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(Cleveland Scene)		If you're a brewery, what do you do with the leftover beer? If you're Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland, Ohio, you make it into ice cream (clevescene.com)		126
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Pud

2011-10-18 09:43:53 PM

Asa Phelps

2011-10-18 09:51:57 PM

I recognize those words but i have never seen them together like that.

horse-pheathers

2011-10-18 10:14:38 PM

Asa Phelps: I recognize those words but i have never seen them together like that.

Indeed...what is this "leftover beer" concept and why does it leave me feeling vaguely....ill?

rustypouch

2011-10-18 10:17:10 PM

SilentStrider

2011-10-18 10:24:57 PM

rustypouch: horse-pheathers: Asa Phelps: I recognize those words but i have never seen them together like that.

Indeed...what is this "leftover beer" concept and why does it leave me feeling vaguely....ill?

I don't understand either.

I came to this thread hoping I could find an answer.

cretinbob

2011-10-18 10:40:24 PM

This article never gets old

Jamdug!

2011-10-18 11:10:24 PM

That sounds disgusting.

shivashakti

2011-10-18 11:23:20 PM

Ben & Jerry's put out a Black & Tan ice cream a while back. It was pretty tasty.

OregonVet

2011-10-19 12:00:03 AM

Not against making a beer ice cream. But GLB is sucky-ass beer with good promotion.

teto85

2011-10-19 01:45:11 AM

That'll go great with chocolate covered bacon.

MMMMMMMMM beer, bacon, chocolate. MMMMMMMMM

But like others posting, I wonder about this "leftover beer" That means it was not consumed. What kind of beer is not consumed?

NobleHam

2011-10-19 05:40:39 AM

Aside from the "leftover beer" problem which has been covered, beer ice cream sounds pretty shiatty. I'd prefer the two in separate containers.

puffy999

2011-10-19 05:41:12 AM

Perhaps the brewery could not fill orders for kegs, due to the economy. Perhaps they didn't obtain enough bottles or brewed too much. Perhaps they just realized they were going to make more money, and obtain more marketing, by selling the beer for ice cream as opposed to squeezing a few more pennies out by marketing the hell out of it to bars a distance away from town?

puffy999

2011-10-19 05:42:05 AM

All I know is, I have a $2 coupon for Guinness Black Lager or Guinness. I will definitely be using it.

D_S_W

2011-10-19 05:44:56 AM

As someone who's in the process of starting a microbrewery in Australia, where it's farking hot, I'm intrigued.

ground.zero.guy

2011-10-19 05:49:43 AM

gag

Martman888

2011-10-19 06:02:32 AM

OregonVet: Not against making a beer ice cream. But GLB is sucky-ass beer with good promotion.

Everyone's got their own tastes, but gotta say I disagree with you there. So do a bunch others:

GLBC Reviews (new window)

Love me some great lakes. Currently living in Kazakhstan, and (good god the shiat that passes as beer here) can't wait to get back home and crack open a dort in a few months

GonzoNihilist

2011-10-19 06:04:06 AM

Their is only one byproduct that comes from beer that I can think of, and it's not ice cream.

UltimateNimrod

2011-10-19 06:08:20 AM

I grew up going to Stroh's Ice Cream parlors in the Detroit area.

Andromeda

2011-10-19 06:13:56 AM

Damn...

I left/escaped Cleveland a few months ago to move to Holland where we have good beer, but one of the few things I still miss about the city is the Great Lakes Brewery. Incredible place with great beers, and the city population's more than passing obsession with the Christmas Ale is rather well founded. I guarantee this ice cream will sell well.

Trick tho about the Christmas Ale is the recipe changes each year a bit. So while I really liked the one two years ago I wasn't as big a fan of this past year's.

Andromeda

2011-10-19 06:14:43 AM

Martman888: OregonVet: Not against making a beer ice cream. But GLB is sucky-ass beer with good promotion.

Everyone's got their own tastes, but gotta say I disagree with you there. So do a bunch others:

GLBC Reviews (new window)

Love me some great lakes. Currently living in Kazakhstan, and (good god the shiat that passes as beer here) can't wait to get back home and crack open a dort in a few months

This.

