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Dogfish Head Golden Era (Shower)

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5223.54/5.03.53/5.09%94.4Lager glass
Commercial Description:
Golden Shower is brewed with all continental pilsner malt and hopped with the finest noble hops. This beer is dry-hopped in the conditioning tank for 8 weeks.
Formerly known as Prescription Pils, Golden Shower
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 LearninBeer (201), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/515/20
Jan 9, 2009  
Been sitting on this for a while. It says bottled in 2007. The aroma is light, malty, not much to it. The appearance is an orange/copper color, fully diminishing head a little lacing. The flavor is bitter, a little acidic, has a grain taste kinda like cereal. Not bad, probably sat on it too long. OK, as I’m still drinking this, it’s tasting a lot better - creamy, mellow leaves a nice feel in the mouth.


 jredmond (1027), New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/518/20
Dec 26, 2008    Updated: Feb 26, 2009
12 oz bottle. Pours a hazy orange body. The aroma is slightly hoppy, floral, and yeasty. The taste is incredibly smooth - nothing like the aroma suggests. Notes of sweet malt, fruit, and sugar.


 kiefdog (1586), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 21, 2008  
12 oz bottle from Countryside Liquors (Tampa, FL). 2007 bottle. Pours a dark golden with a thin white head. Little retention or lacing. Aroma is caramel, sweet, hoppy citrus, floral bouquet with a few notes of candy sugar, bread and yeast. Flavor is sweet and malty initially with notes of honey, ripe fruit and candy sugar that starts to turn more acidic, citrusy and slightly bitter toward finish. Medium body with a slightly sweet and slightly bitter finish. Nice ale.


 ROGUE (649), Newark, Delaware, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Dec 18, 2008  
750ml bottle. Pours golden straw colored with lots of head and good lacing. Aroma is hoppy with some grainy notes. Taste was sweet but crisp with a mild amount of hop bitterness. Medium bodied with a nice, bubbly mouthfeel. This is a very nice and drinkable pilsner.


 branspra (214), Arlington, Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Nov 30, 2008  
Bottle. Pours with a large, white head, excellent lacing, and a nice yellow body. Aromas of citrus, a bit of pear, and some cereal. Lively carbonation with a creamy, slick texture. Long duration and nice bitter finish. Overall a good lager that I would much rather drink than those from AB or Miller.


 sebletitje (1903), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Nov 19, 2008  
Pours golden, white head. Aroma, malty, fruity (grapefruit), has all the aroma of an strong imp. lager/pilsner. Taste, lightly hoppy, malty (pine/fruity). Has the signature Dogfish Head, with hints of grapefruit, light caramel malts. Aftertaste leaves a light hoppy finish, with the abv being well present.


 MrChopin (632), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/510/20
Nov 18, 2008  
Hazy gold with a frothy white head. Corn and citrus nose. Flavor is similar yet rather syrupy and sweeter with some honey. Mediocre pilsner at best, mediocre beer at best.


 dm9831 (1167), Monee, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/513/20
Nov 17, 2008  
labeled as ’dogfish head noble experiment hurrah for golden era imperial pilsner’. golden color, moderate white head, nice lacing. a good looker. aroma of corn (hopefully not syrup), grain, malt. flavor is corn, grain, hops, marred by a hint of a metallic taste. thick, full-bodied, dry finish. pretty big beer at 9% abv, but the alcohol is weel hidden, until you get up to walk.



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