Pennsylvania’s Iron Hill Brewery recently released gold—its King’s Gold American Pilsner in cans, a 5% ABV pre-Prohibition style pilsner brewed with corn. The beer is fresh from a gold medal win at last year’s Great American Beer Festival, beating out (according to the press release) 129 other breweries for the honor, including Cloudburst Brewing and The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Company in the “American Pilsener” category, which won silver and bronze medals, respectively.

Here’s the snapshot description from the brewery’s blog post about the beer:

King’s Gold is a grainy-sweet corn flavored American Pilsner that features smooth malts, robust hops and is a crisp and clean pale lager with an IBU of 30 and an ABV of 5%, making it a light, drinkable beer.

It’s available where Iron Hill is sold in the east—Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The brewery sent me samples to review, but you won’t otherwise find it west of the Mississippi River.

Appearance: Pale golden yellow, crystal clear, with active carbonation feeding a crisp white head.

Smell: Bread crust, a touch of corn, lightly spicy hops (“spicy” as in tobacco, black pepper). Quite clean overall, really tight. Subsequent notes as it warms reveal a possible hint of sulfur.

Taste: Crisp, lightly grainy, with a long earthy-spicy bitterness that creeps up at the back. More peppery hops really come through as you sip, never harsh, a nice counter to the wisp of sweetness in the grainy, crackery malt. Really clean body and fermentation profile shine through here. It’s light but firm and there’s a touch of minerality in the finish.

Mouthfeel: Light-bodied, crisp, and quite dry.

Overall: Light and crisp with firm malt and good hops, simple yet flavorful. It’s tasty, clean, and super drinkable.