Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold

Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing Company
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Cleveland, Ohio USA

Bottled. I’ve had lots of this, just haven’t rated it. Poured clear, lighter orangey-golden with a respectable cap of white head. Nose was of sweet caramel and nutty sweetness with a pinch of lemon zest and a bit of honey. Flavor had a bready pils malt backing with fresh caramel and herbal/lemony zest to it... flowed so well! Smooth on the palate with mild bitterness in just the right places... well-crafted beer!

Bottle courtesy of rockinout. Pours gold with a white head. Smells of nuts, hay. Tastes of lemons, slight bitterness, pilsner malt. Finish is light and refreshing the way a good dort should be.

Dark yellow color with a small head. Aroma of greain, wheat, and honey. Tastes very similar with some honey and very slight orange.

Brownish amber color. Smooth, medium body. Lighter in hops than I like, but probably true to style. A quality brew!

12oz bottle acquired in trade with OhioDad (thanks!). Poured a medium orange color with a smaller sized head. Aromas of grain, light honey and citrus. Tastes of grain, some honey sweetness, citrus, and a little bready.

Consumed from the bottle. Born-on date is 7/8/06. Decent malty and grainy aroma. Smells a lot like a richer Grain Belt Premium, in my opinion. Flavor is similar to the nose; rich tasting and hearty for a lager. Basically, when a non-beer drinker thinks of the taste of beer, they think of this beer. The beer left a scratchy unpleasantness in the back of my throat and the flavor grew very sharp as the beer warmed. This one is best enjoyed ice cold, I would think. It’s a well-crafted lager to be sure, but I can’t be non-biased in my review since I do not generally like grainy lagers. This was the worst beer I’ve tried by Great Lakes, which is a compliment to the brewery. This beer isn’t awful by any means, and more than drinkable for anyone who doesn’t like the "dark" or "strong" beers.

Bottle, pours golden with a bit of amber, foam appears and runs away, aromas of malt, sweet malt and bread, flavors of malt, sweet malt, little bitterness from the hops, tasty, creamy and smooth, very good.

11/18/06: Bottle.
Golden orange body with a thin ring of carbonation. Bread-like nose. Nicely balanced. Clean and refreshing. An excellent brew to wrap up the OSU-M… game. GO BUCKS!!!