DAB Original

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

A good pilsener. Very refreshing.

From the can: Pours a clear pale yellow with large foamy head that slowly bubbles away. Soapy grassy aroma with slight floral hoppy tone. Flavour is malty slightly sour with sharp (almost metallic) bitter aftertaste. I like the Export better.

Tap@summits wayside. A nice color with tiny head, very little flavor but I don’t know if that is because I had some Terrapin Rye 2 before but I would not try again.

"The beer of world fame" says the label. Truth in advertising? I think not. This clear amber beer with dancing bubbles, topped by a weak white head, was weak and watery. The nose and the flavor evidence hops, malt, some fennel, flowers, and a scintilla of caramel. Unimpressive.

(bottle) Clear and pale golden colour with a big foamy white head, slowly lacing. Malty aroma with some hops in the background. Weak malty watery taste with a somewhat dry but dense hoppy finish. A light bodied, bland and uninteresting Pilsener.

Nice bubbly head, golden colour. Very pleasant end. Light, no traces of alcohol. Did a job well as a drink to the dinner. Quite good

From the same sixpack as AdamSkillin’s DAB has a dab of goodness to it. Not bad but not great. A solid beer with light fare, or just drinking on its own. Would I pick this over a more easily acquired beer? No, but now and again it would be good to have as opposed to something ridiculous and pretentious like Anheuser World Select

Like Germany’s version of Budweiser. In other words, very generic, not too much going on, but by virtue of it being from Germany, not terrible or ricey or awful. Light enough to drink with a pizza, yet flavorful enough that you don’t think you picked up your girlfriend’s evian by mistake. Get it in the little mini-keg thing that fits in the fridge, it’s messy and awful, but fun as heck.