Dominion Pale Ale

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

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Bottle from VA. Copper red with a fizzy head. Caramel and hops aroma and taste with some mild bitterness, fairly well balanced.

UPDATED: JAN 25, 2004 Bottled. Sampled at Stockholm Beer Festival 2003. Dark amber with a nice head. Aroma from toffe, hop and hazelnuts. A rather dry palate. A lot of hoppy bitterness with some pleasant sweetness.

Pours a nice brown with a puffy white head. Nose is malt with some hop character and a slightly metallic tinge. The tongue is full of malt and hops and leaves something on the tongue when finishing. Decent beer and worth trying but nothing spectacular.

Bottle: Dark orange, quite hazy, moderate off-white head that settles quickly to a thin film, lacing is quite nice but carbonation appears to be non-existant.   Soft malty aroma, slight graininess, even slighter hop.   Grainy malt flavor, hop profile is extremely minor.   Luckily as it warms the hop bitterness becomes more noticable.   Body and mouthfeel are fairly average.   Fairly clean finish, soft, or should I say very soft, hop bitterness lingers.   Thanks Dan for the freebie!

(Draught) Pours and orange-amber body with a thin, white head. Nose and cascade flavour. Tart, dry finish. Above average.

Bottled. Sampled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Hazy amber colour. Hoppy aroma with notes of carmel/toffee. Nice fruity flavour with a flowery bitter finish.

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: JUL 5, 2003 This is a re-rating from a beer I had on Tap at Hero's in Manassas, Virginia. I bought this in a bottle from Whole Foods in Vienna, Virginia. The colour is a little odd, darker amber and a nice white head which leaves decent lacing behing on the glasss. The aroma is almost purely hops, but that is a very good thing! The taste is pretty balanced, although a bit vinegary--even from the bottle. Good hoppyness balanced with adequate maltiness combined with decent sweetness. A pretty good pale ale, the first time I had it, it wasn't good at all...but this time in the bottle, I'm pleasantly impressed. One to pick up if you are in Washington or Virginia!

Clear copper color with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet malty aroma with some light hops in the end. Sweet malty flavor, some caramel with some grassy and citrus hops.

Bottle: Cookie and light hop aroma. Pours a transparent amber with a nice off-white head with good retention. Malty up front with a good amount of caramel. Finishes bitter and then the caramel sneaks back into the aftertaste. Well balanced APA.