DAB Original

Brewed by Dortmunder Actien Brauerei (Oetker Group)
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

First rating
(Draught)
Clear golden color, big white creamy lasting head. Typical acidic malty nose for a German pils. Malty and bitter taste. Easy drinking and enjoyable, thugh perhaps not very special.
6/3/6/3/11=2.9

Rerate
(50 cl can fromn Systembolaget)
On August 30, 2008
Clear pale yellow color, white head. Malty scent and taste. Medium mouthfeel and bitterness. Not that interesting.
5/3/5/3/10=2.6

out of most import pilsners this is the one i like to grab, golden colour, some white head, flavour is smooth, no real hop bite , just a tiny bitterness on the finish

The 12 ounce bottle poured a clear golden yellow beverage with a medium sized white frothy head that was mostly diminishing but left some good lacing on the glass. The aroma was somewhat typical of a pilsner. It had a light skunky smell with notes of corn and grass. The body was medium-light with average carbonation and a watery texture. The flavor starts off lightly bitter and stays that way throughout the medium length finish.

I like to call this beer Cindy. Why? Well, DAB is like the patient ex-girlfriend you call at 3.00 am when your life sucks... she’ll always be there for you and be as sensible and true as ever. The only reason you broke up was because she wasn’t as spectacular, exciting and racy as other girls - or so u thought. But this was just a case of the grass being greener. And so with this beer. It does nothing wrong but you might tend to look at the other German Pilsener next to it - It has a lovely soft malt nose, honeyish with a slight flowery hop coming through. The mouthfeel is sprtizy with a fine malty back bone followed by a clean bitter middle. No lingering after taste. Solid!

Can 44cl. Poured a clear gold with a bubbly white head that fades; nothing special in appearance. Slightly vegetal aroma with hints of sweet caramel. Refreshing drink with golden slightly metallic hop flavour, like a czech pilsner. A little floral with a hint of malt. A bit watery in the aftertaste, but pleasantly drinkable. Medium palate. Decent solid pilsner though nothing amazing here.

(Draught) Pours golden. Malty aroma with some grass and peppery/spicy hops. Tiny hints of toffee and fruits mostly apples. Buttery, bready malt flavour with some hops in the background. Pretty simple but ok. Light body.

Can. Pours very pale straw with a cap of coarse white. Earthy hops, sour bread. Sourdough bread flavor, chalky hops, mineral finish. Palate seems both light and yet kind of mouthfilling. Maybe it’s the carbonation level. Overall, solid but a bit uninspiring.

Pours a bright golden color with a half-way decent white pilsner head. Grainy sweet pale malt nose. Smooth sweet malt taste along with mild pleasant hop bitterness. Not as hoppy as your average northern Germany pils. A pretty good beer, but rather pedestrian for the country of origin.