Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale - Great Lakes Brewing Company

chilidog

Ohio

4.58/5  rDev +13.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Pours a nice copper color with classic notes. A good three-quarter inch head and nice lace. A bit of a bite to this hopped-up brew but still very smooth.Goes with anything on the grill.

Serving type: bottle

07-19-2002 04:22:59 | More by chilidog

Wildman

Ohio

4/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This beer poured out a nice light copper color. Formed a nice off white head that left some nice lace. Quite a bubbly beer, with an aroma of hops and some citrus. Nice hoppy flavor that gives it a bit of bite in its finish.

Serving type: bottle

06-22-2002 11:49:12 | More by Wildman

MTMugs

New York

3.83/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

I picked this up when I took my daughter to Oberlin College for a weekend visit. It was the highpoint of the weekend since I was stuck in the motel on my own the whole time. It has that great hoppy bite that I love, but just a touch too bubbly for me. Brought another 6 pack back home to NY and dolled it out to myself over a couple of months. Haven't found it since. Bummer

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2002 08:38:23 | More by MTMugs

packetknife

Idaho

3.9/5  rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bubbly with small bleached head. Golden in color. Smelled vaguely like chaimpagne. A bit of orange along with the hoppiness.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2002 18:10:35 | More by packetknife

stoutman

Michigan

4.33/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Tasty Pale Ale with a mild hop aftertaste. Wonderful palate and flavor. Definitely an ale drinkers ale.

Serving type: bottle

04-26-2002 20:25:56 | More by stoutman

jtw5877

Ohio

4.83/5  rDev +20.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Pours an amber orange color with a white head. Plenty of hops and more hops, What can I say, I love it. This is a great example of a great style of beer, enough malt to balance things, but alot of hops. Another great beer from Great Lakes Brewing Company.

Serving type: bottle

04-26-2002 13:08:34 | More by jtw5877

Jason

Massachusetts

4.33/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Presentation: 12oz brown with a drink before date clearly marked.

Appearance: Tarnished amber with a well formed head which clings all over the glass.

Smell: Caramel maltiness with a big floral hoppiness in the nose.

Taste: Crisp and medium bodied yet dries to the puckering point in the finish. Aggressive and sharp hop bitterness dominates the front with some notes of citrus on top. The bitterness pretty much tags along into the finish though there is a decent amount of malt character to add a depth to this brew. Underlying caramel and biscuit flavours come though middle to end which adds to this brews greatness.

Notes: Its funny, some breweries don't even brew their IPA this hoppy and/or strong. A BIG Pale Ale here with a great finish ... very impressive, one of the top pale ales I have tasted in a while.

Serving type: bottle

04-01-2002 00:36:55 | More by Jason

oberon

North Carolina

4.22/5  rDev +5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Nice hoppy flavor,not enough head though.But a well made APA,most of their beers are well made micros.

Serving type: bottle

03-01-2002 08:46:59 | More by oberon

John

New York

4.45/5  rDev +10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

An excellent pale. Highly hopped but balanced.

Serving type: bottle

10-01-2001 11:13:44 | More by John

bk3nj

New Jersey

3.9/5  rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

You gotta love micro-brews. a nice pale ale.

Serving type: bottle

07-06-2001 12:29:51 | More by bk3nj