Nosferatu

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:54 pm

Just thought I'd take the time to point out that Great Lakes' Nosferatu is now available in local store shelves (Anderson's, Joseph's, Stimmels, etc).

This is probably my very favorite beer, and definitely is my favorite from Great Lakes. Any beer geeks here like myself should run out and give it a try. This is what the GL website has to say about it:

Nosferatu

Highly hopped stock ale rich with flavor, yet remarkably balanced.

ABV: 8.0% ABW: 6.4% IBU: 75

TYPE/STYLE:
Red Ale: A strong red ale brewed with North American hops and cascades.

FOOD COMPLEMENTS:
Red meats, strong cheeses and spicy dishes.

BRAND NAME:
Named after the notorious German vampire from the 1920s film era.

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:07 pm

I've picked it up and put it down 3 times at least in the past couple weeks. This time I'll buy it. Thanks for the recommendation, Bri!

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:12 pm

ZiggyZoomba wrote:I've picked it up and put it down 3 times at least in the past couple weeks. This time I'll buy it. Thanks for the recommendation, Bri!

No prob, it's great stuff. Not as purely hoppy as an IPA, but you definitely taste the hops. You can also taste the awesome caramel malts. It really is a perfectly balanced beer...VERY drinkable for an 8.0% beer.

I had a few of them last Sunday while tailgating, I had one on draft at the GL Brewpub downtown last Saturday, and I just picked up another 4 pack for tomorrow

I really wish they'd brew & bottle this one year round.

Rightupinthere · Post by **Rightupinthere** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:17 pm

I have often spotted this brew on the shelf but never pulled the trigger. I think I will. I like all GL Brews I've tried. Dortmunder Gold is my favorite followed closely by Edmund Fitz.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:50 pm

Rightupinthere wrote:I have often spotted this brew on the shelf but never pulled the trigger. I think I will. I like all GL Brews I've tried. Dortmunder Gold is my favorite followed closely by Edmund Fitz.

Dortmunder is too boring for me, I'll drink it, but it's nothing special.

I like the Edmund Fitzgerald on cold mornings, but I'm drinking it's much better, bigger cousin right now: Blackout Stout. I opened my beer fridge, and found a bottle of Blackout from last year still. It's a great Imperial Stout...very big and roasty, a VERY good stout, much better than some light little stout like Guinness. Unfortunately my CO2 regulator went FUBAR and I don't have any homebrew on tap

Well, I've got kegs, just no way to get it out of 'em!

My favorites in order:

1. Nosferatu (seasonal)
2a. Blackout Stout Barrel aged (seasonal, pub exclusive)
2b. Blackout Stout bottled (seasonal)
3. Conway's Irish Ale (seasonal)
4. Commodore Perry IPA (newly mad year round!)
5. Eliot Ness Amber Lager (year round)
6. Oktoberfest (seasonal)
6. Edmund Fitzgerald (year round)
7. Cleveland Brown Ale (seasonal, pub exclusive)
8. Christmas Ale (seasonal)
9. Dortmunder (year round)
10. Burning River (year round)
11. Glockenspiel (pub exclusive, dunno if they do it seasonally or not)

Of course these are just the ones I have tried

I will say that I rank Glockenspiel so low because I just don't care for the style (Weizenbock). I freaking love Pale Ales, but I think Burning River is not a very good representative of the style.

Yes, I try a LOT of beers. Yes, Great Lakes is one of my favorite breweries. I would highly recommend to anyone that they stop at the pub and drink the pub exclusives. They added a Pale Ale this week that they didn't have last Saturday, unfortunately.

The Niz · Post by **The Niz** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:47 pm

How have you missed the Holy Moses Ale? Its a little girly, being brewed with citrus zest, but I'm a big fan of pale ales because I like pizza, italian, and spicey food so much.

I just picked up the GL Oktoberfest and Nosferatu this morning at stimmels to enjoy during the browns game. The vampire beer is quite good, but definately a sipper for me.

On Oktoberfest lagers: The GL Oktoberfest is disappointing me quite a bit. Its aroma is not very good for me, and the flavor tastes like something is missing. I still think Sam Adams has the best one. That said, Leinenkeugels (sorry for sp) and Worsteiner both have respectable brews for the season.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:01 pm

I have not tried the Holy Moses because it is not a Pale Ale, it's a Belgian Wit. That's one style that I really, really don't like.

The Niz · Post by **The Niz** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:42 pm

Well, forgive my mistake. Its worth the effort though.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:07 pm

Well, like I said, I don't like witbiers. I suppose if I found a single of it somewhere sometime I'd buy it just to say I had tried it, but I wouldn't expect to like it. It's just a style that I dislike, and I don't feel like buying a 6 pack of something that I know will likely end up sitting in my beer fridge for 2 years before I finally find somebody to drink them off for me

It'd be like your casual "no dark beer" drinker going out and buying a sixer of Guinness or something just because they've never tried it. I'll try almost anything, but I shy away from the Belgians because I don't like the standard flavor of them...chances are if I DID like one it would have to be a poor rendition of it.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:05 am

hammb wrote:= I'll try almost anything, but I shy away from the Belgians because I don't like the standard flavor of them.

Meeee too, chocolate bear.

PGY Tiercel · Post by **PGY Tiercel** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:53 am

hammb wrote:Well, like I said, I don't like witbiers. I suppose if I found a single of it somewhere sometime I'd buy it just to say I had tried it, but I wouldn't expect to like it. It's just a style that I dislike, and I don't feel like buying a 6 pack of something that I know will likely end up sitting in my beer fridge for 2 years before I finally find somebody to drink them off for me

It'd be like your casual "no dark beer" drinker going out and buying a sixer of Guinness or something just because they've never tried it. I'll try almost anything, but I shy away from the Belgians because I don't like the standard flavor of them...chances are if I DID like one it would have to be a poor rendition of it.

Well Hammb, you'll have to try the weizen I brewed at the game Saturday. Its not an attempt at a Belgian. I went for more of a german weizen, but I'd say it is a pretty poor rendition , other than the haze (that turned out ok)

Its drinkable, just not very close to the real thing. I'm a big fan of hofbrau's Munich weizen.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:11 am

I'll give it a try man, but I like those only marginally better than Belgians. Did you get the banana-clove flavor that is supposed to be dominant?

I STILL have a 6 pack in my closet of the weizen I made for my second ever batch of homebrew (in 2004). That was some god awful crap, lemme tell you...