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Great Lakes Christmas Ale

Great Lakes Brewing Company
Cleveland, OH, United States of America


Vital Statistics

Release: Limited Rotating (vintaged)
ABV: 7.5%
Bitterness: 30 IBU

Average Scores

Overall: 55 (logged 5 times)
Bottle: 55 (logged 5 times)

Who's been drinking this

2021 release
Why do I do this every year? I remember I don't enjoy it. The data indicates that I don't enjoy it. Yet here we are. This beer is a metaphor for online dating.
Bottle at Home
2020 release
Bottle at Home
2014 release
Same problem as with other spice beers, the spices add a bitterness to the beer that I can't seem to enjoy. Marked spice flavors, although less then in the 12 Dogs of Chrismas. I'm getting some yeasty bread flavors and some kind of very faint fruity aftertaste. Would rank this one higher than the 12 Dogs of Christmas were it not for it's funky wet dog/cereal smell that is also very present in the aftertaste.
2014 release
2014 release
Side-by-side, this is lighter in color than the Thirsty Dog, and while it exhibits the same spice hints in the smell it also had a bit of a tart smell. That didn't come out in the flavor, which was more of a grassy caramel malt flavor reminiscent of Alaskan Amber or a Vienna Lager. I thought it was just a tiny bit limp, but better than the Thirsty Dog.