Dorothy's New World Lager | Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
Brewed by:
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
Iowa, United States
tgbrews.com
Style: California Common / Steam Beer
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.50%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
Our flagship beer was named after our founder’s grandmother and crafted to please her purely classic tastes. Mildly hopped, light in color and body, and clean to the taste, this california common-style lager drinks easy. Each sip charms the senses with distinct flavor and refreshing simplicity, delivering a smooth finish. Dorothy is truly the “Classic Beauty.”
11 IBU
Added by daledeee on 11-22-2010
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Ratings: 617 | Reviews: 68
Reviews by josephwa:
3.5/5 rDev -6.9%
josephwa, Feb 24, 2014
More User Reviews:
4.64/5 rDev +23.4%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
From a growler purchased about 50 hours ago filled at Casonova's in Hudson....still perfectly carbonated..
A-Bright golden colored....hazy...nice fluffy white head..
S-Hay...grains....not real assertive on the nose..
T-Loaded with flavor....very bready and sweet with some light lemony citrus notes....does not remind me of a California Common at all but more like a Kellerbier...I can't keep this in my glass it is so tasty...
M-Perfect....rounded and smooth....perfect weight...not watery at all but not heavy....
O-One of my favorite easy drinking beers of all-time. A keg of this at a summer pool party would be perfect. I could drink this every day for the rest of my life. I really, really like this one.
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look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
From a growler purchased about 50 hours ago filled at Casonova's in Hudson....still perfectly carbonated..
A-Bright golden colored....hazy...nice fluffy white head..
S-Hay...grains....not real assertive on the nose..
T-Loaded with flavor....very bready and sweet with some light lemony citrus notes....does not remind me of a California Common at all but more like a Kellerbier...I can't keep this in my glass it is so tasty...
M-Perfect....rounded and smooth....perfect weight...not watery at all but not heavy....
O-One of my favorite easy drinking beers of all-time. A keg of this at a summer pool party would be perfect. I could drink this every day for the rest of my life. I really, really like this one.
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3.37/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Nice easy drinking lager! Great price.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Nice easy drinking lager! Great price.
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3.77/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.52/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pale golden with a white head. Notes of hay, light citrus, grass, green hops and lager hops.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pale golden with a white head. Notes of hay, light citrus, grass, green hops and lager hops.
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3.36/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.67/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.25/5 rDev +13%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L: Pours an energetic gold with a white to cream colored foam cap that completely disappears after a minute and a half. S: Spicy, grainy, minty hop aromas joined by light bread rise from the glass. T: A prickly entrance gives way to grain and malt flavors with traces of apple and sulfur that open the door to an assertive hop bitter finish. F: Sparkly, prickly, lively, with a medium light body. O: Crisp and refreshing and packed with flavor.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L: Pours an energetic gold with a white to cream colored foam cap that completely disappears after a minute and a half. S: Spicy, grainy, minty hop aromas joined by light bread rise from the glass. T: A prickly entrance gives way to grain and malt flavors with traces of apple and sulfur that open the door to an assertive hop bitter finish. F: Sparkly, prickly, lively, with a medium light body. O: Crisp and refreshing and packed with flavor.
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4.05/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 22 oz. bottle into a tall pint glass.
Appearance: Pours a bright and fairly hazy straw golden orange with a lot of rising bubbles. About one finger of white head that slowly fades into a thin patchy layer. Leaves a lot of lacing.
Smell: A bready and fairly sweet malt forward aroma with good hints of grains and biscuit. Pale malt with hints of bready biscuit, grains, straw, cracker, and yeast. Fairly earthy with some hints of grassy hops. Zesty hints of lemon fruit. A nicely crisp and bready light lager aroma.
Taste: Like it smells, a crisp, bready, and fairly sweet malt forward taste with good notes of grains and biscuit. Upfront pale malt with notes of grains, biscuit, cereal, wheat, straw, cracker, and lager yeast. Earthy hop background with notes of grass. Citrus fruit notes of lemon. A pretty solid light lager taste.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with a moderate amount of carbonation. Crisp and very smooth with a fairly dry finish.
Overall: A pretty solid take on a light pale lager style. Nice crisp grainy malt notes with some light citrus notes.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 22 oz. bottle into a tall pint glass.
Appearance: Pours a bright and fairly hazy straw golden orange with a lot of rising bubbles. About one finger of white head that slowly fades into a thin patchy layer. Leaves a lot of lacing.
Smell: A bready and fairly sweet malt forward aroma with good hints of grains and biscuit. Pale malt with hints of bready biscuit, grains, straw, cracker, and yeast. Fairly earthy with some hints of grassy hops. Zesty hints of lemon fruit. A nicely crisp and bready light lager aroma.
Taste: Like it smells, a crisp, bready, and fairly sweet malt forward taste with good notes of grains and biscuit. Upfront pale malt with notes of grains, biscuit, cereal, wheat, straw, cracker, and lager yeast. Earthy hop background with notes of grass. Citrus fruit notes of lemon. A pretty solid light lager taste.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with a moderate amount of carbonation. Crisp and very smooth with a fairly dry finish.
Overall: A pretty solid take on a light pale lager style. Nice crisp grainy malt notes with some light citrus notes.
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4.66/5 rDev +23.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Great all around beer, glad they have them in six packs, perfect for grilling out!
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Great all around beer, glad they have them in six packs, perfect for grilling out!
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3.67/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Not bad, I honestly can't say that I think it's a terrific example but it has pretty much all average to good qualities. Just my opinion but it resembles Miller lite . . . I prefer Lite.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Not bad, I honestly can't say that I think it's a terrific example but it has pretty much all average to good qualities. Just my opinion but it resembles Miller lite . . . I prefer Lite.
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Dorothy's New World Lager from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
3.76
out of 5
based on 617 ratings.