The Great Lakes Brewing Co was founded in Cleveland in 1988. Since then, they have been making some of the best beer around. They also have a habit of winning a lot of awards. They have a pub/restaurant in Cleveland, in the Ohio City neighborhood, where they have all of their normal beers, plus the occasional really limited production brew, on tap. The restaurant/pub is located at 2516 Market Avenue, between W. 25 and W 26 St., just north of Lorain, in Cleveland. They also maintain a web presence where they sell all sorts of beer related merchandise, but alas, no beer, at www.greatlakesbrewing.com.
The beers offered by the Great Lakes Brewing Co are as follows.
Dortmunder Gold
Eliot Ness
Burning River Pale Ale
Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
- Type: Ale/Porter
- Awards received: World Beer Championships, Chicago, IL Gold Medal 2000,1996,1994, World Beer Cup-Silver,1998 Bronze,1997, Great American Beer Festival, Denver, CO, Gold Medal -1993,1991
The Holy Moses
- Type: Ale/Belgian Wit
- Awards received: Silver Medal - 2001 World Beer Championships, Chicago, IL, Exceptional Ale/Belgian Wit - 2000 World Beer Championships, Chicago, IL, Gold Medal - 1996 World Beer Championships, Chicago, IL, Silver Medal - 1995 World Beer Championships, Chicago, IL
Conway’s Irish Ale
Christmas Ale
Moondog Ale
The Dortmunder Gold really is as good you might guess. I also enjoy the Edmund Fitzgerald Poter. So give me enough notice before the next E2 gathering and I will be sure to bring some.