Dortmunder Gold | Great Lakes Brewing Co.
Brewed by:
Great Lakes Brewing Co.
Ohio, United States
greatlakesbrewing.com
Style: European Export / Dortmunder
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.80%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
Yes, it's known for winning medals worldwide. But locally, it's known as "Dort," our flagship lager that humbly maintains its smooth, balanced (and charmingly unpretentious) ways.
A smooth, award-winning (and deceptively unassuming) balance of sweet malt and dry hop flavors.
World Beer Championships
16-Time Medal Winner Since 1994 (World Champion, Gold, Silver)
Great American Beer Festival Awards
1990 Gold Medal Winner
Added by stirgy on 09-18-2001
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Ratings: 3,374 | Reviews: 1,132
3.76/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.68/5 rDev +15.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75
Local pub has draft Dort. Not a fan of these lighter beers but this is so well balanced and full of flavor it just never disappoints.
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look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75
Local pub has draft Dort. Not a fan of these lighter beers but this is so well balanced and full of flavor it just never disappoints.
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3.94/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
When in Cleveland.....pours a pale amber/copper - clear, with one finger short lived off white head. Aroma is sweet biscuity malt, caramel, almost a little apple juice like. Taste follows - bready malt, slightly sweet with only a touch of hoppy bitterness on the finish. Medium bodied leaving a pleasant malty bitterness hanging on back of palate. Refreshing and tasty.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
When in Cleveland.....pours a pale amber/copper - clear, with one finger short lived off white head. Aroma is sweet biscuity malt, caramel, almost a little apple juice like. Taste follows - bready malt, slightly sweet with only a touch of hoppy bitterness on the finish. Medium bodied leaving a pleasant malty bitterness hanging on back of palate. Refreshing and tasty.
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3.9/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.44/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.56/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
3.76/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.28/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
good!
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
good!
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4.25/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A nice tasty and rich lager. Has a slight thick-ish quality to it which is very satisfying. Quite malty and bready with just the right amount of carbonation. A beer that I now usually keep on hand. Get some!
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A nice tasty and rich lager. Has a slight thick-ish quality to it which is very satisfying. Quite malty and bready with just the right amount of carbonation. A beer that I now usually keep on hand. Get some!
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3.73/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Best lager I've ever had. But it is still a lager.
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look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Best lager I've ever had. But it is still a lager.
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4.24/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.61/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A semi clear amber color around a medium body as well as about medium carbonation.
Aroma was doughy, yeast, cracker and malt . Behind that there was a floral, grassy hop aroma
Taste is very identical to aroma . The malt dominates the flavor but not to the point of being a sweet malt bomb. If anything this is as far as I prefer to have the malts dominate, adds flavor and a bit of sweetness but allows other flavors to show up. The doughy, yeast, cereal taste follows the malt and then there's a dry, mild, bitterness that lingers a bit works really well.
This was a very good beer in my opinion and one I would look for again
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A semi clear amber color around a medium body as well as about medium carbonation.
Aroma was doughy, yeast, cracker and malt . Behind that there was a floral, grassy hop aroma
Taste is very identical to aroma . The malt dominates the flavor but not to the point of being a sweet malt bomb. If anything this is as far as I prefer to have the malts dominate, adds flavor and a bit of sweetness but allows other flavors to show up. The doughy, yeast, cereal taste follows the malt and then there's a dry, mild, bitterness that lingers a bit works really well.
This was a very good beer in my opinion and one I would look for again
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3.68/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
4.25/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
12oz bottle bb 11/10/18 poured into a pilsner glass at fridge temp 5.8% ABV 30 IBU. The beer pours bright very light amber with khaki colored head. The head recedes to a thin cap and leaves some splotchy lacing. The aroma is bready balanced by spicy and floral hops. The taste is semisweet bready malts again balanced by a grassy, spicy hop note. The mouthfeel is medium to thin bodied, adequately carbonated and dry in the finish. The malt sweetness and hop bitterness interact throughout each phase of this beer where neither is ever completely missing. Overall, excellent. This is a tasty beer and fits the style description nearly to a tee.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
12oz bottle bb 11/10/18 poured into a pilsner glass at fridge temp 5.8% ABV 30 IBU. The beer pours bright very light amber with khaki colored head. The head recedes to a thin cap and leaves some splotchy lacing. The aroma is bready balanced by spicy and floral hops. The taste is semisweet bready malts again balanced by a grassy, spicy hop note. The mouthfeel is medium to thin bodied, adequately carbonated and dry in the finish. The malt sweetness and hop bitterness interact throughout each phase of this beer where neither is ever completely missing. Overall, excellent. This is a tasty beer and fits the style description nearly to a tee.
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3.99/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Dortmunder Gold from Great Lakes Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
4.06 out of
5 with
3,374 ratings
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