What are you doing in Kazakhstan btw? Not a usual thing to read around here.

bradleycsimpson

2011-10-19 06:30:59 AM

Andromeda: Damn...

I left/escaped Cleveland a few months ago to move to Holland where we have good beer, but one of the few things I still miss about the city is the Great Lakes Brewery. Incredible place with great beers, and the city population's more than passing obsession with the Christmas Ale is rather well founded. I guarantee this ice cream will sell well.

Trick tho about the Christmas Ale is the recipe changes each year a bit. So while I really liked the one two years ago I wasn't as big a fan of this past year's.

This. Specifically the recipe part. Two years ago, drinking a Christmas Ale was like drinking pure crack laced with sugar and cinnamon while Jesus punched my most hated enemy in the face. Last year, it was only like drinking nicotine. It was good, but I broke the mental need for it in three days.

Martman888

2011-10-19 06:31:37 AM

Andromeda: Martman888: OregonVet: Not against making a beer ice cream. But GLB is sucky-ass beer with good promotion.

Everyone's got their own tastes, but gotta say I disagree with you there. So do a bunch others:

GLBC Reviews (new window)

Love me some great lakes. Currently living in Kazakhstan, and (good god the shiat that passes as beer here) can't wait to get back home and crack open a dort in a few months

This.

What are you doing in Kazakhstan btw? Not a usual thing to read around here.

Second year of a Masters program, first year of which was at the University of Glasgow and the second at the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Strategic Research. Originally from Cleveland, nearby it anyway (Perry), and I will stand by Great Lakes Brewing Company any day of the week. Nothing like going down to the west side market on to pick up some tasty olives and stopping by the GLBC brewpup for spicy mustard and pretzels before the drive home.

Andromeda

2011-10-19 06:44:53 AM

Martman888: Second year of a Masters program, first year of which was at the University of Glasgow and the second at the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Strategic Research. Originally from Cleveland, nearby it anyway (Perry), and I will stand by Great Lakes Brewing Company any day of the week. Nothing like going down to the west side market on to pick up some tasty olives and stopping by the GLBC brewpup for spicy mustard and pretzels before the drive home.

Wow, that is... decidedly different for a Clevelander. And awesome.

I miss the West Side Market. Not to say that there aren't cool markets here, but the fact that it was indoors had huge sway for me on bad weather days- nothing better than taking a break to get a bratwurst roll and going up onto the balcony to eat it by sitting above the radiator and people watching. Unless you went to the cupcake place for a red velvet. Then stopped off by GLB on the way back.

VTEX

2011-10-19 06:48:24 AM

"Leftover" Great Lakes Christmas Ale? That shiat's gone the second it hits the shelves.

TheShavingofOccam123

2011-10-19 06:55:38 AM

DON'T DO IT!!!

During the filming of Cannery Row, this guy had one sip of a beer milkshake. LOOK AT HIM NOW!!1! LOOK WHAT IT DID TO HIM!!1!

4.bp.blogspot.com

Mad Mark

2011-10-19 06:58:22 AM

A friend of mine had a six of GLBC lager a coworker bought on a whim and hated it so he gave it to him. I finished it for him - pretty good stuff I thought.

Pick

2011-10-19 07:08:19 AM

GLB is indeed great beer. Miss it, since I moved to Florida. Anyone who doesn't like it is more than likely a Natty Light fanboy.

Everyones whipping boy

2011-10-19 07:18:10 AM

So is it ice cream flavored beer or beer flavored ice cream? I can't imagine either being very good. Just because I like them both, doesn't mean I want them all mixed together.

Burr

2011-10-19 07:18:22 AM

Soon my love.....soon......

Martman888

2011-10-19 07:22:46 AM

^^^ One of the very few beers worth a damn in Kazakhstan, Karaganda Dark.

arbuz.kz

^^^ Mug of Freshness ain't too bad either, I suppose.

bobsuncle

2011-10-19 07:40:31 AM

Was I the only one to expect a story about the beer being poured into the river and set on fire?

Byno

2011-10-19 07:42:07 AM

Hey has anybody mentioned yet that leftover beer = you're doing it wrong.

