Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold
Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold
Rated 3.684 by BeerPalsBrewed by Great Lakes Brewing Company
Cleveland, OH, United StatesStyle: Helles / Dortmunder
5.8% Alcohol by Volume
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A smooth lager that strikes a delicate balance between sweet malt and dry hop flavors. Awards: * Gold Medal, 2010 World Beer Championships * Gold Medal, 2008 World Beer Championships * Gold Medal, 2007 World Beer Championships * Gold Medal, 2006 World Beer Championships * Gold Medal, 2004 World Beer Championships * Silver Medal, 2003 World Beer Championships * Gold Medal, 2002 World Beer Championships * Gold Medal, 2001 World Beer Championships * Gold Medal, 2000 World Beer Championships * Gold Medal, 1999 World Beer Championships * Gold Medal, 1998 World Beer Championships * World Champion, Gold Medal, 1997 World Beer Championships * World Champion, Gold Medal,1996 World Beer Championships * World Champion, Gold Medal, 1995 World Beer Championships * World Champion, Gold Medal, 1994 World Beer Championships * Gold Medal, 1990 Great American Beer Festival
ID: 4407 Last updated 3 days ago Added to database 23 years agoKey Stats
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Overall Rank | 1199 |
Overall Percentile | 97.8 |
Style Rank | 1 of 511 |
Style Percentile | 99.8 |
Lowest Score | 2.5 |
Highest Score | 4.5 |
Average Score | 3.727 |
Weighted Score | 3.684 |
Standard Deviation | 0.379 |
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48 Member Reviews
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
Rated Dec. 2006. 12 oz bottle pours with a gold to orange-ish color with thin white head. The aroma is sweet citrus and a hint of pale Munich type malts. Flavor is sweet caramel mixed with citrus hops to create a candy orange-malty flavor. Leaves a pleasing taste behind that is slightly sweet citrus but not too sweet.
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7
Aroma is strong and crisp, malty and yeasty with a hint of honey sweetness. It pours a nice clear yellowish amber with a thick, if not persistent, white head. Flavor is richer than most golden lagers I have tried, malty and crisp with an interesting fruity undertone, the sort that I find mainly in ales. Texture is crisp and fizzy, leaving behind a nice tingle.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7
Pours a dark golden color. Smell is sweet, grains. Taste is crisp, mild, some grains and malts. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a decent beer.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
Pours a nice clear gold colour with a thin bubbly head. Not much retention,leaves a little lacing. More flavour than most lagers. Lots of carbonation Not bad.Could be a good beer to introduce swill drinkers to craft beer.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
pours a great golden color with excellent clarity. nice fruity aroma, with excellent carbonation. This beer looks as good as it tastes. Like other beers from this brewery a real winner.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8
This is a very solid beer. Somewhere between a rich Vienna and a crisp pils and exactly the flavor I think of when someone says "beer". A burnt gold color with a thin soapy head. Mild on aroma, malt and grass with touches of cereal/corn. Flavor is the maltyness of a Munich/Vienna style with the refreshing snap of a good pils. I could have a couple of these.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
I've been told that this is the best tasting lager in North america, and while it's up there, I'm not quite convinced this is the 'ONE'. A nice clear medium golden red colour with a rocky long lasting white head. Aroma is bread, grass, and floral hops. Flavour is a nice amalgamation of hops and malt that is crisp, clean, and refreshing as all get out.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
An orangish/amber color. Clear. Off white colored head that was small and didn't have much retention. Did have some nice lacing and several bubbles rising from the bottom. The smell had a nice bit of malt. Caramel, bread and a toasty biscuit. It smells clean and well balanced. The taste matched the aroma perfectly. Caramel, bread and biscuit. It did add an additional flavor of a light grain. Only a minor touch of bitterness. Medium mouthfeel. Dry and crisp. Left plenty on the palate. This is really a pretty nice little beer. Solid all around. Easy drinking an balanced well. Worth a try. Could be enjoyed year round. I don't think I would turn this down.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
Gold pour with a medium sized white head. Bready aroma with a subtle hint of hops. Smooth, malty flavor with just a bit of hop bitterness. This is a simple, but flavorful beer that would pair nicely with any food and work in any situation.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7
This is a beer I've had both on draft and in bottle. Both versions pour a gold color with little head. The aroma is of bread and hops. The flavor is a good "beer" flavor. The only downfall is the beer is a little too carbonated for me; however, it is a beer I feel would please many different types of people especially at dinner parties.