35th Anniversary Barrel Aged Imperial Amber
Great Lakes Brewing in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Amber / Vienna Special|
Score
7.41
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Join our 35th anniversary celebration with this limited edition Imperial Amber Lager inspired by one of our original 1988 recipes, aged in Bulleit™ bourbon barrels.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a mostly clear deep amber with a small head. The aroma is of oaky bourbon and caramel malt. The flavor is sweet and malty with ample bourbon. It’s full bodied and kind of boozy, a tasty, warming brew.
Tried
on 19 Sep 2024
at 05:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Bold, rich, but smoother than most of its peers. Not unlike a Winter Warmer at times, but bolder. Beastly, unique stuff. Wish Great Lakes would make more interesting stuff like this instead of all the flavored crap they seem intent on pushing. Intense.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2024
at 04:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle. Mahogany brown color has reddish highlights.nsmall creamy beige cap. Sweet toasted malt aroma hints at oak and bourbon. Flavor is sweet dark malt, dark dried fruit and oak. Added notes of vanilla and Demerara sugar. Smooth, yet complex. Bourbon and toffee come through on the backend.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2024
at 05:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at Daily Growler Powell during the Trillmas Party on 12/22/2023 (as Barrel Aged Eliot Ness).
Tried
from Growler
on 21 Jan 2024
at 18:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cherry, vanilla, bourgon, caramel malt, and hay aroma. Dark amber with small head. Very sweet vanilla, cherry, caramel malt, and mildly bitter fresh hay flavor. Good body - moderately boozy bourbon finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2024
at 01:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz. bottle, pours a clear dark amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out sweet caramel malt, bready notes, and some bourbon barrels. Flavour is rich and complex, with lots of bourbon barrels, caramel malt, and some gentle bready notes. Adequately sweet, with a good bourbon presence. This works surprisingly well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2023
at 04:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Brown with red highlights and a small tan head. Whiskey, brown sugar, toasty malt, dough and dark fruit. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2023
at 20:23
