Dog Days Dortmunder Style Lager
Two Brothers Brewing Company in Warrenville, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Dortmunder Regular|
Score
5.93
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Brewed in the style of Dortmund, Germany, this golden lager has a delicate caramel malt character, balanced by a light body and mild German noble hops, creating a crisp, refreshing finish.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz bottle in a trade from Tripplebrew. Relatively fresh bottle with best before date: 09 -10- 12. Pours a transparent gold with thick frothy foam that stayed the duration of the glass. Ample carbonation in the lager glass. Real nice looking. Nose was a pleasant citrus and grassy hop. Taste is much the same. Lemon and clean grassy hops. Mouthfeel was very lively and dances over your tongue. Honestly overall, after I finish the bottle; I was wanting another. Good for the style and better than 90 % of lagers you will find in the U.S. It surprised me and worth a try. Could be a good session.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2012
at 17:26
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Purchased at Armanetti’s in Chicago, IL; enjoyed on a very hot late May Sunday afternoon (in the 90’s) while watching the Sox vs. Cubs game on TV. Appearance is a clear bright gold with a thin white head that laces to the glass. Aroma of corn, german yeast, very light hop presence. Taste is very crisp, definitely has a yeast presence, weird aftertaste that is a bit sour, very unusual aftertaste, possibly lemon. It’s a good hot day beer but I don’t think I’d drink it on any other day.
Tried
on 20 May 2012
at 13:13
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Slightly cloudy golden coloured body with a thinnish off-white head. Aroma of pale malt, metal, cardboard, light apricots and perhaps a very very small amount of grassy hops. Medium-bodied; Assertive malty flavour at first with a rather simple taste and a bit of metallic notes soon behind. Aftertaste shows a little bitterness, some light herbal flavours and a faint touch of fruits. Overall, not so impressive and not really good for the style - underwhelming. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Oliver’s Beverage in Albany, New York on 18-November-2011 for US$3.25 sampled at home in Washington on 01-December-2011 - Best By (on Bottle) 06-November-2011 - so a touch old, since I purchased it about two weeks after the ’best buy’ date and sampled it shortly after that.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2011
at 00:07
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
bottle - Pours lightly hazy gold with a big white head that fades quickly to a lingering small one. The aroma is of grainy malt and mild, European hops. The flavor is light, sweet malt and mild bittering hops. It’s light bodied and avoids being watery, but this brew is just alright. It’s no Great Lakes Gold.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2011
at 18:35
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Half Time. Pours gold with a foamy white head. Aroma is a "warm" sugary smell. Medium body with foamy carbonation. Flavor is bready, almost wheaty, with a little grassy hoppiness. Finishes a little astringent and almost dry. Seems to have mild fruit off and on. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2010
at 17:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brooklyn Beer and Soda ($12): This beer was too expensive for what it was, but it was the correct beer for today which is simply far too hat, a dog day so to say. Anyway, it pours a pale golden color with a quickly dissipating head that leaves a thin layer of lacing. The German hops are in the aroma along with some maltiness. Taste is mildly bitter; the German hops are properly balanced with the malts. A little sweetness at the end. Correct texture. A good Dortmunder.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2010
at 14:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours hazy copper with a medium, foamy white head. Crisp malt aroma with some metallic notes. Flavor is a bit better, with some nice, sweet malts and light caramel, but still some metal. Light to medium in body with average carbonation. Finishes very crisp and clean. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2010
at 17:38
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled@Monks Café Sveavägen, Stockholm. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is bready malts, some fruits and mild notes of earth and herbs. Flavour is quite much the same. Quite thin on the palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2010
at 07:03