Pilot 014 - Dortmunder Lager
Galway Bay Brewery in Oranmore, Galway, Ireland 🇮🇪
Lager - Dortmunder Regular|
Score
6.22
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ CASK Pub & Kitchen, 6 Charlwood Street, Pimlico, Greater London, England SW1V 2EE. [ As Galway Bay Dortmunder ].ABV: 6.0%. Hazy matt medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, flowers, grass, sweet fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, flowers, perfume, sweet fruit, sweet perfume - flowers, hop bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20151207] 7-3-7-3-13
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap as "Dortmunder". Clear golden with medium white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, grainy, hop and grass. Flavour is malt, caramel, hop, grass, grainy, little sweet and a little bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
From tap. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is grainy and slight grassy. Toasted and straw to grassy. Crisp hoppy. Bitter and toasted. Dry, bitter and toasted. Toasted finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Keg at CPK - London. Pours clear yellow-gold with a creamy white head. Really nice crispy biscuits in the aroma, some crunchy straw, cereal. Light-medium sweet flavor with a bit of citrusy hop, peach, melon, bitter grain, crispy cereal. Light bodied with average carbonation. Sugary finish, some white grape gummie, more peach, cereal. Not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Keg @ The Salthouse, Galway [270815]
Blonde, clear, bubbly white head
Aroma of light pale malts, soft grain, little going on
Taste of sweet pale malts, light sweet pale caramel, peppery bitter hops, getting hint of alcohol, taste profile not great, bitter and acidic
Palate - Prickly carb, medium light body, very bitter hop, acidic. Finish has a dry bitter hop followed by a syrupy residue, quite harsh.
Overall - I was spoilt drinking Tipopils before this. Not great.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft. A hazy golden beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and straw. the flavor is sweet with notes of malt, and straw, leading to a bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Keg at Brew Dock, Dublin, 28/06/15. Clear golden copper with a decent off white cap that retains well. Nose is grain, orange peel, straw, light bread, Taste comprises tangerine, straw, light floral notes, soft bread, light caramel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent Helles with a light hop dusting, good session gear.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at The Brew Dock, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Nose brings out herbal notes and light spiciness. Flavour is along the same lines, with a very clean herbal quality and light spiciness. Well-balanced and clean. Solid stuff.