Dogfish Head Golden Era (Shower)

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

Deep gold in color with a large thick/dense white head.Floral hop aroma with a touch of sweet malt and alcohol. Flavor is bittersweet,hoppy,bready malt,sweet in the middle though finishing more dry. Full body, perhaps one of the fuller palates I’ve had from a non-bock lager.

Any first impressions?
-A ring of foam surrounds the clear copper tinge.
-Biscuity malts and honey sweetness send a sugar-rich message to the nostrils.
-Silky honey develops into toffee in the goal of pleasing sweet teeth.
-The abundance of pils maltiness, coupled with sparse but lively carbonation, produces a slick, clean mouthfeel.

What if you dig deeper?
-Some peppery, herbal hop bitterness attemps to dry out the back end, but doesn’t completely achieve its goal.
-Some citrusy fruitiness is found in the distance.
-Alcohol, as in most DFH products, is efficiently hidden.
-This remains a very smooth, clean strong lager, but if you don’t have a sweet tooth, you probably won’t enjoy it that much.

Bottles; 6 months old and 11 months old.

750ml bottle. Pours a clear gold with a moderate white head. Medium body and fine carbonation. The aroma is lightly sweet with oranges and flowers. The taste is sweet as well, with a little bitterness. I’m not picking up any sort of pils heritage other than a bit of the hops.

(750ml bottle) Pours a cloudy golden-amber body with a small white head. Aroma of grass, rum, herbs, light citrus, and caramel. Flavor of orange, caramel, and rum.

Definitely the worst name for a beer I have ever seen. Sampled from a 25.6 oz brown bottle this beer poured a very bright golden color with a huge yellow-white head. The aroma is strong floral, fruity and piney hops with a sweet earthy undertone. The flavor is caramel, butterscotch and strong fruity hops. The beer is well rounded, rich, complex and interesting.

Been wanting to have this for a while. Pours a clear golden orange color, with a decent size head, with decent lacing as well. Aroma is great. It’s certainly hoppy and sweet, but there’s a spicy tartness to the sugary malt, and the hop aroma is very floral. Taste is sweet and caramelly upfront, with some dry and bread qualities coming through. Finishes with a dry, herbal, floral hop flavor that taste great with minimal bitterness. The finish lingers a long time, but in a pleasant way. The beer has a good body, but it’s not too thick and the carbonation makes the beer a little tangier. The cloying quality that most Dogfish Head beers have is in decent moderation. I see why some people don’t think this beer is fulfilling its style correctly, but I still think it’s really good anyway.

a truly amazing drinking experience. The taste stars off with smooth butter, taste is strong but has a special smoothness followed by flavors of bubble-gum and strong Alcohol .

The aroma bubble gum, citrus, caramel, and malt. The appearance is gold-orange with a small head. The flavor is nice with butterscotch, malt, caramel, and citrus hops. The palate is smooth. Overall it’s nice but it’s got to much alcohol presents.