Dortmunder Gold
Great Lakes Brewing Company
Dortmunder Export
5.8% ABV
30 IBUs
OG 14˚ Plato
12 oz bottle with a best by date of 01/17/11 poured into a Sam Adams perfect pint on 12/09/2010.
Appearance 4.5/5
Golden colored, brilliantly clear, with a medium sized off white head. Good head retention and lacing.
Aroma 4/5
Light euro hop aroma that gets enhanced as the beer warms up. Some pils like character that doesn't get dominating because of sweetness in smell. Some sulfur. Dead on, but a little weak.
Taste 4/5
Taste is equally good, and to style: good balance of hoppy-crisp-flavorful pils like character and sweet, slightly heavier malt character. Finish is initially crisp and slightly bittering but immediately gets dominated by relatively strong sweetness. Perhaps all Dortmunder lagers are supposed to be like that but I'd have preferred dry crispness myself.
Mouthfeel 4.5/5
Medium body and good carbonation. Very well done in this department
Drinkability 4/5
Great, easy drinking beer. Only if there was a way of cramming all this flavor into a lower alcohol beer.
Great Lakes Brewing Company
Dortmunder Export
5.8% ABV
30 IBUs
OG 14˚ Plato
12 oz bottle with a best by date of 01/17/11 poured into a Sam Adams perfect pint on 12/09/2010.
Appearance 4.5/5
Golden colored, brilliantly clear, with a medium sized off white head. Good head retention and lacing.
Aroma 4/5
Light euro hop aroma that gets enhanced as the beer warms up. Some pils like character that doesn't get dominating because of sweetness in smell. Some sulfur. Dead on, but a little weak.
Taste 4/5
Taste is equally good, and to style: good balance of hoppy-crisp-flavorful pils like character and sweet, slightly heavier malt character. Finish is initially crisp and slightly bittering but immediately gets dominated by relatively strong sweetness. Perhaps all Dortmunder lagers are supposed to be like that but I'd have preferred dry crispness myself.
Mouthfeel 4.5/5
Medium body and good carbonation. Very well done in this department
Drinkability 4/5
Great, easy drinking beer. Only if there was a way of cramming all this flavor into a lower alcohol beer.
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