Dominion Ale

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Soory, no notes from this one but a good one if you look at the ratings

I really like this beer. It reminds me a lot of Appalachian Ale, which is fantastic.

(Bottled 7/29/2) Malty sweet hoppy aroma. I believe this beer is hopped with Clusters among other varities. Thin head. The palate is very fruity with a touch of hops. The finish goes down with a bit of honey malty sweetness and bitter hops. Pretty nice.

What a joy! And brewed so close to home.

From Dominion station at Microfestivus. Pours amber with nice head. Smell is Goldings, hurrah!. Nice malty sweetness and bitterness with clean hop bite. I loved this beer (course from my name, you can probably guess why).

Equipment: 12 oz bottle served chilled in a pint glass. Appearance: Clear honey colored liquid topped by a medium-sized slightly offwhite head. Head retains just a film and a ring after a few minutes. Scant amounts of lacing was left, just one ring and some specks. Aroma: Bready malts subtly integrated with some British and American hops, yet there’s a weird Germanic touch to it. It’s a melting pot! Flavor: Mild bready malt flavor at first, lightly sweet. Bitter American hops in the middle, fading to some Germanesque grassy hop aftertastes. Palate: Crisp and clean, nice and light in body. Overall: A great session pale ale in largely an English vein. Not aggressive like most Americanized versions.

This appeared a light amber hue with excellent clarity. The head was about an inch high and off white. It dropped down to a cap of bubbles fairly quickly leaving some lacing around the glass. The smell is a little weak with a sweet maltiness coming through and a hint of earthy tone hops. The taste starts of with a pleasant fruity sweetness with notes of caramel before becoming slightly bitter from a decent amount of citric hops. Very balanced and pleasant flavor that is not too sweet or over hopped. Mouthfeel is light to medium with sufficient carbonation, though I wish it had a little fuller feel to it. Drinkability couldn’t get any better, a pleasant decently complex taste that goes down smoothly. Very sessionable as I have done it on many occasions.

Crystal clear gold amber almost non existent white head. Aroma light malt, light citrus hops. Taste of great balance of hops with light maltiness, finishing with a great peat flavor and drying out. Aftertaste is very light and very mildly bitter. Better than I expected. Decent medium mouthfeel on the palate with a bit of a bubbly undercurrent. Overall I like this beer.

Original rating 4/05 - This is a darned good ale. Appearance was rather unimpressive, with a small head that dissipated rather quickly and left very little lacing. But looks are looks and taste is taste. This beer tasted GOOD. Nice malty taste with some caramel touches in there. Flowery hops were there, but were mild (which I like). I could drink one after another of these. This could definitely be my "house beer" anytime. RERATE 6/07 - Caramel malts and quite biscuity. I’d definitely characterize this as an English Pale Ale, and a good example of the style. Bumped down in rating a bit as my exuberance in my "beer youth" might have been a little exaggerated.

(12 oz bottle, obtained in trade with jasonp, thanks Jason!) This intriguing beer has a very strong buttery flavor, like eating a slice of Buttertop bread. It’s also malty, bready and toasty, but wow, it’s extremely buttery in the flavor, nose and mouthfeel. Mild hops bitterness lends some balance, but this is very much a malt dominated beer. Light amber color and slightly hazy in appearance. Off-white head exhibits average size during the pour and gradually recedes to a rim of tiny bubbles around the edge of the glass. Lacing is sporadic and fairly insignificant. Very unusual beer in a category filled with many ho-hum beers. As with most Dominion offerings, I’m enjoying this one a lot.