Lake Erie Monster
Great Lakes Brewing in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.19
|
|
Issue a small craft advisory: this South Bay Bessie-inspired brew launches an intense hop attack amid torrid tropical fruit flavors.
Sign up to add a tick or review
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks to Brentfeesh for sending this hand bottled sample to me! The pour is a dark orange with a slight haze under an average sized head. Malty pine aroma comes easily. Lightly sweet with a good hoppy bitterness to balance things out nicely, all delivered with a full, smooth mouth feel. Very nice IIPA indeed. Thanks Brent!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2006
at 17:36
8.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Cask version at Barley’s 3rd Annual Mini RAF (04/16/05): Pours a murky orange color with a thin off-white head. Thin lacing too. Nice hoppy and citrusy aroma. Medium-bodied and very smooth with a subtle but persistent hops flavor. This reminded me very much of the DFH 90 Minute on tap, which is definitely a good thing. There are also some citrus and pine flavors. The finish is slick and rather bitter. All in all this was a great way to kick off the event, an Imperial IPA as good as I knew GLBC could do it.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Apr 2005
at 22:58