Rockyard Dutch

Brewed by Rockyard Brewing Company
Style: Pilsener
Castle Rock, Colorado USA

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

Tasted at the 2010 Craft Lager Festival in Manitou Springs. Clear pale straw color with a lively white head. Muted aroma brings just a bit of green grass and raw malted barley. Flavor is very simplistic, but finishes clean with a little peppery hop spice. Slightly watery body, but smooth good carbonation and balance, just nothing too memorable here.

Tap. Pours clear yellow with a medium, fizzy white head, lasting with good lacing. Aroma is malty grain and meal with corn and grassy hops, clean lager yeast. Flavor is malty and corn with medium bitterness and a clean lager character. Light bodied, moderate carbonation.

Draft at SBV. Pours a thin head over a pale yellow (SRM 2-3) clear body.....nose is very light with minimal grain and hop....taste light a very light pilsner.....mouth feel is light.

On tap @ Rockyard poured a clear yellow with a lasting white head. Aromas of straw and light spice. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of straw with a hint of spice and a crisp lightly bitter finish.

Clear and very light golden; bright white head with some nice lace patterns. Very smooth texture with a mild carbonation. Malts were mild, overpowered by a strange medicinal characteristic, possibly a "spicy" element from the hops. Had a sharp, metallic edge to it, too. Hops were herbal and grassy, with a decent bitterness level. Not undrinkable by any means, but it had some odd things going on.