Dominion Beach House Golden Pilsner

Bottle pours perfectly clear yellow with a white head. Sweet grain, corn, mild hay, lemon, other citrus, the hops are mostly transparent in the nose, but the snappy bitterness is there, almost coming off as a sweet/sugar/mint character, but certainly sharp and bitter but with little hop flavor. Not bad, a little wet/oily, could use some more dryness, but it’s fresh and it’s tasty.

12oz bottle. Pours a bright, clear golden-yellow color; thin head which mostly fades to nothing; patchy off-white lacing at best. Reasonably dry, bready and sugary aroma; a bit one-dimensional and bland, like cardboard; slightest hint of pepper (good catch, Scott). Medium mouthfeel: not really all that dry or crisp; some basic sugary malts and citrus and mineral bitterness; some bread as well, but not a lot of depth here; ok, drinkable pilsener. Medium finish, with plenty of breadiness and dough and a touch of mineral hops.

On tap at the brewpub. Crystal clear golden body with a large frothy off-white head. Huge grassy and earthy hop aroma - very fresh. Big grassy hop flavor, light maltiness. Firm bitter finish. Medium light body with moderately high carbonation.

Crisp clear golden coloured body with a billion small bubbles still rising after about 10 minutes out of the bottle. A nice fluffy white head tops the beer and shows nicely. Aroma of fresh hops, cardboard, bread, malt and a bunch of citrus flavours ranging from grapefruits to lemons. Light-bodied; Nice lightly hoppy flavour mixed with a dose of malt, but not much else going. Overall, a decent beer - but sagging off the low end in terms of complexity. I hope this doesn’t have to do with the new owners, but this beer is pretty disapointing. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle, purchased earlier today, bottled on 07-April-2008, from Chevy Chase Wine & Liquors in Washington, D.C on 03-May-2008.

Loaded with citrus. Aroma, flavor and even a bit puckering on the palate. Lemon. Some bread. Enjoyable. Quite quaffable and a good warm weather pleaser.