Dundee Brewing Company's Honey Brown Extra Rich Lager

Man, I guess wherever Dundee is made "brown" means "crystal clear and kind of orangish." Standard lager head, it fizzes up and then is gone.

The honey smell is fairly strong, mixed in with a harsh malt and alcohol smell. Lots of rise, I think.

Eh, it's like a sweet, bigger, Budweiser. The honey is definitely there, as is the rise-ish harshness that many macro lagers have. It's not a bad beer, it's kind of like the macros--it is what it is.

Dundee Brewing Company's Porter

Alright, porter is a simple style that shouldn't bee too hard to make. Please be a good beer. Please.

Looks light as it pours, but in the glass is opaque enough. Nice tan head, but it gets a little fizzy for a porter as it dissipates.

Roasted grain smell, with a hint of vinous tannins that is right for the style, even if it is a little light.

Probably the best Dundee beer I've had, it tastes stronger than I expected after searching for the smells that should be there. Good and malty, with fairly strong roasted flavor and a nice tannin taste that should be there. It's not the most robust porter, but it's fairly solid and a nice surprise after the series of beers that were in this mixed twelve pack.

Dundee Brewing Company's India Pale Ale

One of the last from my Dundee variety pack, and I'm hoping this one redeems the rest.

Pours a good amber color with a decent light tan head. Despite good carbonation, the head is gone pretty quickly, but stays at a sheet.

Smells very good. Solid sweet malt and grassy hops are fairly equal.

The bitterness hits you right up front, but then... nothing. It's very hollow in the taste, and the body is weaker than the malty smell would indicate. It fades quickly to taste like a more bitter Budweiser--and I mean that literally. It doesn't fade to a macro in general, this one tastes like a hoppy Bud.

I like Budweiser, but an IPA that finishes like one is just too weak.

Dundee Brewing Company's Pale Bock

Alright, it says "Pale Bock Lager," but duh, bocks are lagers. What the heck though, it was another one of the Dundee mixed 12-pack so we'll see how it goes.

Sure enough, it pours pretty pale. It's a deep yellow with an orange tinge and a pretty good light tan head. The head and the moderately slow rise of the good carbonation seems to belie the odd clarity of this beer.

Smells fairly malty, and slightly sweet. No hops.

Eh. It's like a bock was mixed with a cheap Euro golden lager. Lighter in feel and taste than any bock should be, with more adjuncts than anything by the taste. Odd bitterness that shouldn't be there, and then it's gone except for the wet cardboard bitterness.

The pale doesn't excuse the lack of just about everything a bock should be.

Dundee Brewing Company's Honey Brown

Another Dundee beer from a mixed 12-pack, a great way to try several beers without buying entire six packs. And so far, I've been pleasantly surprised by the beers from Dundee.

I'd expect a honey brown in a yellow label to be lighter than most browns, but not this much. It's a deep yellow-amber, and it's super clear. It has a crisp white head and strong carbonation as well, and so far looks nothing like a brown. It's a lager, but so is a bock, so it's not really an excuse for how light it is.

It has a crisp lager smell as well, like a heavier American macro than it should be.

Well, the brown sneaks out a bit in the taste, but barely. Still has the lager taste more than anything, and the honey isn't drying like in most beers but instead is probably what softens the lager feel a bit. A low bitterness fades quickly and everything but the honey is quickly gone.

Not bad, and kind of a decent beer. I'm just not real sure about brown lagers.

Dundee Brewing Company's Pale Ale

I've had a Dundee beer before (Octoberfest, I think), and was less than impressed. This one came in a mixed pack though, and I prefer to buy what may be a middle of the road beer in mixed packs because it's cheaper than buying them a sixer at a time. This was a twelve pack of six different beers, so it's perfect for that.

Pours a good orange-ish amber with a good light tan, almost off white head that stays well due to good carbonation.

Good smell for an amber. Lots of grassy to floral hops and a nice malt underneath it. Smells like it has substance.

Pretty good. Same grassy to floral hops taste that follows from the smell. Average body for a pale, with a bit of a hollow twang that I wish wasn't there. It gets sweeter as it warms, but loses the twang.

It's about what I'd expect from Dundee. Not bad, but not anything to look for again.