Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold

Bottle via trade. This beer is great for the style, an amazing light-colored water. Pours a bright clear golden color with a small white head that leaves a foamy ring around the glass. Aroma is grassy and floral hops, pale malt, and grain. Flavor is grainy yet very pleasant with pale bready malt, great grassy and fruity hops, and a little butter. Flavor really jumps out. Excellent palate, medium-light in body with a hoppy kick lasting on the palate. Crisp and dry. Great Dortmunder lager overall.

Beer from trip to Westlake in September. Aroma is slightly sweet - rather pleasant actually. Appearance is a decent brown. Lightly sweet, lightly bitter flavor. Average carbonation. A good lager beer.

Location: 12 oz bottle from jcos, 11/9/09

Aroma: It has lots of grains, biscuits, lemon, with some floral and earth
Appearance: Pours a clear golden-orange with a thin white head
Flavor: The taste is malty nd sweet (honey) with some nice hops for balance
Palate: This beer is very crisp, refreshing, smooth, and highly drinkable
Overall Impression: I have to say this beer really hits on the idea of being crisp and refreshing. I love the way this one drinks, it’s got the typical flavors of the style, only stronger then your avvvvvvveraagge beer (I know, I know - bad Yogi Bear joke). It really is quite a wonderfully made example of a Dortmunder. I’m not even a huge fan of this style, but this one really shows how good a well-made lager can be. Now lets just hope Hanna-Barbera doesn’t sue me...

Bottle(s). Pour is clear golden color with nice white head. Aroma is malty but with a nice amount of balancing hops. Flavor is rich and full with a nice malty/ hoppy balance. Simple and wonderful.

Courtesy dragonstout. Pours a mostly clear, dark golden color topped by a thick, bubbly layer of white foam that shows great retention. Lots of carbonation bubbles rushing their way to the top of the glass. The aroma shows some honey, toasted grains, biscuit malts, and some floral hops. The flavor follows with the toasted, honey grains, biscuit malts, and some light bitterness from the floral hops. Medium bodied, smooth and easy to drink. Nice take on the style and a good tasting lager.

On tap. Pours a clear amber with a huge off white head. Awesome retention and excellent lacing. Big earthy, fresh grain, cornbread, big lemon tart aroma. Very spicy rye character. Taste is a bit of lemon, some toast, butter biscuit, caramel malt, honey, and earthiness. Chewy, buttery mouthfeel.

I really wanted to like this beer and I feel bad that I didn’t care for it. Golden pour with a thick white head. Very appealing looking beer. Sort of a sour taste and just not as smooth as I had hoped.

Bottle. Pours bright gold with bubbly white head. Nice grassy/earthy hops with a delicate malt backbone. Very refreshing. Could drink this all summer if we got it here.