Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Aromas are a blend of citrus, malt, stone fruit and resin. Flavors are similar to nose and just okay. Nothing is especially fresh or well blended/balanced. Drinkable but nothing more.
Gluepot (959) reviewed Chillwave from Great Lakes Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 16
A lovely red/gold body with a healthy, well laced off-white head. A soft nose features fresh grapefruit and lemon with caramel malt. This beer has a really nice blend of fresh fruity hops including grapefruit, lime, kiwi, melon and orange. A mild soapiness is appealing. Pepper and light caramel malt round out the taste profile. The body is slick and slight above average in density. Carbonation is light but appropriate. The finish is fruity with a controlled sweetness
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
a: pitch black body | thinnish fast-dying tan head
a: brine | alcohol (duh!) | licorice notes
f: brewed coffee | soy sauce | roasted oatmeal finish
t: walnuts | permanent marker | bourbon ending
o: rich malts throughout | bitterness prevails | strong, but slightly rounded...this must have been super pungent when fresh!
65 cL bottle | Costco: Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia | 02-September-2018 | US$8,99 | 30th Anniversary Labeling | sampled: just over seven years after purchase, on 12-September-2025
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pour is a dark clear copper with a large bone white head. Aroma is malty but also tootsie roll sweet. Flavor is again malty but also way sweet. Some dark fruit hit on the back end. A bit too sweet for my liking.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
12 oz can from Beerbox. Pours clear deep golden with a one+ finger bone-white head with decent retention. Aroma is bready, grassy, metallic. Taste has a bready malt sweetness backed by moderate hop bitterness, finishing dry.
Olut (21769) reviewed Christmas Ale from Great Lakes Brewing 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Just the 146 days left to go until Christmas Day, so this drink is coming a little early, although it was bought for me as a present by my sister for the last one. Lightly spiced sugary seasonal effort - it's not a particularly summery summer day today so this beer downs the palate well enough with plenty of strength and body
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Midwest Hazy IPA from Great Lakes Brewing 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Sample at Eclipse Company Store as part of Ohio Brew Week on 07/18/2025. Hazy yellow-gold color with a medium thin foamy bright white head that dissipates quickly to a film. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of floral hops, tropical fruit and malt. Light-bodied with flavors of floral hops, citrus and tropical fruits, and biscuit malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a fruity hop aftertaste. Decent overall.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at Eclipse Company Store as part of Ohio Brew Week on 07/18/2025. Hazy orange pour with a medium bone white head that diminishes steadily to a film. Sticky strings of lacing. Aroma of floral hops, citrus and malt. Medium body with flavors of floral hop, pithy grapefruit, stone fruits and biscuit malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a fruity hop aftertaste. Above average overall.
trapped (8300) reviewed Midwest Hazy IPA from Great Lakes Brewing 7 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Pours cloudy lemon yellow with a small foamy whitish head, citrus aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter citrus peel taste with faint pineapple, thin body, long medium bitter finish, Decent, not terribly remarkable.