DogFish Head Beer

[Mike Minto]

Anyone here a beer afficianado? The 'poor' man's equivalent of the wine snob? I'm a SERIOUS fan of DogFish Head brewery beer; the '90 minute' is the best I've ever had. This month they released a beer they only make twice a year, their '120 minute' Extreme Pale Ale - very good, but too strong for more than a brandy snifter's worth - which is how it should be savored. 1 bottle for 2 or 3 people. Today I bought a 4-pack of the '90 minute' and two bottles of the '120 minute' (to try it for the first time, ever) - the $36 it cost was the most expensive six-pack the lady at 'Total Wine' had ever sold. If you're not into beer, I understand your perplexity. Mike

[Paul Ryan]

Mike,

I would consider myslef a beer connoisseur as well. I love to sit down with a buddy and start working my way through a whole line of taps on the wall at a new bar. We have a brewery in my local town that has been in business since 1860, Schell's brewery. They brew from lagers to pale ales, to weizens, to stouts. A few years ago they bought the grain belt lable from the old MN brewing company that has doubled their output. I have never heard of Dog Fish Heads. Sounds like a MN name, since Walker, MN has a Eelpout (dog fish) Festival every year. I would love to try it. Sam Adams made a triple bock a few years back that was real strong as well. I like to think of beer as the Blue Collar Man's wine.

[Dan Mages]

Schells makes amazing beer beer, so does Dogfish Head. I have a bottle of their Raison D'Extra from 2002 that I am saving for a special occasion. At 20+% ABV, this beer will age well.

If you are lucky, you might have a bar in your area with Randal the Enamel Animal attached to a tap. It is a "organoleptic hop transducer module". In English, it is a pool filter module that is retrofitted to hold fresh hops that beer is bathed in on the way from keg to tap. THAT is a true hop experience! http://www.dogfish.com/company/tange...mel-animal.htm

If you are a homebrewer, you definately want to pick up Extreme Brewing from Amazon. The beer recipes are truely original and eye opening.

Dan

[Chris Kennedy]

This is good to hear. I have been curious about Dogfish Head -- it is a bit pricey, and I have been worried that it would just be "hop salad." I'll have to give it a try.

Cheers,

Chris

[Gary Herrmann]

Perhaps not in the same arena, but I did discover a local bar last night that has Anchor Steam on tap. Haven't seen that in this area very often.

[Paul Ryan]

Anchor Steam, mmmmm very tasty. Is 7:30am on a Wed. too early?

[Prashun Patel]

I'm NOT a beer afficionado, but DFH is great even to my untrained pallete. Funny. I thought I was the only one who drank that stuff!

[Bruce Volden]

Anchor Steam, mmmmm very tasty. Is 7:30am on a Wed. too early?

Paul,

You must get over to Lucan (near Marshall ) and hit the Brau Brothers brewery!! Tasty stuff there also. The most expensive brew I've poured down my gullet is a Norwegian beer called Dark Horizon $22 / bottle (pint)!! AND it wasn't very good - too sweet. I'll stick with my IPA double wides.

Bruce

[Jason Roehl]

I had some DFH a few years ago that I picked up at a little liquor store in a local one-stop-sign town. It was a hot day, I was working a little late (getting a phase of a job done), and it was all they had that was cold and not mass-brewed water. I think it was a pale ale of some sort, but it was pretty good whatever it was. I haven't gotten around to buying it since. Lately, with Sam's Club carrying the Sam Adams variety packs for under $1/bottle, those have been hard to pass up. I do still have a couple dozen or so of a Christmas ale I brewed back in Feb. It's pretty thick and has a fairly high AC--probably in the 7-8% range (I don't measure that stuff...) by feel. And, it's getting better as it gets older, we'll just see if it makes it to this Christmas.

[John Shuk]

I was planning a trip to the store for some.......until I saw the price. I do love a good IPA though.

[Ben Hatcher]

...I do still have a couple dozen or so of a Christmas ale I brewed back in Feb....

Jason, 'Tis the season...for Christmas in July!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

If it's not Speight's Gold Medal Ale...it's not worth talking about....

[Eric DeSilva]

I'm a SERIOUS fan of DogFish Head brewery beer; the '90 minute' is the best I've ever had.

For better or worse, I live about a mile from a dogfish head brewery/bar/restaurant. It's in a strip mall, of all places, but--on the happy side--they regularly have the 120 min. on tap.

[Paul Ryan]

Paul,

You must get over to Lucan (near Marshall ) and hit the Brau Brothers brewery!! Tasty stuff there also. The most expensive brew I've poured down my gullet is a Norwegian beer called Dark Horizon $22 / bottle (pint)!! AND it wasn't very good - too sweet. I'll stick with my IPA double wides.

Bruce

Bruce I had lunch at the Brau Brothers Bar last week. I could sit there for hours. I have to be real careful, it is about and hour drive home from there. Lunch last week included a burger, fries, and 3 beers. I would have had 12 if I didn't have to drive home. All of the brews there are good, but the frame straighter ale is my favorite, the scotch ale is real good too.

[Ben Franz]

Anchor also makes a Porter - very creamy - a "dessert" beer if such a thing exists.