Great Lakes Imperial Dortmunder - 20th Anniversary Beer

Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing Company
Style: European Strong Lager
Cleveland, Ohio USA

Bottle. Pours a golden color with a decent head. Nose is sweet vanilla taffy. Flavor is sweet, thick, with a viscous mouthfeel. Fairly malty with a lightly hopped/bitter finish and very full-bodied. I remember the regular Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold as being rather thin and weak, however, this is very different in its imperial state. It was unusual, but I would say I liked it.

Bottle. Pours clearish gold, white head. Aroma is malty, metallic, and ketchupy. Flavor is syrupy, malty, hoppy (grassy). I can’t say that I like this genre of beer. It’s not refreshing, you can’t drink a bunch of it for fun, and it’s not complex like an imperial stout.

What a deep, sparkling golden pour this beer produced. A smallish white head. Aromas of malt, and some light fruit aromas and maybe a hint of graham crackers. Flavor is rich and slightly sweet and it all malt. Really nice beer.

Really nice looking beer. A deep rich golden color. Aroma is light hops, wheat and flowers. Flavor is fairly harsh, bitter, yet somewhat smooth. Alcohol is noticeable. I really don’t see the need for "Imperial Lagers", I think this would have been perfectly well enough without the extra alcohol. The regular dortmunder is really good. At any rate, this wasn’t bad, but it was a tad bit unnecessary.

12 oz bottle from Discount Liquors in Milwaukee. Pours a clear yellow with a white head. Hay pale malt aroma with a note of fresh flowers. Pale malt and fruit flavors that have a nice creaminess and then that alcohol with a faded hop finish. Wow, that alcohol and faded hops are cloying and just bad. This is tough to drink.

Pours a clear orange with a finger of slightly off-white head. Odor of hops, with a hint of sweet malts. Starts off with a bit of sweetness which then ends with a bitter hop aftertaste. It doesn’t mask the alcohol as other 7.5% beers. Its alright- I actually like the dortmunder gold better.

Bottle from miketd. Thanks man! Pours a clear orange gold color with a creamy whitish head. Smell is fruity and strongly malty and honey like. Taste is very much like what I’d expect in a highly alcoholic lager. Cloying and abundantly obvious alcohol kick. Decent body, but the alcohol presence lingers and ruins this beer. This absolutly didn’t need to be imperialized.

Pours a clear golden orange with a medium off white head. Aroma of faded floral hops, light candied malt and fruit. Taste of light candied malts with a floral hop presence.