Freakman

2011-10-19 07:43:00 AM

I could drink nothing but GLBC beers for the rest of my life and die of liver failure a happy, fat man.

Andrew Wiggin

2011-10-19 07:55:03 AM

Andromeda: and the city population's more than passing obsession with the Christmas Ale is rather well founded.

christmas ale has been amazing the past couple of years. whitey's breaks out a couple of kegs on 6/25 every year and it goes in a couple hours.

the thing that pisses me off in general about great lakes? it's considered a farking import. i realize cleveland can be considered a different country to some...but sheesh. an 'import' that's brewed an hour away?

SharkTrager

2011-10-19 08:08:15 AM

horse-pheathers: Asa Phelps: I recognize those words but i have never seen them together like that.

Indeed...what is this "leftover beer" concept and why does it leave me feeling vaguely....ill?

I can't decide which makes me sicker. Beer ice cream or "leftover beer".

/is that like when you forget where you left your beer and don't find it for a week?

trotsky

2011-10-19 08:08:23 AM

Great Lakes rules. One of the best Ohio breweries. I miss it in my horrible exile. This is a beer wasteland out here. I hate this place.

fark the plains.

SharkTrager

2011-10-19 08:08:50 AM

Andrew Wiggin: the thing that pisses me off in general about great lakes? it's considered a farking import.

They aren't imports anymore. They're "premium beers".

Andrew Wiggin

2011-10-19 08:12:11 AM

trotsky: Great Lakes rules. One of the best Ohio breweries. I miss it in my horrible exile. This is a beer wasteland out here. I hate this place.

fark the plains.

shiat is pricey though. 8.50-9.00/6 pack.

eyebiter

2011-10-19 08:15:55 AM

Edmund Fitzgerald Porter....

*drool*

That is all. Carry on.

Your Zionist Leader

2011-10-19 08:18:32 AM

teto85: That'll go great with chocolate covered bacon.

MMMMMMMMM beer, bacon, chocolate. MMMMMMMMM

But like others posting, I wonder about this "leftover beer" That means it was not consumed. What kind of beer is not consumed?

Coors Lite maybe? I as well am frightened and confused by this bizarre word combination.

Martian_Astronomer

2011-10-19 08:30:50 AM

Yeah, whenever I have occasion to drive back to Ohio, I do try to pick up at least a few twelve packs of the Great Lakes Dortmunder. Near as I can tell, you just plain can't get it on the East Coast. Sigh.

(At least there's other good breweries within the surrounding couple states to ease the pain...)

browneye

2011-10-19 08:34:01 AM

Although the idea of this is pretty cool, the actual result sounds rather icky.

BitwiseShift

2011-10-19 08:46:03 AM

I'm waiting for Beer and Pizza Ice cream, with real pepperoni flakes at the bottom.

Your Zionist Leader

2011-10-19 08:49:05 AM

BitwiseShift: I'm waiting for Beer and Pizza Ice cream, with real pepperoni flakes at the bottom.

Raphael nods approvingly

KoolerThanJesus

2011-10-19 08:50:46 AM

Yummy!

numbone

2011-10-19 08:53:30 AM

I'm confused, I've ever heard of leftover beer.

seadoo2006

2011-10-19 08:55:47 AM

This is the most epic thing GLBC has made so far ... I love Cleveland and I love great lakes even more. :)

fappomatic

2011-10-19 09:06:38 AM

Leftover beer is what remains in the processing equipment after a bottling run.

\thankful they didn't mention used beer.

BurnShrike

2011-10-19 09:08:31 AM

fappomatic: Leftover beer is what remains in the processing equipment after a bottling run.

\thankful they didn't mention used beer.

I figured leftover beer was the bits left in the bottoms of the bottles and cans after you have a party, because either the person put their drink down and forgot about it, or they passed out before they could finish it.
You find leftover beer in the morning, pour it all in to one cup and have it warm for breakfast.

Scooter of Dune

2011-10-19 09:08:47 AM

eyebiter: Edmund Fitzgerald Porter....

*drool*

That is all. Carry on.

EFP is my most favorite beer ever.....

(Lives in NC & cannot get it here. Almost makes me miss living in Ohio)

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