Dominion Ale

Brewed by Old Dominion Brewing Company (Coastal Brewing Co.)
Style: Amber Ale
Dover, Delaware USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Received this as a present for Christmas so had to have one while playing Wii on Christmas day! Thanks Gayle! Nice aroma with earthy notes and a hint of toffee that lasts for a long time. Finishes so well that I would rate this beer as very drinkable. Two thumbs up! Need to save some for CMB when he comes home in a few weeks

Bottle. Caramel malt with hint of hops. Amber color with small head. Sweet caramel malt and moderately bitter herbal hops flavor. Okay - nothing special.

Video review at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBuR1zbYdSE

Appearance: Transparent amber, ½-finger of head, excellent lacing

Smell: Bready + carmel malt, buttery biscuit, dead pine wood, grassiness, asphalt

Taste: Medium body, toffee, buttery biscuit, earthiness, toasted oats, roses + floral note, walnut, hint of allspice, creamy mouthfeel, medium carbonation, drinkable

Pairings: Fish & chips

Tap. Murky brown amber orange with a thin white head. Lots of caramel and astringent soapy tea-like hoppiness. Same for the flavor with more if a weird bitterness and toffee. Watery body with tight carbonation. Meh

Refrigerated bottle poured into a shaker. Pours a clear copper with inch and an inch and a half off-white head. Some lacing, light carbonation, and medium body. Taste is lightly roasted malt and a hop finish.

Tap at Chadwick’s in Friendship Heights labeled as "Chadwick’s Ale." The pour is a clear tea amber with a thin, diminishing, beige head. No lace or retention. Nose is sweet cherry and heavy grenadine. Taste is sweeter, with lots of English malt, with a good dose of buttered popcorn/diacetyl and heavy biscuit. In the finish is sort of a stinging EKG bitterness. Diacetyl heaviness and faux body prove too much to quickly put down this beer and it ends up being more of a chore than a treat. Very dense and heavy palate. Almost zero hoppiness. Butter explosion.

Bottle. Pours a pale amber color wit ha small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.

This Delaware beer pours amber from tap with a thin white head and slight notes of caramel. Decent maltiness on the tongue but nothing to write home about. Finish is clean.