Dogfish Head Golden Era (Shower)

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

3/21/06 bottle (3/4L). Clear amber with an off-white head, mostly diminishing. Aroma like a chess pie--vanilla, butterscotch, macadamia nut, also some honeysuckle, dandelion, cheesy yeast and a bit of alcohol. Sweet caramel malt flavor with noticeble alcohol up front, and spicy hops all through. Light to medium palate, not the buttery body I was hoping for but thinner. Spicy hop finish with some alcohol warmth. Could perhaps of aged this a little to mellow it out. Slightly sour but mostly bitter aftertaste. Fairly good, but not the outstanding specimen I’d hoped for from DH. For the price, there are much better things out there and in greater quantities.

750 ml bottle. The name fits ’cause this pours exactly like cat pee. Well... maybe not exactly. Hop notes are much more muted than expected. Perhaps this is due to the tremendous amount of sweet caramel and butterscotch malts that overshadow them. Decent but probably not worth the price.

Pours a slightly orange but mostly golden color with a thick and fluffy white head. Lots and lots of lacing. Little bit of orange in the nose along with fresh flowers. Noticeable hop presence with a very big malt backing. I’m really not huge on the idea of Imperial Pilsener but this is not a bad beer.

Bottle on 9/12. Clear gold under a big white head and excellent lace for a beautful and inviting appearance. Honey and floral notes dominate the aroma. Medium body with a rich mouthfeel that is every so slightly resinous. The flavor is initially sweet with toffee and light caramel that is offset by a citrusy bitterness. There is also some alcohol noticeable.

750 ml bottle - Pours a clear deep golden color with a nice fluffy off white head. As the head slowly settles, it leaves some nice lacing. Has a sweet toffee like aroma. Whoa, flavor is a little sweet. Flavor is mostly malt. Nice bitterness, just not alot of hop flavor. Medium body. Worth a try. I only wish I had opened this bottle with some friends instead of by myself. Oh well.

A beer at kps I reallly looked forward to trying. I wasn’t disappointed. A sweet malty papery aroma typical of a pilsner. A nice flavor of sweet that almost overcomes the paper taste. A slight hint of alochol and a slight bitter finish. A nice beer.

Honey body with a quickly fading foamy head. Nose-very strong sweet pilsner smell. Taste-not at all what I expected. Cinnamon, artificial sweetener, corn syrup, light honey, medium bitterness, corn flakes. Very sweet and cloying. The sweetness coats my mouth and takes over. I like all the flavors, but the sweetness is just too overwhelming. It is like drinking a very well done pilsner with a shitload of corn syrup poured into it. Loses points on the palate because it is like drinking honey.

Deep golden color out of the big bottle with a cream colored head that left sheets of attractive lace. Strong honey syrup nose with resin hops. Caramel sweetness with lots of syrup and an almost Belgian sugar sweetness. Lots of pine, candied grapefruit and orange hop flavors. Definitely a sipping beer.