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DAB Original 2.66 525

DAB Original

Percentile
20
overall
Brewed by Dortmunder Actien Brauerei (Oetker Group)
Style: Dortmunder/Helles

Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
available

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
5252.66/5.02.66/5.05%26.5Lager glass
Commercial Description:
Original Dortmunder Premium lager Beer. The Beer of World Fame.
Ingredients: Water, Barley Malt, Hops, Yeast.
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 Ungstrup (15430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jul 20, 2004  
A light orange beer with a huge dense white head. The aroma is very hoppy with notes of flowers and oil - like a Czech pils. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, malt, and lots of bitter hops, which gives it a niece bitter finish. A nice pils.


 Papsoe (15109), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 8, 2005  
(Bottle 33 cl) Pale golden with a decent, white head. Very soft, sweet malty body with a wee perfumy touch and a pleasant freshness. 020301


 yespr (12424), Copenhagen O, Denmark
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/59/20
Dec 5, 2009  
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a huge white head. Aroma is dry grassy. Cornish flavoured, light malty note. Dry and slight cardboardish flat finish with a light bitterness.


 omhper (12299), Stockholm, Sweden
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/102/59/20
Feb 27, 2007  
Canned. Clear golden, brief airy head. Fruity aroma with some grass, metal and butter. Sweet and sugary with notes of boiled vegetables, dense mouthfeel. Short salty finish. Why is this listed as a pilsener?


 oh6gdx (9104), Vasa, Finland
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/510/20
Dec 14, 2005  
Canned. Yellow colour, mediumsized white foamy head. Malty and hoppy nose with some sweetish hints. Flavour is sweet malty and alcohol and some hops. Also some hayish dryness in finish and aftertaste. Quite balanced, but a bit too grassy aftertaste.


 joergen (8638), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/59/20
Apr 4, 2007  
Can. Clear yellow coloured with a white head. Malty aroma with notes of grain and hops. Flavour of malts with notes of grain, fruits and hops. Hoppy finish.


 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 03/08/1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs

clean yellow, lots of tiny bubbles, thin head, flowery aroma, light flavor, hoppy aftertaste

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
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 Oakes (8152), Kowloon, Hong Kong
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/104/514/20
Mar 15, 2004  
First, let's set the record straight once and for all. This beer is not, and never has been, a "dortmunder" by style. It is a pilsner. DAB Export is the regular dortmunder from this brewery and it's damn near impossible to find, even in Dortmund. This pilsner has a pale gold colour and bubbly white head. The aroma is predominantly hoppy (grassy, minty, anise) with a hint of bready malt. Bitter to the tune of about 25-28 IBUs (more than I remembered). Lean, dry body, spritzy carbonation. Hops lead throughout, with malt sticking to balanced background. I've only ever had this in cans before and I remember it being a lot lighter. This is from a bottle and it's obviously very fresh, and it's also quite good - on a par with the finer German pilsners we get in Ontario. Well balanced and stylistically bang-on.



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