Dogfish Head Golden Era (Shower)

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: European Strong Lager
Milton, Delaware USA

Any first impressions?
-A ring of foam surrounds the clear copper tinge.
-Biscuity malts and honey sweetness send a sugar-rich message to the nostrils.
-Silky honey develops into toffee in the goal of pleasing sweet teeth.
-The abundance of pils maltiness, coupled with sparse but lively carbonation, produces a slick, clean mouthfeel.

What if you dig deeper?
-Some peppery, herbal hop bitterness attemps to dry out the back end, but doesn’t completely achieve its goal.
-Some citrusy fruitiness is found in the distance.
-Alcohol, as in most DFH products, is efficiently hidden.
-This remains a very smooth, clean strong lager, but if you don’t have a sweet tooth, you probably won’t enjoy it that much.

Bottles; 6 months old and 11 months old.

750ml bottle. Pours a clear gold with a moderate white head. Medium body and fine carbonation. The aroma is lightly sweet with oranges and flowers. The taste is sweet as well, with a little bitterness. I’m not picking up any sort of pils heritage other than a bit of the hops.

(750ml bottle) Pours a cloudy golden-amber body with a small white head. Aroma of grass, rum, herbs, light citrus, and caramel. Flavor of orange, caramel, and rum.

Definitely the worst name for a beer I have ever seen. Sampled from a 25.6 oz brown bottle this beer poured a very bright golden color with a huge yellow-white head. The aroma is strong floral, fruity and piney hops with a sweet earthy undertone. The flavor is caramel, butterscotch and strong fruity hops. The beer is well rounded, rich, complex and interesting.

Been wanting to have this for a while. Pours a clear golden orange color, with a decent size head, with decent lacing as well. Aroma is great. It’s certainly hoppy and sweet, but there’s a spicy tartness to the sugary malt, and the hop aroma is very floral. Taste is sweet and caramelly upfront, with some dry and bread qualities coming through. Finishes with a dry, herbal, floral hop flavor that taste great with minimal bitterness. The finish lingers a long time, but in a pleasant way. The beer has a good body, but it’s not too thick and the carbonation makes the beer a little tangier. The cloying quality that most Dogfish Head beers have is in decent moderation. I see why some people don’t think this beer is fulfilling its style correctly, but I still think it’s really good anyway.

a truly amazing drinking experience. The taste stars off with smooth butter, taste is strong but has a special smoothness followed by flavors of bubble-gum and strong Alcohol .

The aroma bubble gum, citrus, caramel, and malt. The appearance is gold-orange with a small head. The flavor is nice with butterscotch, malt, caramel, and citrus hops. The palate is smooth. Overall it’s nice but it’s got to much alcohol presents.

Pours like a champ with a thick, creamy head that laces big. Deepest amber with a steady stream of tiny bubbles. Hits the mouth hard with bitterness, then alcohol. Butterscotch candy, toffee, some creaminess, then not much else. Lacks complexity and hoppiness. Could not detect the dry hopping. Sweet. Agree that it would benefit from some crispness.