Blue Hen Pilsner
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

On draught at the Dogfish Head Ale House.
A gold/straw colored pour with a one finger head. Nice caramelization, pleasant Pilsner maltiness, hints of leather, slight citrus. The flavor is excellent, nice mouthfeel, I love the leaning balance towards bitterness.
A solid Pilsner that represents the style well.

Dated good until November 25, into a tall thin glass (best I could find in the hotel).

Pours a pale gold with ample, fluffy foam. Aroma is honey, some herbal tea, and a little lemon. Flavor is similar, rather bitter, with a solid lemon flavor and good malt sweetness. It's too rich to be called an American pilsner but feels distinctly American and quite old school. Nicely balanced and not too light as well. Feel is good, very easy to drink but still flavorful, with a long bitter finish. Overall, good stuff.

12oz can best by Apr 2025, so we'll see.

On the pour, a 3 finger, white head forms on top of a lightly hazy golden body. Some lacing forms. It's a pilsner, not much to see here.

Aroma is malty and crisp, but there is definitely some hop stuff going on. Not out of the ordinary for a craft pils. The malt isn't sweet, as expected, and instead is quite bready, like a french baguette. The hops seem pretty traditional, but have a bit more aroma going on than I'd like.

Taste is relatively crisp and drinkable, with a slight but present bitterness. Again, it is pretty bready in that it has a slight savory note. The hops chill out a bit here, but still make themselves known, but at the same time they don't make themselves the star of the show. It's a medium to lightly bitter craft pils, again not out of the ordinary, but pretty good. Not the most malt forward pils I've ever had, and as someone who likes a malty lager Its not my number one beer, but it is pretty good.

Feel is crisp and dry, but lingers on the back of the palate. Crisp and easy drinking, despite its relative "fullness". The finish, again, lingers a bit, and lets the malts come out a bit which I like. I wouldn't call this a lawnmower beer. Despite the sub 5% ABV, this one is pretty full.

Overall this is a solid craft pils that is, for the style, pretty balanced, but maybe leans a bit toward the hoppy side. I'd drink this again, but I don't think I'd seek it out. Still this comes off as a decently high quality beer, and a nice foray into the lighter lager side of things for a pretty IPA/Pale Ale heavy brewery.

From a twelve ounce can, this beer is a pale yellow-gold color with a brilliant white head. Thick and rocky. The aroma is a mix of bready grain scents and spicy hop notes. Some floral scents rest underneath. Nice. The taste is well balanced with a firm hop bitterness in the midtaste. Medium in body and very drinkable. This is a good example of a flavorful and very engaging pilsner.

12 oz can poured into a tulip glass. This is a decent pilsner with nice crackery/bready notes and grassy hops with a whiff of floral notes, but it's too aggressively bitter for my preference. I get that it's an American pilsner but IMO it's a bit much.

 

Near perfect pour and look, with a substantial dense white head. A little bit of chill haze, and it's a little darker than most pils. Very nice floral hop nose, backed by lightly sweet malt. Great flavor. Malt is not really grainy at all, just a good light bread-like. Hop bitterness is present but not strong, appropriate for the style, with plenty of good floral hop flavor. Light bodied, extremely drinkable.

My favorite style of session beer, and this is borderline perfect. I've never seen this outside of a sampler pack, and that's a shame: I would drink this constantly with meals or after work if it were more widely available here.

Frow m the can, it pours a clear, light yellow golden color, with a nice white head that reduces and leaves a tiny bit of lacing.
The nose gets of grass and maybe some pine along with the malt grain. Mouth gets light grainy malt with some light bitterness. A nice smooth, light bodied easy drinking brew.

 

 

 

12 ounce can into a pilsner glass. Best by 7/2024, had 6/19/24.

Pours a clear, light golden color, with a two and a half inch foamy head with very good retention and a good amount of foamy lacing. Active carbonation. Aromas of malt, biscuit, light pine, light funk as it warms. Smells floral. Flavors of malt, some biscuit, light pine, a light hop bitterness. Tastes floral. Smooth, a little dry, a good light body, well carbonated.

Not bad. It doesn’t strike me as particularly Pils- like.

 

 

 

 

12 oz can. Pours golden with tall long lasting white head. Aroma is of grassy hops and bready malt. Body is medium and crisp. Grassy hops and bready malt nicely balanced on the palate. Long dry finish. Nice brew.

Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours yellow orange with a fluffy white head. Smells of crisp cereal grain with some fruit. Tastes of sweet grain with nice fresh fruit. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good beer.

L - Hazy yellow with one-finger fizzy head.

S - Nice nose of grains and grass.

T - Light balance of grain, cracker, malt and hops, the latter of which was a bit forward. Very light bitterness.

F - Nice medium body mouthfeel and carbonation.

O - Very drinkable but a bit light in taste.