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Dragonmead Dragonslayer Alt


 Percentile 
44
overall
Brewed by Dragonmead Brewery
Style: Altbier

Warren, Michigan USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
133.05/5.03.01/5.04.5%33.8Kölsch/Altbier

Commercial Description:
The great German brewing tradition began before the advent of refrigeration. Before they were able to do lagers and pilsners, the Germans did fine ales. This Altbier (or Old Style Beer) is brewed with three different malts and one addition of Spalt hops to create a smooth coppery colored beer that goes down easy.
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 hopdog (5534), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 3, 2009  
On tap at the Dragonmead Brew Pub. Poured a medium amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of bread, yeast, and some earthiness. Tastes of the same bready and earthiness with some caramel.


 sliffy (1966), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Oct 11, 2007  
On tap @ the brew pub: Pours a clear copper color with a light tan head. Aroma, pale bready malts, with some yeast and herbal and grassy hops. Flavor, yeasty, grassy with some spices and bready malts, some herbal hop notes as well. This was a pretty nice alt.


 Silphium (2114), Haslett, Michigan, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Aug 19, 2007  
On tap at Dragonmead. Hazy orange-brown body, thin buff head. Leafy, earthy, light hops nose. Peppery burnt fall leaves body, tannic, with a bitter almost astringent finish (oak leaves come to mind). Toasty malt with subtle sweetness provides a bit of balance.


 detroiter (958), Euphoria, Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/516/20
Jan 15, 2007  
Pours a nice reddish dark brown with a great head of brown foam. Scant lacing but good head retention. Mild fruity malt in the aroma. Ah, nice job here. Clean and flavorful - good maltiness with some toffee and some appley flavor, great hopping with a mild bitterness up front, and a pronounced bitterness in the aftertaste. Medium body, great carbonation. I had a couple pints at the brewpub, then bought a growler to take on a road trip. It saved me from the beer wasteland that is Tiffin, Ohio. Well, that might be a little harsh - but it did save me from a night of drinking Killians.


 hopscotch (5440), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/512/20
Dec 29, 2006  
Draft... Clear, deep, dark amber ale with a small, fizzy, off-white head. The nose is mostly nondescript, but I am finally able to pick up some light, earthy hops. Bitter brew with light crystal malt-like notes. Full-bodied with a velvety mouthfeel and mild carbonation. Semi-sweet, then a subtly bitter finish.


mvp (74), Harper Woods, Michigan, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/104/514/20
Sep 5, 2006  
Tap at D’Mead. Weak but otherwise good aroma. Excellent lacing. Not a bitter as I was expecting. Worth a try. They must of tweeked this beer since 2002.


 sandwichpants (117), Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 7, 2006  
One tap at the brewer. Very nice looking, dark reddish brown with a thick offwhite head. Slight german hop aroma with a little sweetness behind it in the smell. Taste is that of a good red ale, big malts backed up by hops, balance is towards malts that are not overly sweet, and have a little roastiness and toastyness (more of that could make this a great beer, to me at least). Very smooth, fairly balanced, medium body.


 SuIIy (1406), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Mar 25, 2005  
bitter and full of hops. aside from that, not much flavor to be defined. very fizzy and carbonated.



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