Birra del Borgo/Dogfish Head "My Antonia" continually hopped Imperial Pils - Italy (ABV 7.9%)

I have never previously come across an Imperial Pilsener, let alone a continually hopped one, so this is a first.

This collaborative beer was brewed by Birra del Borgo with Sam Calagione from Dogfish Head brewery in the USA. They elected to use the traditional Pilsener Malts (Pilsner and Cara-Pils) that give European Pilseners their character. The USA component seems to be the hop profile, adding Simcoe and Warrior hops to the traditional Saaz variety and then continually hopping the mash.

The result is an excellent beer with a much more perfumed and resinous nose than a pilsener whilst retaining that lovely malt backbone. It looks like a lager or Pilsener in the glass with a light short lasting head. I found this a very easy to drink sessionable beer, if done with some caution, it is after all a reasonably potent 7.9% alcohol.