Dogfish Head Johnny Rawton Pils

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Pilsener
Milton, Delaware USA

Lightly roasted caramel maltiness with light earthy hop bite. This pilsener is just average...a good easy drinker, but nothing remarkable in any way.

On the beer menu, this was "cleverly" misspelled as "Johnny Rotten." Oh, well. It’s a sessionable lager having a clear yellow body with plently of bubbles and a frothy head that sheeted the glass with lace. The aroma seemed a bit subdued, some sweet pale malts and a light grassy hoppiness. The hops increased in the flavor adding a solid bittering to the beer. I’d repeat it, but wouldn’t go far out of my way for it.

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On tap at RFD, D.C. Wasn’t really the weather for it but I had to take the chance to try this one. Golden pour, quite fluffy head and a pretty lustrous looking body. Very creamy mouthfeel, not quite as sharp and crisp as I expect from a pils (more like the body of a tripel I guess). Decent malting, tending towards the fruity side, and certainly some hops in there (nothing nearly like DFH suggests though). All in all, pretty average.

Draft pour at the Brickskellar in DC, where they incorrectly told me that this was the same beer as Golden Era. No, it’s not, guys. Clear medium dark yellow or gold colored body with a medium sized thick white head. Crisp and fresh, with a moderately presence of yeast but it’s mostly clean, lightly pillowy and not at all muddying. Fresh, fluffy, light, clean tasting, lightly dry on the back, moderately sweet, and then turning a small bit bitter with a husky grain flavor, but never too forward or strong. A solid pils all around.

On tap @ Buckeye Beer Engine 12/6/07: Hazy gold w/ a large, lasting, white head. Soapy hop aroma at first, grainly pils malt w/ some bready malt & yeasty notes. Slight sulphury w/ spicy and floral hops. Spicy hop flavor w/ a restrained malty character. Floral hops in the dry, lightly bitter finish. Mostly clean w/ a light green apple. Aftertaste is spicy and floral hops. Spritzy mouthfeel from carbonation, light body, dry mouthfeel. Nice pilsner! Not a huge fan of pilsners, but this is a nice beer!

Tap at Barcade. Pale, cloudy pour. Very vegetal, celery, soy sauce. Rough bitter flavor with a decent body, but still hard to put down. That it is completely unfiltered is nice, but I don’t think it’s really helping this one. Aint no way this is in the 99th percentile of pilseners.

Me like. Yes, there is a mountainslide of hpos, but it is contained quite well. The light sugary malt actually fights through before being consumed by a clean, crisp, dry hoppy finish. Great pils!

Slightly hazy golden yellow, rich and foamy head with a nice aroma. Finish was what was most impressive, solid Palisade hop aroma and bitterness. Perfectly offset beer.