Dogfish Head Golden Era (Shower)

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: European Strong Lager
Milton, Delaware USA

Bottle; Nose of yeast, sweetness and spice, and sugar cookies; yellow orange with a medium yellow head; flavor is sweet and bitter at the same time, in a fairly thick body with a citrusy hoppy finish.

750mL bottle, bottled 03/21/06, courtesy of artusory. Thanks, Ryan! Pours a clear, medium orange color; off-white head with great retention and lacing. Pleasant aroma (hardly the hoppy beer it was at first release), showing candy sugar and something like warm cinnamon buns; mild citrus hoppiness in there as well. Relaxed carbonation. Dense, syrupy mouthfeel: plenty of candy sugar and orange chewiness; a nice malty profile is still present, but an alcohol burn creeps through in a bad way (same as when it first came out). Tastes a bit like burning. Lengthy, dry citrus and candy sugar finish.

Thanks To Iowaherkeye for the brew, Poured a dark gold, with quickly diminishing head. Hopped well, but it becomes quite sweet and sticky, Quite noticeable alcohol, but still decent.

Never had an "imperial pilsner" before. Two fingers of head, and a wonderful aroma, throwing too many smells into my face to count. The taste is a bit tough, kinda thick and syrupy. Not bad, but the mouthfeel leaves some to be desired. Overall, another unique product from DFH.

’06 bottle. Pours a deep orange-amber color with a small white head. Very little lacing. Scents of candied sugar, citrus, some mild hops, and wheat. Nice mouth feel, not too thin but thick enough to generate a decent response. Flavor is closer to that of a barley wine in my opinion. Has a rock candy quality to it along with some caramel and malt. I’m not picking up on the hops whatsoever. Very good brew, just not sure about the classification of it, then again, I didn’t brew it and it may just be my crazy taste buds.

The Dan Journal #27. 750ml bottle. Still under the "Golden Shower" monaker. Amber golden hue. Spiraling white head. Toasty lemon aromas. Full bodied with a slick oily palate. Sugary malty and sticky. Dry and bitter with a slight banan and piney flavor.

Bottle. Deep golden color. Nice foamy white head. Great lacing. Inhaling the aroma, my first thoughts are: malty, grainy. I think, I’ve had some Carnation Brand Malt, used for malted milk that had this smell. So, let’s take a sip. First impressions there are that the malt nose definately carries through to the taste... but there is another dimension. Remanicent of a brandy barrel aged beer. Very similar mouth feel. Carbonation is light and there is a syrupy quality to the body.. Taste and mouthfeel really in the direction of a barly wine. This, and the high gravity give this beer a real sipping quality. Definately enjoyable. But, a little too heavy on this barley wine taste, alcohol and mouthfeel to qualify as a lager. Not sure if I will drink this one again. Perhaps I will warm up to it.

Strong and you can taste it. Loses the sense of the pilsner, but packs a hell of a punch as a strong lager. Big hops with citrus instead of the typical grassy pils hops. Sweet honey grain flavor, but gets kicked with alochol burn. Needs a bit of time to age and settle. Nice beer none the less.