Dominion Pale Ale

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

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

amber in color with a thin white head. A sweet aroma with caramel notes and pine notes. Taste was crisp! slightly sweet and nice hops, smooth finish.

UPDATED: SEP 29, 2005 This pours a rich, clear amber color with a two-fingered white head. The aroma is of caramel malts topped with floral and herbal hops. The flavor is a sweet caramel backbone with solid citric, floral, and earthy hoppings. It finishes on a sweet malt note with a dollop of hop bitterness.

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Clear amber color. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is somewhat sweet fruity malts, grapefruity and floral hops. A medium bodied pale ale. Malts are fruity and sweet. Hops are grapefruity and floral. Nicely balanced Pale Ale, a touch on the sweet side. But a nice APA. All the bad stuff I said about the Micro Beer of the Month Club last month I take back, as long as they keep shipping beers like this and the Oak Barrel Aged Stout. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

Sort by:  Latest High Low Top Reviewers Alström Bros Reviews   feloniousmonk ( Minneapolis, Minnesota ) overall:  4.15 Appearance: slightly hazy, bold tangerine color, beneath fresh white head, though short-lived. Aroma is a treat, bold and hoppy, absolutely dripping with vibrant ho juiciness, grapefruit, orange, peach, all manner of fruitiness, quite appealing. These flavors make a happy return in the taste, after a brief blitz of hop bitterness that swiftly fades and mellows. Lively fruity flavor never seems to quit, and the abundant hops are handily met by malt, just enough for a sweet, lush cushion. Medium body, light, still hoppy finish. Very tasty, even very, very tasty, reminding me at times of SN PA, and I even get an echo of Alpha King. I’d be very happy any time I’d find this little treasure around!

UPDATED: MAR 29, 2006 In the bottle. Reddish amber color. Head was not too substantial. Grainy and very hoppy aroma with possibly a little orange peel? Solid malt body supports the hops. Good IBU mouth feel. I like it. UPDATE 3/28/6: Not so much. This was the March beer of the Month selection (Thanks goes out to pman for sharing the love). Now I find this beer to be reddish copper with an off white head. The head is thick with big bubbles, pillowy in fact. There’s a faint hop aroma with honeysuckle sweetness. Mildly citrus-like. The flavor is unpleasant: a strong biting bitterness all over the tongue like a bitter chocolate (without the chocolate). The body is a little on the weak side to support such a strong amount of hops. This yeilds a harsh palate that is unbalanced.

UPDATED: NOV 10, 2004 (12 oz bottle, obtained in trade with jasonp, thanks Jason!) Oh, hell yes! Now this is my kind of pale ale! I’m immediately greeted by a big malty nose that is very sweet and fruity, but a fruit with a strong, powerful aroma like raisins. None of that soft, generic fruity nose here. And the big flavor backs up that potent nose. It’s very malty, bready, somewhat sweet, with a wonderful toastiness that just jumps right out at ya’. Stunning. Delicious. Moderately bitter hops lends some balance, but this definitely remains a malt dominated pale ale. Medium bodied, but the mouthfeel is full for the style. Very hazy, amber color. Off-white head is smallish on the pour, but maintains a thin layer for awhile before gradually fading to a sheen. Some scattered lacing is left on the glass. This is certainly one of the best pale ales I’ve tasted, at least in the top 3.

Well made Pale ale. Copper color, pours with a froth white head that quickly dissapates. Aroma is slightly citrus and grassy and malty sweet. Flavor is a balance mix of tart and sweetness. Dry finish.

(draft) Somehow I had neglected this beer all these years, and I really have been missing out. Crystal clear amber body with off-white head. Aroma is medium swet, grapefruit/floral, light caramel. Taste is medium sweet, floral/grapefruit, light caramel -- not especially bitter, but there is some bite. Light-medium body. Delicious, well-balanced beer.