Dogwood Pilsner

Formerly brewed at Dogwood Brewing Company
Style: Pilsener
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Name: Tree Hugger Pilsner
Date: December 20, 2000
Mode: Bottle
Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta
Appearance: clear amber
Aroma: slightly sweet aroma with floral hops
Body: light body
Flavor: malt character with a hint of carmel, long bitter finish, tasty but not a pilsner
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4

The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Medium sort lived head, cloudy. Unfiltered lager, amber orange hue. Sugars and fruits dominate the aroma . Light alcoholic finish . Unusual flavours of mango mixed with chewy malts, oats and medium bitter hopps.

TheDM and Hotstuff vacation brew 15. This bottled brew was enjoyed at the brewery in Atlanta Georgia. The owner Crawford Moran treated us to several six packs of their brews as well as a freshly tapped bottle of their Dubbel. This brew poured a small head of fine to medium sized mostly lasting bubbles that left behind a good lace and a transparent yellow-orange colored softly carbonated body. The mouthfeel was smooth and tingly with a smooth start and a hop finish. It had a medium hop flavor with a slightly acidic note to it.

Bottle at the brewery in Atlanta. A small sized off-white head that was smooth with fine-medium sized bubbles that mostly diminished. There was soft carbonation with this beer and it was transparent with a golden hue. The nose was malty and the flavor was a bit lightly bitter and it had some sour notes as well. The mouthfeel was bitter and sour and it was a light bodied beer. This beer had a good lacing to it.

This beer just sucks. Lots of pine, mustard and overly dry hopped, make this undrinkable. Sour and acidic.

Clear gold in color, white head that dissipates quickly, fair lace, and the nose is malt. Front is slightly malt sweet; the top thin, the finish is dry, nice hop bitter presence, mild carbonation. A drinkable ’Pilsner’, and I think most ’Anti-Ale’ drinkers might like it, I will say ’Nuff Said’.

<P>Rerate 7/17/03: I don't know what the hell I got on tap the first time around, but this doesn't is not what I had last year. The odd lemony flavor is gone, the traditional pilsner hop aroma has regained its assertiveness and the chracteristic sandy malt character of the style is strong in the body. This is a damn tasty pilsner. I'd put it up there with some of the better ones like Victory's Prima Pils. It improves on Tupper's Hop Pocket Pils by making the hoppy pils without going overboard into unbalanced bitter harshness. It does seem to like the sveltness of some of the more traditional examples, but this is not a bad beer by any stretch. <P>8/25/02: Clear pale gold, perhaps a slight bit redder than most pilsners. Nice sized fluffy wet head. Saaz hops aren't really as assertive as in most pilsners. Odd lemony flavor. Not very dry. Mouthfeel is slightly slick.

Pours a nice golden yellow color with a foamy white head. Has a nice hoppy aroma with a full body. A nice pilsner I wish I could get regularly.