Archive for DogFish Head
Rum running increases popularity with Craft Beweries
Just makes sense!!
Sean
2Beerguys.com
Drink Craft Rum?, watch ya bum?
Raising a glass to rum - In My Glass
By Rob Kasper
These American rums were made with copper-pot stills. The makers say this process allows the addition of more flavor notes. (Sun photo by Gene Sweeney Jr. / August 8, 2008)
The world is full of rum makers. They start [...]
Beer aged in Wooden Barrels - What do you prefer?
Flavor That Grows on Trees
By Greg Kitsock
Beer and wood have had a falling out since the industrial age began. Even when breweries didn’t switch to stainless steel, they tended to line wooden barrels and fermenters with pitch or a similar substance to prevent off-flavors.
What about that vaunted Budweiser beechwood-aging process? Anheuser-Busch places beechwood chips in [...]
Funny beer names
The 10 best beer names ever
By Joey Redner
I recently read a piece by John Foyston in The Oregonian relating how five bottles of an ultra-rare beer named Hair of the Dog Dave sold separately at auction for a combined $2838.30. Had there been a sixth, Foyston points out, it would have amounted to a $3,500 [...]
Craft beer goes mainstream (tv that is)
In yet another sign that craft beer is becoming part of the mainstream culture in America, Dogfish Head Brewery’s founder Sam Calagione appeared on the Today Show today to discuss beer and food pairings, and to promote his latest book, “He said beer, she said wine”. Kudos to Sam for all he has done [...]
2Beerguys - Craft Beer Education Series
On Thursday, Ian and I hosted our 5th Craft beer Education class at Leary’s Fine wine and Liquors - Newburyport, Ma. It was a great success.
It was a pseudo Best in Store smörgåsbord of beer, featuring beers from the light to the dark end of the style spectrum. The class focused [...]
Midas Touch honored
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery’s Midas Touch Golden Elixir honored
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery’s Midas Touch Golden Elixir was recently awarded a bronze medal in the Brewers Association’s 2008 World Beer Cup.
The global beer competition brings together 129 judges from 22 countries to evaluate more than 2,930 beers from 646 breweries in 58 countries. Dogfish’s Midas Touch [...]
Dogfish Head - General News
Got Wood? We Do!
Wood-aged beers are a favorite of ours (Immort Ale , Burton Baton, and Red & White to name a few). So much so, that we have three big wooden tanks in our Milton brewery now! One of the tanks is made of a South American hardwood and lends the specific wood notes [...]
National News from the Brewers Association
Brewers Association Releases Top 50 Breweries List
Boulder, Colo. • April 7, 2008 – The Brewers Association, which tabulates industry growth data, announced its annual list of the top fifty brewing companies. Released are both a Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies¹ list and a list of the Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies. Statistics are based on [...]
Dogfish Head: He said — She said
Stuck wondering what drink to enjoy with your meal? Should you pair that chicken with white or red wine—or maybe opt for a beer instead (of course, we recommend beer every time… but, Marnie has some pretty darn good arguments for wine!)?
Take a whirlwind course on food pairings with “He Said Beer, She Said Wine”. [...]
U.S. Craft Breweries Shine on World Stage
U.S. Craft Breweries Shine on World Stage
© Business Wire 2007 - 2007-12-08 00:40:32 -
Participants in the Brewers Association’s (BA) Export Development Program (EDP) recently won a combined 30 medals from the Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival and the European Beer Star Competition. EDP is an initiative created to increase the international recognition of
U.S. craft breweries [...]
