California Dry Hop Lager
Sudwerk Brewing Company
- From:
- Sudwerk Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- European / Dortmunder Export Lager
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 10.38%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 18
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 06, 2021
- Added:
- Sep 28, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 19
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Franziskaner from Missouri
3.4/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.4/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Dark copper to gold in color with a fingernail of off white head on top. There’s some large sediment present, perhaps from the yeast or the dry hopping. The aroma is lemony hops and honey. I’m tasting some very lemon forward hops with some lightly bready malt. The mouth is very light and refreshing.
Mar 06, 2021
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.52/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Had this in the summer of 2017.
Pours that golden yellow color most familiar as beer. 1/2" white head. Good retention for something dry hopped, the clarity was nice to look through as well. The dry hopping appears to be related to normal lager hops, i.e. noble/saaz. Lager yeast detectable too.
Taste pushes a higher end bitterness for style. Dry hopping seems to have been all/mostly bittering hops. Not really sure about the Dortmunder designation, seemed this one went with hops, whereas that style is more malt forward than this. Could also be the crisp carbonation in the mouth feel pushing this review in that direction. Good light metallic, grassiness and slight pine element to it. I would have thought this a pilsner before a Dortmunder. Not a lot of familiarity with it, but just thought there was too much going on here that wasn't sweet maltcentric like a Dortmunder has been in my experience.
Aug 10, 2020Pours that golden yellow color most familiar as beer. 1/2" white head. Good retention for something dry hopped, the clarity was nice to look through as well. The dry hopping appears to be related to normal lager hops, i.e. noble/saaz. Lager yeast detectable too.
Taste pushes a higher end bitterness for style. Dry hopping seems to have been all/mostly bittering hops. Not really sure about the Dortmunder designation, seemed this one went with hops, whereas that style is more malt forward than this. Could also be the crisp carbonation in the mouth feel pushing this review in that direction. Good light metallic, grassiness and slight pine element to it. I would have thought this a pilsner before a Dortmunder. Not a lot of familiarity with it, but just thought there was too much going on here that wasn't sweet maltcentric like a Dortmunder has been in my experience.
Reviewed by JLaw55 from Missouri
3.5/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Light and easy drinking, with a fairly assertive hop bite on the finish. Little sudsy on the body and initial sip. Fair amount of grain in the middle. All in all not bad.
Apr 16, 2019
Reviewed by the_awesometeer from California
3.56/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
The beer is golden with a head that disappeared very quickly. Nice carbonation. All i could smell was floral hops. The taste was a mix of citrus and pine hop flavors. The malt flavor was overwhelmed by the hops. The beer is light but very refreshing.
Jun 16, 2017
Reviewed by Absolut from California
3.53/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours a golden yellow. Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. Head disappears quickly.
Smells of fruity hops and breads malt
Clean taste with a bit of hop flavor. Crisp and clean.
Dec 19, 2016Smells of fruity hops and breads malt
Clean taste with a bit of hop flavor. Crisp and clean.
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