New Grist Pilsner
Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
4.48
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An all-sorghum beer. New Grist, a beer for Celiacs brewed from sorghum and gluten-free yeast grown on molasses.
New Grist is the first “official” gluten free beer in the U.S., although it cannot technically be called “gluten-free” until established governmental guidelines are determined for all products claiming “gluten-free” status. In the interim, this Celiac-safe beer can be called “barley-free,” and is a welcome product to those who need to live on restricted diets due to intolerance to gluten, a protein found in common brewing grains such as barley, wheat, rye, oats, spelt, kamut and triticale.
New Grist is the first “official” gluten free beer in the U.S., although it cannot technically be called “gluten-free” until established governmental guidelines are determined for all products claiming “gluten-free” status. In the interim, this Celiac-safe beer can be called “barley-free,” and is a welcome product to those who need to live on restricted diets due to intolerance to gluten, a protein found in common brewing grains such as barley, wheat, rye, oats, spelt, kamut and triticale.
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4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
A strange, but not unpleasant aroma. Something of yeast, fruit and honey. Pale brassy color with a frothy white head that laced a very little. Something of a berry aroma as the glass approaches the lips. Near medium mouthfeel. There is indeed a cideriness here. Maybe with a bit of citrus. It does tend towards sour rather than sweet. Leaves something of a herb/veg mouth coat. Finishes with no bitter and a little citrus sour in the back of the mouth. Probably an acquired taste, but really not a bad thing.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2007
at 00:40
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Orange, honey and white pepper aroma. Bright yellow with a nice big head. Lemon-orange malt with moderate carbonation. Light fruity beer - wish it had more sorghum flavor personally, however sorghum isn’t exactly a flavor most people like.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2007
at 20:04
2.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
bottle - Pours clear, piss yellow with a thin head. It smells like sugar and rice. It’s sweet, watery, highly carbonated, and tastes rather like a weak apple cider. In short, it sucks. I never thought I’d say this, but Anheuser Busch does it better (sorghum beer, that is).
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2007
at 23:02
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pretty much like a macro, but I thought it was pretty crisp. Odd having a gluten free beer though.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2006
at 19:48
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle pours a pale orange with a fizzy coarse white head that is but a fleeting memory after a few seconds. Aroma is of leather and fruity. Tastes sour and cardboardy. Fruity and sweet. Of apples and pears as well. Verry odd. Not as bad as I feard, which is about all I can say. Thanks to Pinkzambia for sharing this one. I hear spooning with porcupines is becoming quite popular.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2006
at 21:53
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Pale orange body, thin to almost absent off-white head. Fleeting aroma with grain husks and a strange sour character. The same sourness is the defining characteristic of the lifeless body, which reminds me of significantly watered-down apple juice with a peculiar aftertaste that only becomes apparent after swallowing the "beer." I applaud the brewery for developing a beer possibly safe for Celiacs, but this about as good as gluten-free rice- or tapioca-based bread. Which means not very.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Oct 2006
at 21:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear fizzy golden color with a thin white head. Faint sweet aroma. Sweet fruity flavor, almost hints of candi sugar.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2006
at 20:27
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Pour is a bright yellow with a white head. Aroma is very sweet. Flavor is also very sweet and thick. Almost a winey vinagar hits the tounge after the first sip. Im not sure what sorghum tastes like but im sure its in there somwwhere. If you not a fan of a pale lager this is not the beer for you. Very sweet and bland.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2006
at 19:14
2.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 4
Strange but a respectable attempt at something different. Odd aromas including rice and other cereals, pickles and canned green olives. Light gold and lightly carbonated; like an ordinary pale lager. Flavor is light as well, like a lager with a vegetal flavor I am not familar with on the back of the tongue.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2006
at 12:34