Generally we don't like in your face advertisement, or brash claims about being the "Best Around," unless you're referencing Karate Kid, then we love it and wholeheartedly agree with it. However, this week's featured beer seems to be too confident, especially with all the claims the bottle's label makes about it, for us not to try it. 

WEEK 11:

Dortmunder Gold




With a huge gold medal featured as the prominent image, the label boasts, "Our Dortmunder Gold is a consistent gold medalist and a balanced golden lager (do you see a pattern forming?). In the Middle Ages, this style brewed in Germany was so popular it required armed escorts when exported to surrounding towns. As you can see, this beer was and still is as good as gold!" Man, this label is drenched in arrogance. Then we went to the Great Lakes Brewing Company 's website, which is based in Cleveland, Ohio, to discover that this beer's claims are all but true, winning the gold medal at the World Beer Championships (sounds pretty awesome, doesn't it?) 9 times out of the last 11 years, with one silver tossed in there. Not too shabby, eh?

The Verdict:
This beer has a deep golden, almost orange, hue to it with a light head. It's amazingly flavorful, but not too dry or malty as the pales and the lagers tend to be. I hate to use this cliché, but this beer struck gold. It's one of those brews that one could potentially develop a taste for anytime of the year and it would go well with any season. It's versatile and although it passes itself off as a full-bodied, flavorful, yet light beer for the summertime, I'll be drinking this (5.8 percent % ALC./VOL.) brew all year long.

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