Great Lakes Brewing Company

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Great Lakes Brewing Company
Great Lakes Brewing Company logo
Location 2516 Market St.
Cleveland, Ohio
United States
Coordinates 41°29′4.04N″N 81°42′15.81″W / <span class="geo-dec geo" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for Expression error: Unrecognised word "n" -81.7043917">Expression error: Unrecognised word "n", -81.7043917
Year opened 1988
Active beers
Burning River Pale Ale American Pale Ale
Commodore Perry IPA India Pale Ale
Dortmunder Gold Lager Dortmunder-style Lager
Edmund Fitzgerald Porter Porter
Eliot Ness Amber Lager Lager
Holy Moses White Ale Ale
Seasonal beers
Conway's Irish Ale Ale
Prohibition Pils Pilsner Lager
Oktoberfest Lager
Christmas Ale Spiced Beer
Blackout Stout Stout
Nosferatu Ale

Great Lakes Brewing Company is a Cleveland-based regional brewing and restaurant company which has been in operation since 1988.

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[edit] Origins

Established by brothers Patrick and Daniel Conway, Great Lakes Brewing Company started out as the first brewpub and microbrewery in the state of Ohio[1], remaining at their original location, though expanded to several adjoining properties. The brewery and restaurant are located in the Ohio City neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio across the street from St. Ignatius High School and the West Side Market. The Jesuits at St. Ignatius have blessed the brewing vats.[citation needed]

[edit] Distribution

Great Lakes' products can be found increasingly throughout the Midwest, with heavy distribution in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, though the beers can also be found throughout metro Columbus, metro Detroit and Southeast Michigan, and Indiana. Great Lakes beers can be found as far west as Illinois and Wisconsin, as far south as Lexington, KY and West Virginia, and as far east as Rochester, NY and Pennsylvania. [2]

[edit] Beers

[edit] Active Beers

Beer Name Description ABV IBU
Burning River Pale Ale Named after the infamous burning of the Cuyahoga River in 1969.[3] 6.0 45
Commodore Perry India Pale Ale Named after American Naval Officer Oliver Perry for his contributions to the War of 1812 on Lake Erie.[4] 7.5 80
Holy Moses White Ale Named after Cleveland's founder Moses Cleaveland who founded the city in 1796. 5.4 30
Dortmunder Gold Great Lakes' first beer, is a Dortmunder-style beer originally named The Heisman after the famous football player and Cleveland native.[5] 5.8 30
Edmund Fitzgerald Porter Named for the SS Edmund Fitzgerald a ship that frequented Cleveland and sunk in 1975 with many Northeastern Ohioans aboard.[6] 5.8 37
Eliot Ness Amber Lager Named after Eliot Ness the famed prohibition agent and later Director of Public Safety in Cleveland[7] 6.2 35

[edit] Seasonal Beers

Beer Pack  % ABV IBU Availability Description
Nosferatu 4 8.0 75 September-October named after the 1920s German movie Nosferatu.[8]
Blackout Stout 4 9.0 85 February-March commemorating the 2003 North America blackout.[9]
Conway's Irish Ale 6 6.5 25 January-April named after Patrick Conway, a Cleveland policeman who directed traffic for 25 years near the brewery, and the grandfather of Patrick and Daniel Conway, the owners of the Great Lakes Brewing Company.[10]
Moondog Ale 6 5.0 25 April-July [11] named for Cleveland disk jockey Alan Freed's Moondog Coronation Ball.[12]
Christmas Ale 6 7.5 40 November-December produced only during the holiday seasons, has become quite popular in the Cleveland area. The unique flavor of the beer, which Great Lakes attributes to its blend of spices, tastes of sweet barley with a hint of cinnamon and honey. During the 2007 Christmas season there was a marked shortage of Christmas Ale due to high demand. The ABV (Alcohol By Volume) is higher than the average beer at 7.5%. [13]
Oktoberfest 6 6.5 20 July-October [14]
Imperial Dortmunder 4 7.5 35 July-September 20th Anniversary Beer [15]

[edit] Pub Exclusives

Great Lakes Brewing Company brews many beers which are only available at their brewpub and restaurant in Cleveland, Ohio; or sometimes available from draft kegs in other NorthEastern Ohio pubs, and not regularly bottled for mass market distribution. [16]

[edit] What is On Tap

Great Lakes Brewing Company publishes what is currently on-tap at their brewpub and restaurant on their web site.[17]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Great Lakes Brewing Company History. Retrieved on 2007-08-03.
  2. ^ GLBC Distribution (HTML). Great Lakes Brewing Company.
  3. ^ Burning River Pale Ale (HTML) (English). Great Lakes Brewing Company. Retrieved on 2007-12-10. “Named after the infamous 1969 burning of the Cuyahoga River.”
  4. ^ Commodore Perry IPA (HTML) (English). Great Lakes Brewing Company. Retrieved on 2007-12-10. “This monumental India Pale Ale honors the hero from The War of 1812 who battled the enemy on Lake Erie.”
  5. ^ Our Story - The Beginning (HTML) (English). Great Lakes Brewing Company. Retrieved on 2007-12-10. “The first brew, a Dortmunder-style beer originally called The Heisman (named for the famed football player who lived around the corner from Great Lakes Brewing Company) was an overnight success.”
  6. ^ Edmund Fitzgerald Porter (HTML) (English). Great Lakes Brewing Company. Retrieved on 2007-12-10. “Named after the ship that frequently docked in Cleveland and sunk in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975 with many Northeast Ohioans on board.”
  7. ^ Eliot Ness Amber Lager (HTML) (English). Great Lakes Brewing Company. Retrieved on 2007-12-11. “Named after one of Cleveland's most respected safety directors who frequented the Brewpub's bar during his tenure from 1935-1941 and, according to popular legend, was responsible for the bullet holes in the bar still evident today.”
  8. ^ Nosferatu (HTML) (English). Great Lakes Brewing Company. Retrieved on 2007-12-10. “Named after the notorious German vampire from the 1920s film era.”
  9. ^ Blackout Stout (HTML) (English). Great Lakes Brewing Company. Retrieved on 2007-12-10. “Named after the infamous "Blackout of 2003" that left the northeastern United States in complete darkness, but resulted in old-fashioned neighborhood porch parties and down-home fun.”
  10. ^ Conway's Irish Ale (HTML) (English). Great Lakes Brewing Company. Retrieved on 2007-12-10. “Named after Patrick Conway, the grandfather of co-owners Patrick and Daniel Conway and a Cleveland policeman who directed traffic for 25 years near the brewery.”
  11. ^ Moondog ESB (HTML). Great Lakes Brewing Company.
  12. ^ Tim F.. Friday Beer Blogging - Another Great Brew From Erie (HTML) (English). John Cole's Balloon Juice. Retrieved on 2007-12-10. “The Moondog name comes Cleveland’s proud moment in history, the Moondog Coronation Ball.”
  13. ^ Christmas Ale (HTML). Great Lakes Brewing Company.
  14. ^ Oktoberfest (HTML). Great Lakes Brewing Company.
  15. ^ Imperial Dortmunder (HTML). Great Lakes Brewing Company.
  16. ^ Pub Exclusives (HTML). Great Lakes Brewing Company.
  17. ^ What's On Tap (HTML). Great Lakes Brewing Company.