Beer Review: 60 Minute IPA

August 26th, 2010

"Have we met?" "No." "I think you're right."

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, DE

You know the guy that’s always sitting at the bar? You know, the bar you always go to after work or at least once a weekend? He never sits at a table. He always seems to find a seat at the bar no matter how many people are there. You’ve never seen him arrive, and you’ve never watched him leave. Somehow, though, he will always have a seat, and he will always draw a crowd around him. He’s always cool-headed and doesn’t do anything too exciting and doesn’t go out of his way to start a scene, nor does he go out of his way to do any grand gestures for the other bar-goers. But there he is. Every time you go to the bar, he is there. He’s a guy you’ve thought of talking to numerous times, but you always decide to go another route, just barely making eye contact, just enough to know you’re there. But he notices you, too. He knows you’re at the bar. And he wants to talk to you. What do you do? Well, you sit next to him in that one empty bar stool at the oak-lined bar that hits you in the face with a scent of bleach and thick malt. You sit down. He orders you a 60 Minute IPA from Dogfish Head, a beer you’ve had dozens of times, and you sit, and you listen.

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Beer Review: Wrath of Pecant

August 11th, 2010

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, DE

One of the great bonuses of living in D.C. now is my newly-acquired close proximity to Delaware, and, most importantly, Dogfish Head. What I thought was rather easy to grab in Michigan is often available on tap at most bars in the area. Dogfish’s 60 Minute is now the Fat Tire of the East when it comes to availability (not talking about taste at all; that debate’s for another day, though). I hope to take the trek east to visit the brewery soon, but for now I have to settle for coming across some true rarities that are damn near impossible to find outside the halls of their creative brewery. Due to the grand generosity of fellow blogger John Fleury, I was able to sample a couple glasses of the super-rare Wrath of Pecant beer that first appeared at the Extreme Beer Fest 2010 in Boston that occurred last February. The beer’s a semi-collaboration between Beer Advocate and Dogfish Head, and a beer I’d actually forgotten about. However, after even a small sampling, I’m happy to say it’s a brew I won’t forget anytime soon.

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Craft Brewers Nominated for James Beard Awards

May 23rd, 2010

Congratulations to those from the Brewing industry who were nominated for a James Beard Award, even though the category is for “Outstanding Wine and Spirit Professional.” Although beer is not explicitly included in the category, that fact that four brewers were nominated and one was a semifinalist says a lot about the growth of the craft beer industry in the states. The nominees from the brewing world include:

All four of these people have made great contributions to the brewing industry and have done a lot to change how chefs view beer, especially how it pairs with food. They were all semifinalists, and Garrett Oliver made it a round farther and was a finalist. Of course the winner was from the wine side of the beverage industry, but just the nominations speak volumes about the growth and importance of craft beer.

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