New Holland Pilgrim's Dole - New Holland Brewing Company

Fish113d

Pennsylvania

4.13/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Served chilled from a bottle and poured into a large tulip glass...let that baby breathe!!!

Pours a copper to slight ruby color with an eggshell colored surface layer that creates a nice edge layer around my glass; Retention is low. Decent light gets through and lots of sediment floating throughout the brew.

Shoving my nose into the tulip, cherries seem to come to mind right away. It reminds me a bit of the Troeg's Mad Elf at first. However, I soon realize that the aroma is less sweet and more sour/bitter cherries with a decent amount of oak aroma. I also get a bit of alcohol on my nose. Maybe some brown sugar found as well. Decent, but a bit more faint and tough to get things out of than preferred.

First sip reveals a strange flavor at first to me. A bit of fruit (cherries or red grapes) hit my palate, but quickly it turns to a bittering wheat flavor w/ some hops coming through on the back side. Odd taste, but good! Alcohol also hits toward the swallow and the burn lingers down to my belly and on the tip of my tongue for quite some time. Interesting!

Full-bodied with a hefty amount of alcohol present. Slightly drying finish with a robust, chewy body. No carbonation, but alcohol is definitely there!

Overall, I am enjoying this one and I could definitely enjoy another. it'd make a nice session brew to share a 6-pack with friends. I definitely recommend it!

Serving type: bottle

06-28-2006 01:55:13 | More by Fish113d

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emyers

Illinois

4.06/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 oz. bottle poured into a Founders snifter.

Appearance: Pours a clear copper color with a thin off-white head. Not much lacing.

Smell: Caramel, bready notes, bourbon. Bourbon is fairly subtle. Smells quite sweet. Smell is fairly simple, but quite good.

Taste: Similar to the smell, with tons of caramel and some bourbon up front, bready notes, and not a whole lot else. The bittering hops do a great job of holding the sweetness in check. I expected it to be cloying based on the aroma, but it isn't. Once again, simple, but quite good.

Mouthfeel: Pretty thick, especially with the caramely theme.

Overall: It's defintely not a complex beer, but the flavors are quite nice. I'd definitely revisit this beer.

Serving type: bottle

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