Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster
12OZ bottle at about cellar temperature. best before date of 7-18-2010. pours a cloudy golden orange amberish color with a big 3 fingers of off white head. fades to a thin layer which stays for awhile. tons of foamy sticky lace. that seems to be everywhere on the glass. not a huge hop aroma, but its there. alcohol noticable as well as some caramel malt sweetness. resiny, piney, grassy hops are somewhat noticable, mostly grassy. kind of surprising for this big, well tasting DIPA. really well balanced taste. lots of tasty caramel malt sweetness that so smoothly blends with resiny, piney, tropical fruity hops. pienapple definatly noticable, as well as a little grassy. hints of alcohol noticable throughout. finishs resiny with a lingering hop bitterness. i really love the hop flavors in this, soo good. great mouthfeel, oh so smooth and almost velvety. medium to heavy body. resiny on the palate. for as big a beer as it is, its really goes down easy. i could definatly have a couple of these in a session, if it wasnt for the big ABV. this is a great new beer from a great brewery, get it if you can. goes to show the east coast has got it goin on too when it comes to big ipas.