DAB Original

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

Serve in Lager glass

out of most import pilsners this is the one i like to grab, golden colour, some white head, flavour is smooth, no real hop bite , just a tiny bitterness on the finish

The 12 ounce bottle poured a clear golden yellow beverage with a medium sized white frothy head that was mostly diminishing but left some good lacing on the glass. The aroma was somewhat typical of a pilsner. It had a light skunky smell with notes of corn and grass. The body was medium-light with average carbonation and a watery texture. The flavor starts off lightly bitter and stays that way throughout the medium length finish.

I like to call this beer Cindy. Why? Well, DAB is like the patient ex-girlfriend you call at 3.00 am when your life sucks... she’ll always be there for you and be as sensible and true as ever. The only reason you broke up was because she wasn’t as spectacular, exciting and racy as other girls - or so u thought. But this was just a case of the grass being greener. And so with this beer. It does nothing wrong but you might tend to look at the other German Pilsener next to it - It has a lovely soft malt nose, honeyish with a slight flowery hop coming through. The mouthfeel is sprtizy with a fine malty back bone followed by a clean bitter middle. No lingering after taste. Solid!

Can 44cl. Poured a clear gold with a bubbly white head that fades; nothing special in appearance. Slightly vegetal aroma with hints of sweet caramel. Refreshing drink with golden slightly metallic hop flavour, like a czech pilsner. A little floral with a hint of malt. A bit watery in the aftertaste, but pleasantly drinkable. Medium palate. Decent solid pilsner though nothing amazing here.

(Draught) Pours golden. Malty aroma with some grass and peppery/spicy hops. Tiny hints of toffee and fruits mostly apples. Buttery, bready malt flavour with some hops in the background. Pretty simple but ok. Light body.

Can. Pours very pale straw with a cap of coarse white. Earthy hops, sour bread. Sourdough bread flavor, chalky hops, mineral finish. Palate seems both light and yet kind of mouthfilling. Maybe it’s the carbonation level. Overall, solid but a bit uninspiring.

UPDATED: SEP 10, 2007 Pours a bright golden color with a half-way decent white pilsner head. Grainy sweet pale malt nose. Smooth sweet malt taste along with mild pleasant hop bitterness. Not as hoppy as your average northern Germany pils. A pretty good beer, but rather pedestrian for the country of origin.

Boy, this label thing on these imports drives me crazy. First I thought this was the 3.5, then I looked at the label fine print to see no alky rating what so ever. Then I cruised the website to find a dortmunder actien-brauerei label that matched up to my bottle. Sometimes there is no picture and then it is really a guessing game! In the fine print it says it is original dortmunder premium lager, the beer of world fame. So I check to see which of these beers is the most popular, that is how I located it. Oh, now I see where the DAB comes from! I just finished a bitberger, so this is a good time to compare. Anyway, this is a lager that falls under the style of classic german pilsner because I can see the label is the correct one in the avatar. Does anybody remember the Dab girls of 2 decades ago? She was the one that made me take my first taste of dab. She kind of reminds me of the Norton girl of the 70s. This is a 12 oz green bottle. Pop the lid for an aroma of slight skunk cabbage with a strong background of yeast. Pours light brown yellow with a whitish head that hangs for a few minutes. Again, these german classics have a bitterness to them that may attract pale ale fans. Similar to bitburger and stout pils. All three of these beers in this style taste the same to me, and I guess they should. This would make them a credit to the style. Who says lagers are not as creative as the ales? I am surprised to see this beer does not rate as high as bitburger, because it has about the same amount of mischievousness. The color of this lager hides the ungentle manlike behavior of the beer. Finish does have a slight bitter linger that hangs loose for a few minutes.