Dogfish Head Johnny Rawton Pils

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

1L growler from New Beer Distributors. Very pale orange-golden colour with a thick white head. The aroma shows great fresh zesty hop aroma. There is also a soft fresh maltiness. A touch of honey and lemony citrus. Lightly sweet on the back of the palate. Some lingering sweetness and a lovely herbal hop flavour on the back. Very tasty pils.

This amber pour was quite good to me because it was less pilsener and more pale ale. Not much on the nose but very citrus in flavor and quite enjoyable. I recommend this if you like a more fruity hopped pils!

Draft at Trolley Stop. Poured clear yellow amber color with an average fizzy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Medium sour citrus hoppy aroma. Medium body. Heavy bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. I would recommend this to a freind.

Draught pint at Sunset Grill on 10/6/07 and again at Bukowski’s Tavern on 10/18
A lovely rendition of a pilsner. Crystal clear golden, sparkling carbonation and a large, foamy white head, showing strong retention and moderate lacing.
Hops, hops and more hops in the nose. Definitely more powerful than what would be expected from pilsner hops, though not all citrusy/piney. Palisades add a fairly dry bitterness, with grass and some lemon-lime, which is fairly appropriate. But, they leave too much acidity and an ever-so-slight resin signature on the finish, which just dosent work with a pils, IMHO. It’s noticeable in both flavor and aroma. The resin being slightly sticky and tacky in flavor, and rather acidic and astringently leafy in the nose. Still, aside from the finish, it’s very crisp and enjoyable, and the malt is along for the ride. Well-attenuated, very surprisingly so, for DFH. Crisp, dry and with ample carbonation, it’s quite an enjoyable, drinkable beer. There was light diacetyl in the Sunset Grill pint, but none at Bukowskis, further proving that Sunset has lots of issues with their tap lines. Clean, dry, crisp. Would be one of their best efforts in a long time were it not for the latent alpha acid and resin buildup. Still, I’m exaggerating it for effect and the beer is still very nice.

Draft at the Falls Church brewhouse location. A nice little beer. Light and fizzy, but a good dose of hoppiness. Finishes clean and went great with the fish and chips.

Draft at the Dogfish Head Brewpub in Falls Church, VA. Clear gold under a medium frothy white head that lasted pretty well. Medium body and carbonation with a fairly clean mouthfeel, but it is a little heavy for a "PIls." There is significantly more malt character here than one would expect with some light brown sugar sweetness that is easily overshadowed by a citrus rind bitterness. Although it seems to me to have features outside of the style a little, it is still refreshing and enjoyable.

Tap at Pizzeria Paradiso. Transparent, tinny golden appearance. Lovely hop aromas of citrus oils in orange and pineapple; chamomile imbued lightly with honey. Leafy, bright. Hints of lemon meringue and soft pastry. Taste is heavily hopped, with a faint but sufficient sweetness of malt. Dry grass, pepper, stalky grains, and no shortage of crispy vegetal and green tea leaf bitterness. Floral tones gather quite a lot of zesty shimmer, timidly approaching a misplaced, soapy cringe. Very, very clean. Palate is light, sprightly, and perfect for gulping; a pilsener in its most ideal and truest sense, refreshing in its blatant and powerful hoppy kick. Astringency whimpers here and there; saaz might have done better. Charming.

On draft at the DFH Alehouse in Falls Church, VA. Poured a transparent, straw yellow with a one finger white head. Smelled of grass, slight malt and mild citrus. Flavor was malty, spicy from both hops and malt, grassy and mild. Very drinkable. Finish held the flavor on the palate, but very watery. Pretty good Pils, won’t bowl you over but pleasant and appealing.