Gulo Gulo Lager - Wolverine State Brewing Company

buschbeer

Ohio

3.81/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

64 ounce growler
Served in a pilsner glass

A - It is a nice amber color and crystal clear. The first pour yielded me three quarters of a glass of off-white to beige head.

S - I get lots of citrus and tropical fruit. There is a little caramel malt in there to balance it.

T - The taste has some of the tropical fruit and citrus that I noticed in the smell. I also get a little pine. It has a pretty clean finish.

M - Moderate

O - This beer is listed as an India Pale Lager. I think we need a new category here on BA. It was a nice variation of a lager. It is not a flavorful as an IPA, but this is quite a good lager. I have had it a couple times and is a nice change of pace.

Serving type: growler

05-26-2013 23:52:29 | More by buschbeer

smalenberg

Michigan

3.43/5  rDev -11.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Interesting take on the IPA by lagering, making it an "IPL". A little heavy on the Cascade hops for my tastes (I know the tendency with American IPA is to be "all grapefruit, all the time", but too me it makes a dynamic beer style very one dimensional). There is an ester note coming through, perhaps from the yeast strain, that gives an almost candy-like sweetness as well. Medium body with long lasting highly citrus hop oil aftertaste that has a drying effect on the palate.

Serving type: on-tap

12-02-2012 16:21:54 | More by smalenberg

aasher

Indiana

4/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This growler is courtesy of a coworker who picked it up early this week. The growler was labeled as "IPL", India Pale Lager. Very interesting. It pours a light bodied, bright bronze in color with a slight white lacing around the glass. The aromas are slightly hoppy, with a piney presence. It has the soft malt characteristics of a lager but the stickiness and pine resin of an IPA show through. It's interesting. It tastes of sticky, piny hops with a slight hoppy, yet this lager-esque bitterness. It's interesting. It drinks pretty light and is somewhat sessionable. It drinks fine and is an interesting hybrid. Overall it's a fine beer, yet a tweener and in between styles.

Serving type: growler

09-04-2011 18:30:19 | More by aasher

schmidtn

Michigan

3.93/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

This is a strong lager. Well Hopped. Golden in color with a slight haze.

Smell leaned more toward hops than malt. But the aroma hops seems light.

Taste is light in the malt area and strong with the bittering hops.

Lightly carbonated helps the malt taste come through. The hops lingers on the palette

Nice brew. Try it.

Serving type: on-tap

04-04-2011 21:25:10 | More by schmidtn