Dragonmead Breath of the Dragon

Brewed by Dragonmead Brewery
Style: Bitter
Warren, Michigan USA

Tap at D’Mead. Banana taste similar to the aroma. Sweet initial taste. Average amount of hops.

Solid copper, with an off-white head that sat and stayed. Complex nose of earthy hop, treacle and crackery malt. Classic best bitter here. Everything is so well balanced, and seamlessly integrated. Beautiful beer. Medium in the mouth, with the malt leading the parade. There is some caramel, but it distinctly lacks the caramelly sweetness that plagues so many attempts at this style. Great depth of malt, deftly balanced by hop bitterness. Very well-composed. Low level of carbonation was much appreciated, though this might be even better on cask. Eminently sessionable and enjoyable. On tap at the brewery.

Deep golden color in the sampler glass at the brewery, with a thin white head. Soft hop nose. Well balanced with a solid malt foundation with grapefruity hops on top. Solid but not very interesting.

Very light mouthfeel, smooth, light malts with the tiniest hoppy finish. Watery, but refreshing and fresh tasting.

I see that I’m not alone in getting no aroma from most anything at Dragonmead. Pale orange, off white foamy head, very mild taste, an average bitter, I guess.

from the tap at the brewery. poured a deep copper red with little head. aroma malts, citrus,sugar, caramel, hops. flavor, citrus grapefruit, caramel,malts. watery mouthfeel. this is one that you could sit a drink all night.

Cask conditioned. Slightly cloudy golden pour with a medium bubbly white head. Weak aroma and flavor of hops, there’s a fruity thing going on too. The body is light and the texture is smooth and creamy, the carbonation is low. Ordinary.

On tap at the Dragonmead Brew Pub. Poured a medium orange color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of caramel, and some citrus. Tastes of the same caramel and some citrus. Both the aromas and tastes on the non-descript side. At 4%, definitely a session ale but a boring one.