Lake Erie Monster
Great Lakes Brewing in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.19
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Issue a small craft advisory: this South Bay Bessie-inspired brew launches an intense hop attack amid torrid tropical fruit flavors.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber (fresh from Great Lakes today). Pours a light orange with a dense head and aromas of citrus (oranges and lemons), grass and a little honey. Flavor is very good... there is enough hops and alcohol to balance against the sweet malt and keep this from heading toward cloying. That said, it does have considerable honey sweetness, a creamy flavor and texture and a nice alcohol bite to it. Finishes with alcoholic warmth and citrusy hops. Very pleasant. (Oh... and props for the new label... it is really cool.)
Tried
on 20 Aug 2009
at 18:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
660 ml bottle. Hazy orange body with a big, creamy off-white head. Aroma is mainly hops, but not very intense. Flavor is sweet malt, balanced bitter, some pine. This IPA is quite sweet and not very bitter, still quite balanced and kind. Medium body and a long (mild) bitter finish. I like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2009
at 12:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is hop, citrus, malt. flavour is hop, citrus, sweet, malt. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2008
at 02:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 22oz. It pours a slightly unclear golden body with an off-white head diminishing rather quickly. Hop-driven aroma leaving room for the sugary malts. Pine and resin. Sure nice, but a bit gentle maybe. Very sugary flavor, sure on the malty side, with pine and resin. Full body. Long finish with sugary malts, resin and pine. Delicious, but not in the west coast way. (080626)
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2008
at 15:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bomber sent south by crizay, thanks Chris. Shared with fordest, padrefan98 and toncatcher. Pours a hazy orange with off white head. The taste comes off pretty sweet and chewy with malts that give way to mild grapefruit hop bitterness and then sweet late addition to the boil grapefruit hop flavor. Not a big hop bomb for sure as most IIPAs. But nice and tasty.
Tried
on 15 Nov 2007
at 22:20
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottled. A hazy orange beer with a lazing white head. The aroma is sweet spicy combined with light notes of malt. The flavor is sweet malty with light notes of citrus and straw, leading to a dry bitter finish. I’m not overly impressed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2007
at 17:51
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of SS: Poured a deep copper color ale with a big foamy head with excellent retention and some good lacing. Aroma of yellow grapefruit, floral and bitter hops is quite sublime and well balance for a style that does produce quite a lot of unbalanced beers. Taste is dominated by the yellow grapefruit characteristics of the hops with some floral malt notes and a bitter finish. Body is quite full with some great carbonation and no alcohol could be detected. Very well done for the style and something I wish I could have access to more often.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2007
at 13:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of Storm/sliffy. Cloudy, amber golden with an off-white head. Fat aroma of citrus and oily hops. Quite full-bodied with sweetish caramel, spicy with a very hoppy finish. OK if not exactly outstanding. 310807
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2007
at 07:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cloudy orange-amber color. Good hopping, powerful and resiny, a bit fuity (bitter oranges); but the sweetness and malt flavor are not enough for me; there is also a light vegetables touch. Good.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2007
at 13:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
RBSG07. From 75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a orange head. Aroma is lovely fruity hops with a note of grapefruit. Flavour is malty sweet and fruity sweet as well, well balanced. Finish is sweet malty. 7-4-8-4-16=3.9
75 cL bottle, thanks to sk8viking. Pours hazy orange with a white lacing head. Soapy aroma with a slight fruity note. Flavour is malty sweet, raisin notes. Finish is grapefruity to dry bitter finish. Nice.7-4-7-4-15
75 cL bottle, thanks to sk8viking. Pours hazy orange with a white lacing head. Soapy aroma with a slight fruity note. Flavour is malty sweet, raisin notes. Finish is grapefruity to dry bitter finish. Nice.7-4-7-4-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2007
at 16:15