJ Weiser
Email: djweiser16@gmail.com
Twitter: @djweiser
Instagram: @djweiser13
New Beer Blog Great Lakes Brewery Alberta Clipper Porter
In this beer blog, we are going to get into another brew from Great Lakes Brewery. It is Alberta Clipper Porter. I just realize that I have not blogged about their seasonals and special releases. I am going to be blogging about their everyday beers here soon. if you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know they history of this Midwest craft brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this Ohio base craft brewery. Let us get into this brew.
It has a jet black color with a constant tan or a light brown color head. The aroma has a heavy raspberries notes. The taste has a smooth chocolate to light raspberry notes with a nice chocolate aftertaste. It is pretty drinkable even though it is almost 8%.
Here is a description from the beer bottle:
Bid farewell to winter’s cruel tyranny with the creamy, bittersweet dark chocolate flavors and fresh raspberry tartness of Alberta Clipper Porter. Named for the intense winter storms that sweep the Midwest and Great Lakes Regions, making us all a little tougher (and a lot colder), Alberta Clipper is the perfect treat to celebrate the return of wintry winds goodbye . . . at least for a little while.
Here is their website and twitter addresses:
Website: www.greatlakesbrewing.com
Twitter: @GLBC_cleveland
In the end, I love their special release and seasonal beers from Great Lakes Brewery. If anyone in craft beer world to make a special porter, let it be Great Lakes Brewery. The raspberry is not over powering in this beer. It is heavy in the aroma. There is a nice balance and it is really smooth brew. I like it. I will get more. I cannot wait to see the new labels next season. This is the last seasonal and limited release to have their old labels. You will start to see new labels from Great Lakes Brewery. Of course, the liquid will stay the same. I highly recommend this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
Cheers!
Bill DJ Weiser
Email: djweiser16@gmail.com
Twitter: @djweiser
Instagram: @djweiser13
New Beer Blog Great Lakes Brewing Oktoberfest (2014)
In this fall beer blog, we are going to get into this year’s Great Lakes Brewing Oktoberfest. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this Midwest Craft Brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this Ohio craft brewery. Let us get into this fall beer.
It has a clear copper color with a white constant head. The aroma has a sweet malty to caramel notes. The taste has a depth of sweet malt, slight caramel, and nut notes. The aftertaste has a dry crisp malty finish. It is a pretty drinkable fall beer.
Here is a description from the beer bottle:
Our Oktoberfest is the noble brother of the Vienna lager…. As if wearing “lederhosen” and getting your “oompah” on didn’t make you noble enough. Oh, and enjoy this German lager in our energy effcient Beer Garden, complete with a retractable roof, straw bale wall and radiant heat fireplace and floor.
Cleveland’s celebration of Oktoberfest dates to the mid 1800s when German immigrants gathered at outdoor beer gardens like Haltnorth’s and Kindvater’s St Clair Gardens. Our amber lager with rich malt flavor and noble hops honors Cleveland’s diverse cultural heritage.
In keeping with the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516, this beer is traditionally brewed from all natural ingredients: barley, hops, yeast and water. no chemicals or preservatives are used.
Here is a description from their website (www.greatlakesbrewing.com):
An amber lager with rich malt flavor balanced by fragrant noble hops.
Here is their website and twitter addresses:
Website: www.greatlakesbrewing.com
Twitter: @GLBC_Cleveland
Closing, it has been forever since I had a Great Lakes Oktoberfest. I was happy to get a bottle in my hand. I have to say I was not disappointed. So far, this year’s fall seasonals has not been disappointing asides New Belgian Brewery Tour De Fall. I am not going to get into it on this review. Just like Goose Island Oktoberfest, there is some nice depth of malty notes. I am getting some nice hints of sweet caramel notes. It is nice drinkable and easy to drink beer. It is true to the classic beer style and I will have a few more pints before the end of the season. I highly recommend this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
Cheers!
Bill DJ Weiser
Email: djweiser16@gmail.com
Twitter: @djweiser
Instagram: @djweiser13
New Beer Blog Great Lakes Brewing Blackout Stout
Lights out, we are going to sample a beer from Great Lakes Brewing that was named after the “Blackout Of 2003.” It is their Blackout Stout. If you read my earlier beer blog on their Christmas Ale, you know history of this Ohio brewery. If you have not, please, read that beer blog to get to know this craft brewery. Let us get into the beer.
This stout has a jet black color without a head. The smell of this Russian Imperial Stout has a chocolate to coffee notes. The taste is a creamy chocolate with notes of burned malt with a slight burned chocolate bitterest. It is a sipping stout.
Here is a description from the beer bottle:
Our robust Blackout Stout is named after the infamous “Blackout of 2003” that left the northeastern United States without power for days…. A nuisance for some, an enjoyable 36 hours of energy conservation and beer drinking with neighbors for others
Who needs the power grid when you’ve got the full moon, bright stars, good friends and Blackout Stout, our Russian Imperial Stout with a hearty malt body and bold hop favor.
Here is their website and twitter addresses:
Website: www.greatlakesbrewing.com
Twitter:
@GLBC_ClevelandLights back on, I enjoyed this brew and I forgot how good this brew really is. Every year this beer is released. I used to pick up a few like a few years ago and I would see it. I keep forgetting to pick up. Shame on me, this is a great stout. I almost want to make a road trip to try this as a barrel aged stout. This is a nice sipping Imperial Stout. I love the chocolate and slight coffee notes. I know there is a code date but I could see this brew aging well in the bottle. This is on my own thing and it did not come from the brewery. I highly recommend this brew and I would hunt it down before it disappear until next season. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
Cheers!
Bill DJ Weiser
Email: djweiser13@comcast.net
Twitter: @djweiser
New Beer Blog Great Lakes Christmas Ale
In this winter beer blog, we are going to get into another beer from this program at Countryside beer. The brew that will be featured is Great Lakes Christmas Ale. Great Lakes Brewery was founded in 1988 by Patrick and Daniel Conway in Cleveland, Ohio. Great Lakes Brewery brews several different beer styles. Let us get into the beer.
It has a nice clear copper color without a head on the beer. The smell is a cinnamon, nutmeg, and candy canes. The taste is a sweet carbonation cinnamon overload. This beer is like drinking a candy cane in a liquid form. There is a little cinnamon aftertaste. It is really not drinkable but it is on the borderline.
Here is a description from the beer bottle:
Our full-bodied, spirited ale is as festive as the season. Its copper color and flavorful taste are a combination of cinnamon, ginger and honey, so we ask that you “savor the flavor, responsibly ”
This beer is traditionally brewed from all natural ingredients: barley, hops, yeast, and water. No chemicals or preservatives are used.
Here is a description from their website (www.greatlakesbrewing.com):
A holiday ale brewed with honey and spiced with fresh ginger and cinnamon.
Here is their website and twitter addresses:
Website: www.greatlakesbrewing.com
Twitter: @glbc_cleveland
In closing, this beer is one I will have one and I need to move onto another beer. This does not mean this is a bad beer. It is way too sweet to have one or more to me. This beer is perfect for holiday desserts. I did enjoy drinking and I try to have a few during every winter season. If you like winter beers with ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg, I recommend you trying this beer. I have a feeling you will enjoy this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/
Merry Christmas and Cheers!
Bill DJ Weiser
Email: djweiser13@comcast.net
Twitter: @djweiser
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