DAB Original

Brewed by Dortmunder Actien Brauerei (Oetker Group)
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Dortmund, Germany

Serve in Lager glass

Tasted from famous green bottle into a tulip glass. Part of a Beers of the World mix-pack. Poured a light straw color with large foamy white head, moderately lasting with some lace. Faint aromas typical of better light lagers: straw, fresh-cut grass, mild malt, slightly musky hops. Flavors equally mellow and neutral, with light body and crisp, dry finish. No aftertaste. Fine, I guess. Not sure why this is such a global gold standard, though.

Bottle. A quite pleasing one from Dortmund. Nice clear golden colour with decent white head. Nice aroma, medium bitter, light sour taste. A really nice and refreshing beer.

33cl bottle. olden colour with minimal no lacing head. Aroma is to fresh hops, herbal and grass. Flavour is slightly bittery, with a final moderate watery. Carbonation is medium. Body is light.

Pours golden American lager color, healthy small-bubble effervesence rising, with a small head and no lace. Taste is similar to Labatts, but with a little more hop bitters. An okay quaff, but not memorable.

Poured from a longneck bottle into a tulip glass. Harmonized with dutch cheese. Straw colored lager with a thin, fast fading head. The aroma is incredibly grainy, with a clear note of rice. Taste is malty and full of cereal, with a pleasant hoppy aftertaste. Well balanced overall. A very interesting and sessionable lager that probably goes well with any food. I would buy it again, surely!

500mL can from LCBO. Creamy taste with some grassy skunkiness to it. A little on the watery side, but an acceptable lager.

Can from Systembolaget. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and moderate hoppy nice grassy aroma. Light bitter ok flavor. Short light bitter finish. Oily palate. Standard D/H.

Golden with a medium head. Quite bitter and fresh smell. A little malty and yeasty, some bitterness, hop-aroma (grass).