Dogfish Head Johnny Rawton Pils

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

(draft, Gaithersburg) White head with nice lacing atop crystal clear straw body. Aroma is moderately sweet, apple, honey, some spice/grass, light grapefruit. Taste is medium sweet, grassy, some grapefruit/earthy, light honey, apple. Light-medium body, some crispness, light duskiness, acidity, very drinkable. This is great! I’d like to do a side-by-side with Prima Pils.

On tap at Rehoboth. Great hop aroma. Clean pils-like color. Very drinkable. A perfect example of what a pils should be.

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.

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.

Pour was a light golden color good head and lacing. Aroma was lots of citrus and bready. Flavor was of bready malts citrus hops and spices. Very refreshing. Good half way beer of a 36 mile bike ride.

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.

pint at brewpub rehoboth. pours a clear gold with mild head and carbonation. sweet fresh hoppy aroma, nice light hoppy quality with no bitterness. fresh hops thru to middle, good sessionable beer, mild dry finsih.

Clear golden yellow with a small white head that clung to the glass. Hoppy citrus and grain scent. Sharp grapefruit and hop notes hit first, along with cereal grain. Finish was bracingly bitter and dry, with lingering pine notes. Very flavorful but light and refreshing, good summer beer.