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Pangaea - Dogfish Head, 7% ABV, (Milton, Delaware) On the side label: “Pangaea is the name of the super continent. Before the land masses separated we were all just one happy family. Our Pangaea has a hint of ginger and great complexity, celebrating our communal history. Best drunk cool not cold from a snifter or wine glass. Think globally. Drink globally. Ages with the best of ‘em.” Urbock 23 - Schloss Eggenberg, 9.6% ABV, (Austria) (listed in the “1001 Beers you must try before you die”) My Notes: My Rating: B+ Why I like it: ginger, fruity, and balanced Where I got it: W. 16th, in 2010 How much: $24, 1 pint 9.6 fl. oz. Do I love this enough to drink it again: No Would I recommend this to beer afficianados: Yes Tasting Notes: pours semi-dark orange, small quickly dissipating head, minor ringed retention, micro CO2, slow-moving runny lacing, slow-moving CO2 streams. Lightly malted ginger, a bit of orange. Half-sharp CO2 tingly & creamy start, candied ginger in the mid, minimal ginger burn, deep 3/10 bitterness near the end, off-dry clean finish. Notes of bitter orange peel, pink grapefruit, and honey. Medium-high complexity, medium-depth, long finish, excellent balance, great transitions, good carry. An exceptionally balanced and nuanced ginger beer.

Pangaea - Dogfish Head, 7% ABV, (Milton, Delaware)

On the side label:

“Pangaea is the name of the super continent. Before the land masses separated we were all just one happy family. Our Pangaea has a hint of ginger and great complexity, celebrating our communal history. Best drunk cool not cold from a snifter or wine glass. Think globally. Drink globally. Ages with the best of ‘em.”

Urbock 23 - Schloss Eggenberg, 9.6% ABV, (Austria) (listed in the “1001 Beers you must try before you die”)

My Notes:

  • My Rating: B+
  • Why I like it: ginger, fruity, and balanced
  • Where I got it: W. 16th, in 2010
  • How much: $24, 1 pint 9.6 fl. oz.
  • Do I love this enough to drink it again: No
  • Would I recommend this to beer afficianados: Yes

Tasting Notes: pours semi-dark orange, small quickly dissipating head, minor ringed retention, micro CO2, slow-moving runny lacing, slow-moving CO2 streams. Lightly malted ginger, a bit of orange. Half-sharp CO2 tingly & creamy start, candied ginger in the mid, minimal ginger burn, deep 3/10 bitterness near the end, off-dry clean finish. Notes of bitter orange peel, pink grapefruit, and honey. Medium-high complexity, medium-depth, long finish, excellent balance, great transitions, good carry. An exceptionally balanced and nuanced ginger beer.

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Chateau Jiahu - Dogfish Head, 9% ABV, (Milton, DE) On the label: “9000 year old Chateau Jiahu stands apart as the most ancient, chemically-attested alcoholic beverage in the world. Its re-creation is based on painstaking excavation by Chinese archaeologists of Jiahu in the Yellow River basin, state-of-the-art microanalysis of pottery residues by American laboratories, and the inspired ‘Neolithic” brewing of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Chateau Jiahu, then as now, opens a window into the world of our ancestors.” My Notes: My Rating: A Why I like: fruity honey beer! Where I got it: W. 16th, 2010 How much: $28, 1 Pint 9.4 fl.oz. Do I love this enough to drink it again: Yes Would I recommend this to beer afficianados: Yes way Tasting Notes: pours golden orange, slightly cloudy, smallish head, ringed retention, micro CO2, thicker runny lacing, lots and lots of CO2 streams. A rather muted nose. Drinks really really creamy up front, velvety silky soft CO2, 6/10 tangy fruity green grape, mild 2/10 bitterness in the mids, slightly bitter ale finish. Medium complexity, medium depth, excellent carry, love the transitions, medium length. Very well balanced and doesn’t drink like a beer at all - more like a sparkling fruit wine. Could drink this over and over again. Also the 9% ABV is completely hidden.

Chateau Jiahu - Dogfish Head, 9% ABV, (Milton, DE)

On the label:

“9000 year old Chateau Jiahu stands apart as the most ancient, chemically-attested alcoholic beverage in the world. Its re-creation is based on painstaking excavation by Chinese archaeologists of Jiahu in the Yellow River basin, state-of-the-art microanalysis of pottery residues by American laboratories, and the inspired ‘Neolithic” brewing of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Chateau Jiahu, then as now, opens a window into the world of our ancestors.”

My Notes:

  • My Rating: A
  • Why I like: fruity honey beer!
  • Where I got it: W. 16th, 2010
  • How much: $28, 1 Pint 9.4 fl.oz.
  • Do I love this enough to drink it again: Yes
  • Would I recommend this to beer afficianados: Yes way

Tasting Notes: pours golden orange, slightly cloudy, smallish head, ringed retention, micro CO2, thicker runny lacing, lots and lots of CO2 streams. A rather muted nose. Drinks really really creamy up front, velvety silky soft CO2, 6/10 tangy fruity green grape, mild 2/10 bitterness in the mids, slightly bitter ale finish. Medium complexity, medium depth, excellent carry, love the transitions, medium length. Very well balanced and doesn’t drink like a beer at all - more like a sparkling fruit wine. Could drink this over and over again. Also the 9% ABV is completely hidden.

