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
HISTOGRAM
View: Beers | Place Reviews
Ratings: 689 | Reviews: 83
Reviews by josephwa:
More User Reviews:
4.64/5 rDev +24.7%
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.
715 characters
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.
715 characters
4.74/5 rDev +27.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
New favorite beer?
Hello everyone! Poured out of a 16 oz. can, this beer is superb.
Appearance - Pours a soapy one-finger head. It has a straw-yellow color, similar to Budweiser. By the looks of it, there doesn't seem to be an immense amount of carbonation. Looks like your average, ordinary beer.
Smell - Right off the the bat, I smell a lot of graininess. It has a good smell of breadiness. I think it smells malty, too. I don't really smell any hops.
Taste (most important) - I definitely taste good hops. The hops are NOT overpowering at all. It kind of reminds me of Budweiser, but without the overwhelming adjuncty sweetness of Budweiser, and it has more of a hoppy taste. It is like a crisp, cleaner version of Budweiser. I think it's worth mentioning that it has a 5.5% ABV, which I think is a good achievement.
Mouthfeel - Not overly carbonated and spritzy. It has a little heft to it, but not too much.
Overall - If you want a beer, this is what a beer should taste like. Overall, this is a great overall beer! I think this is my new favorite beer.
1,069 characters
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
New favorite beer?
Hello everyone! Poured out of a 16 oz. can, this beer is superb.
Appearance - Pours a soapy one-finger head. It has a straw-yellow color, similar to Budweiser. By the looks of it, there doesn't seem to be an immense amount of carbonation. Looks like your average, ordinary beer.
Smell - Right off the the bat, I smell a lot of graininess. It has a good smell of breadiness. I think it smells malty, too. I don't really smell any hops.
Taste (most important) - I definitely taste good hops. The hops are NOT overpowering at all. It kind of reminds me of Budweiser, but without the overwhelming adjuncty sweetness of Budweiser, and it has more of a hoppy taste. It is like a crisp, cleaner version of Budweiser. I think it's worth mentioning that it has a 5.5% ABV, which I think is a good achievement.
Mouthfeel - Not overly carbonated and spritzy. It has a little heft to it, but not too much.
Overall - If you want a beer, this is what a beer should taste like. Overall, this is a great overall beer! I think this is my new favorite beer.
1,069 characters
3.37/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Nice easy drinking lager! Great price.
38 characters
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Nice easy drinking lager! Great price.
38 characters
3.68/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Clear light gold color with white cap.
Aroma of sweet malt and floral hops with a touch of light citrus.
Flavor on entry is rich, slightly sweet malt followed by clean floral hops with a hint of rounded, not sharp, citrus. These simple flavors work in harmony and remain consistent into the aftertaste.
Medium texture with balancing carbonation.
A rather nice change of pace from IPAs and other strongly flavored craft styles. I gave out tasting samples to a couple of grad students who proclaimed it better than PBR. Theirs is a limited perspective, certainly, but an honest one.
588 characters
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Clear light gold color with white cap.
Aroma of sweet malt and floral hops with a touch of light citrus.
Flavor on entry is rich, slightly sweet malt followed by clean floral hops with a hint of rounded, not sharp, citrus. These simple flavors work in harmony and remain consistent into the aftertaste.
Medium texture with balancing carbonation.
A rather nice change of pace from IPAs and other strongly flavored craft styles. I gave out tasting samples to a couple of grad students who proclaimed it better than PBR. Theirs is a limited perspective, certainly, but an honest one.
588 characters
3.77/5 rDev +1.3%
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 -5.4%
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
3.89/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.71/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
Pours clear, gold in color with half inch head. Taste is bready malt, grass, and caramel. Light bodied, moderate carnonation, and sweet. Tastes like a pilsner. Tasty easy to drink summer brew. First Toppling Goliath brew for me and it has me curious about more of their brews.
281 characters
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
Pours clear, gold in color with half inch head. Taste is bready malt, grass, and caramel. Light bodied, moderate carnonation, and sweet. Tastes like a pilsner. Tasty easy to drink summer brew. First Toppling Goliath brew for me and it has me curious about more of their brews.
281 characters
3.75/5 rDev +0.8%
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.
92 characters
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.
92 characters
3.36/5 rDev -9.7%
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 -1.3%
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 +14.2%
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.
446 characters
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.
446 characters
Dorothy's New World Lager from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
Beer rating:
3.72 out of
5 with
689 ratings
0 characters. We love reviews! Turn your rating into one with ≥ 150 characters.
In English, explain why you're giving this rating. Your review must discuss the beer's attributes (look, smell, taste, feel) and your overall impression in order to indicate that you have legitimately tried the beer. Nonconstructive reviews may be removed without notice and action may be taken on your account.