Pours a clear gold color with a thin white head. Pleasant aroma of malt, some honeyish sweetness and hops. Good balanced flavor of hops, malt and some honeyish sweetness. The body is light while the carbonation is gentle. Interesting.

<b>In short: </b>Nice blonde session lager. Well brewed, nothing stands out.<br /> <b>How: </b>Post-Mondial 2008 tasting session. Hand-bottles brought to Montreal by Dickinsonbeer. Paul rules!<br /> <b>The look: </b>Clear blonde body topped by a small white head<br /> <b>In long: </b>Unmistakable larger sensation, some fruity notes of citrus and pineapples, some dry grassy hops in the finish. This is a nice little session lager, well made, well balanced but not very memorable. Highly drinkable even if nothing special. I cannot really tell you how true to the Dortmunder it is as I’m really not familiar enough with the style. I am actually so unfamiliar with the style that until recently I thought a Dortmunder was a Star Wars villain.

[1458-20080531] Bottle. Wheat germ bread yeast aroma has a bit of flower. Clear, light orange yellow body with quick white bubbles. Bit of yeasty bread flavour has some wheat. Light body. Nice yeast, fair. <br /><i>(Post-Mondial Tasting)</i>

<b>Objectively speaking:</b> Clean and tasty blonde lager from a hand-bottle generously brought by Paul. <br /> <b>I like:</b> Well-extracted pils malt flavours. Gently bready, soft, almost doughy and fresh, albeit not bursting with freshness. Active and engaging carbonaton does not manage to enliven the mouthfeel to crispiness level, it remains rather round, even for the style. Soft herbal hop aromas seem to evoke a certain mineral aspect that works well despite the beer being a lager. <br /> <b>I dislike:</b> While the beer is never too sweet, it does not evolve much towards dryness as the finish approaches. As a result, it seems a bit sweet in the finish, as if it forgot to evolve. Not as refreshing as the top examples with regards to that.