2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Draft. Pours gold with a white head. Plain aroma with some light grainy sweetness. The flavor is plain with some grainy sweetness and lighter buttery notes. Decent.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Harris Teeter, DC sixer ($7): Pours a slightly dark color for a Dortmunder with a white head. Aroma is of grass, grain, hops, and bread. Taste is much the same. Very well-balanced. Full of flavour. Nothing boring, but still this is really nice and sessionable. Hops are in good force. No offensive notes. Nice bready flavour. Made to style, and done well, which is more than I can say about most beer. Is it my favourite Dort? No. Do I like it? Yes. Good value? Hell, yes.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Solid lager.
I was surprised by how light the aroma & mouthfeel was.
Crisp lemon, light floral + honey notes, earthy malts, grassiness
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tap at VA Beach Craft Beer Festival. Pours clear orange with a medium, frothy off-white head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is corn, meal, grain, and cereal malt, moderate Noble hops, and a clean lager nose. Flavor is malty, corn and meal, light to medium hops and bitterness, dry finish and a clean lager character. Medium body and carbonation, low warmth.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Video review at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mRltObqih4
Appearance: Clear amber + golden glow at bottom, 3-fingers of head, excellent lacing
Smell: Crisp lemon, light floral + honey notes, earthy malts, grassiness, tiny bit of black currant
Taste: Medium body, lemon rind, toffee, granola, cinnamon, black currant + blueberry, carmel + earthy malts, slightly dry finish, floral + hop astringency residuals, medium carbonation, drinkable
Pairings: Chicken sandwich
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft @ Old Dominion, Dulles Airport. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grainy aroma. Fruity malty grainy flavor. Has a fruity malty grainy finish with some weak bitterness.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
From a twist off bottle. Smells a little strong and perhaps sweet for a lager at first but olfactory eventually evolves to a hoppy mild background. Woo, first taste is lots of hops in this almost making it a weirdly hopped american pale ale in nature. Pale lager look with some brown haze in there. Yes, highly hopped in a dull lager processed kind of way. Same with the finish. Decent co2 thru the session. Much personality. IMHO not nearly as good as
1 Edenton Helles Angel
2 Blue Canoe Titusville Gold Lager
3 Löwenbräu Original
4 Höss Neuschwansteiner Helles Lager
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Thanks again to my beer buddy Big D!!! A decent larger, not much brewers can do with this style. This beer is on style, and it has a nice hop in the finish. A good beer of its style.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Slightly cloudy, yellow/gold appearance with a small white head and a fair amount of lacing. Subtle aroma; some sweetness, some grassiness, some crisp fruit. Malty, cracker-like flavors up front with a dry, bitter, hoppy aftertaste. Medium-to-light bodied, well carbonated mouthfeel with a lingering finish. Reminded me of the now retired DeGroens Helles.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Reviewed from notes.
Pours a clear golden color with some visible carbonation and a white head. The nose is slightly hoppy and floral with some grain. Taste brigs slight bitterness and some straw and grain. Feel is light and crisp leading to good drinkability.
Serving type: on-tap
Reviewed on: 11-01-2010
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