Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA

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Originally Posted by txmatt

I think Dogfish Head is a good craft brewery, and they aren't hiding their lack of skill with the abundance of Hop flavor. If you aren't a hophead that is fine, but DogFish Head blows away the beer that New Belgium has been putting out the past year.

Just because you don't like some of the hoppier offerings, don't trash the whole line. If you know anything about Dogfish Head, they are not lacking in skill or creativity and are putting out some of the tastier and most innovative beers on the market -- Midas Touch, Raison D'etre and Chicory Stout among them.

Midas Touch
This recipe is the actual oldest-known fermented beverage in the world! Our recipe showcases the known ingredients of barley, white Muscat grapes, honey & saffron found in the drinking vessels in King Midas' tomb!

Raison D'etre
A deep, mahogany ale brewed with beet sugar, green raisins, and Belgian-style yeast. As complex as a fine, red wine. Voted "American Beer of the Year" in January 2000 by Malt Advocate Magazine.

Chicory Stout
A dark beer made with a touch of roasted chicory, organic Mexican coffee, St. John's Wort, and licorice root. Brewed with whole-leaf Cascade and Fuggles hops, the grains include pale, roasted & oatmeal.

Not exactly the recipes of a brewer looking to create "me, too" products and capitalize on the latest trends. Great brewery as is Bells in Kalamazoo.

Originally Posted by txmatt

New Belgium used to be my favorite brewery, but they are transitioning from a micro to a macro like Sam Adams did, they are having some growing pains. If you have been drinking New Belgium a long time, you know what I am talking about. You can't consider a beer that is available in WalMart and Target alongside A-B and Coors products a micro anymore. Sammy and New Belgium are high quality macro beers. Sierra Nevada seemed to do the best with the transition. I suspect Full Sail might be faced with some production volume decions here soon as well.

Yep. You can't exactly call Sam Adams a micro. Better than most mass produced domestics, but I'm not really a fan. It's very hard to make the leap and maintain the quality. I agree that Sierra Nevada has done it more successfully than others. Still tough to beat a nice cold Sierra Nevada Pale Ale on a hot August day.

[cameroncouch02]

The 120 minute IPA is a really really really strong beer. If you can find this then you need to pick one up. Only like 12 dollars a BOTTLE!!

[mosesbotbol]

Originally Posted by JohnnyFlake

Excellent point!!! In my opinion, the big hoppy beers, and there are a hell of a lot of them, are simply a cop-out on the part of the brewery. There are easy to make and they can be produced cheaply but it's dam near impossible to taste anything but the hop in those beers. The true measure of a Micro-Craft Brewery, is in the more subtle beer styles with complex falvor profiles. Instead of those hoppy BS Beers, try some of the truly great beers, such as Sam Adams Scotch Ale, Stone Old Numbskull, Sam Adams Nut Brown Ale, Full Sail Amber Ale and Unibroue Maudite, La Fin Du Monde& Trois Pistoles to name a few. They are great Micro-Craft Brewery Beers and there are dozens & dozens more!

JohnnyFlake

Unibroue is a great brewery! I like the Dogfish stuff too. We should be so lucky to have beers like that to complain about.

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In my reply post, #13 on this thread, I made an error in spelling and I used the wrong name in referring to one beer, I used Sam Adams when it should have been Samuel Smith. I was trying to edit those errors but I cannot, since there is no "edit button" available to me. Can anyone advise what I need to do to edit my reply?

JohnnyFlake

[Corona Gigante]

Originally Posted by JohnnyFlake

In my reply post, #13 on this thread, I made an error in spelling and I used the wrong name in referring to one beer, I used Sam Adams when it should have been Samuel Smith. I was trying to edit those errors but I cannot, since there is no "edit button" available to me. Can anyone advise what I need to do to edit my reply?

JohnnyFlake

The edit option disappears after an hour or so. I don't know why, it's just the way pds decided to configure the software.

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Originally Posted by JohnnyFlake

In my reply post, #13 on this thread, I made an error in spelling and I used the wrong name in referring to one beer, I used Sam Adams when it should have been Samuel Smith. I was trying to edit those errors but I cannot, since there is no "edit button" available to me. Can anyone advise what I need to do to edit my reply?

JohnnyFlake

Just re-read your post inserting Samuel Smith's. I'm with you, brother!

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Originally Posted by Corona Gigante

The edit option disappears after an hour or so. I don't know why, it's just the way pds decided to configure the software.

I'm assuming it is to preserve the integrity of the historical record while still allowing folks to append immediate afterthoughts and correct grammar, etc.

[D. Generate]

I was fortunate to try one of these that SeanGAR sent me. I really enjoyed it. It's not a beer I would drink more than one of in a sitting, and it is a bit over the top (probably more than just a bit), but I admire the balls in making it. It's definitely not like any other beer.

I think DFH is a brewery that is continually pushing the envelope and I have to think that's a good thing, even when it falls flat on it's face. It's so punk rock!