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Festina Pêche - Dogfish Head brewery, 4.5% ABV, (Milton, DE) On the bottle: “Festina pêche is a neo-Berliner style Weisse fermented with peach juice. This unique, tart and refreshing brew is so down with the dog days of summer.” My Notes: My Rating: D+ Why I like it: nah Where I got it: W. 16th (W. Van) How much: <$7 for 12 fl.oz. (360ml), Summer 2010 (bottled in 2009) Do I love this enough to drink it again: Nope Would I recommend this to beer afficianados: Nope Tasting Notes: pours cloudy lighty fleshy peach, minimal head, negligible retention, minimal ringed runny lacing, invisible CO2 streams. Mild Ceres peach juice on the nose. Ultra-tart up front, 7/10 lip-puckering sour mixed with a mellow yellow peach + semi-grapefruit body, and 25% barnyard awfulness, finishes 5/10 sweet and 8/10 tart. Low-medium complexity, low-medium depth, medium-bodied, so-so carry. Halfway through this I can confidently say I that I won’t particularly enjoy finishing it - but I will only out of non-wasting principle.

Festina Pêche - Dogfish Head brewery, 4.5% ABV, (Milton, DE)

On the bottle:

“Festina pêche is a neo-Berliner style Weisse fermented with peach juice. This unique, tart and refreshing brew is so down with the dog days of summer.”

My Notes:

  • My Rating: D+
  • Why I like it: nah
  • Where I got it: W. 16th (W. Van)
  • How much: <$7 for 12 fl.oz. (360ml), Summer 2010 (bottled in 2009)
  • Do I love this enough to drink it again: Nope
  • Would I recommend this to beer afficianados: Nope

Tasting Notes: pours cloudy lighty fleshy peach, minimal head, negligible retention, minimal ringed runny lacing, invisible CO2 streams. Mild Ceres peach juice on the nose. Ultra-tart up front, 7/10 lip-puckering sour mixed with a mellow yellow peach + semi-grapefruit body, and 25% barnyard awfulness, finishes 5/10 sweet and 8/10 tart. Low-medium complexity, low-medium depth, medium-bodied, so-so carry. Halfway through this I can confidently say I that I won’t particularly enjoy finishing it - but I will only out of non-wasting principle.

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Black &amp; Blue - Dogfish Head, 10% ABV, (Milton, Delaware) On the side label: &#8220;Black &amp; Blue: Malt beverage fermented with black raspberry &amp; blueberry puree&#8221; My Notes: My Rating: B+ Why I kind of like it: fruit beer! with a sour finish Where I got it: W. 16th, 12/2010 How much: $26 for 1 pint 9.6 fl. oz. (750ml) Do I love this enough to drink it again: If I see it on sale Would I recommend this to beer afficianados: Yes Tasting Notes: pours reddish copper brown with a thicker than normal viscosity, small head that dissipates, CO2 retention mainly on the outside, runny lacing. Faint raspberry and mild blueberry on the nose, not much else. Going down, lots of of raspberries up front, blueberryness on the start and mid, and a pervasive clinging sourness that is there throughout from start to finish. It brings up thoughts of lambics but no barnyard funk here - clean field fruits mixed with malt and a 7/10 sourness that turns dry. I think this is successful given the high ABV and delicious drinkability.

Black & Blue - Dogfish Head, 10% ABV, (Milton, Delaware)

On the side label:

“Black & Blue: Malt beverage fermented with black raspberry & blueberry puree”

My Notes:

  • My Rating: B+
  • Why I kind of like it: fruit beer! with a sour finish
  • Where I got it: W. 16th, 12/2010
  • How much: $26 for 1 pint 9.6 fl. oz. (750ml)
  • Do I love this enough to drink it again: If I see it on sale
  • Would I recommend this to beer afficianados: Yes

Tasting Notes: pours reddish copper brown with a thicker than normal viscosity, small head that dissipates, CO2 retention mainly on the outside, runny lacing. Faint raspberry and mild blueberry on the nose, not much else. Going down, lots of of raspberries up front, blueberryness on the start and mid, and a pervasive clinging sourness that is there throughout from start to finish. It brings up thoughts of lambics but no barnyard funk here - clean field fruits mixed with malt and a 7/10 sourness that turns dry. I think this is successful given the high ABV and delicious drinkability.

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Miles Davis&#8217; Bitches Brew - Dogfish Head, 9% ABV - 1 pint 9.4 fl. oz., (Milton, Delaware) On the front side label: &#8220;Miles Davis&#8217; seminal Bitches Brew album was a game changer - a bold fusion of rock, funk, and jazz. To honor the 40th anniversary release, Dogfish Head has created a bold, dark beer that&#8217;s a fusion of three threads imperial stout and one thread honey beer with gesho root. Like the album, this beer will age with the best of &#8216;em.&#8221; brewed with honey and gesho gesho = shiny-leaf buckthorn = African shrub, used in the same way hops are used. Gesho is used in the brewing of Tella, a traditional Ethiopian Beer; It is also used in the making of Tej, an Ethiopian type of mead.  My Notes: My Rating: B+ Why I like it: full bodied coffee and rounded honey sweetness Where I got it: W.16th How much: $33, Feb 2011 Do I love this enough to drink it again: No Would I recommend this to beer afficianados: Yes Tasting Notes: pours inkjet black, big head, great mix of large and micro CO2, very sticky lacing. Loads and loads of roasted coffee on the nose. Going down, it has a medium-oily mouthfeel, medium-heavy thick viscosity, and silky CO2 with a tingly finish. Initially tastes of honey 6/10 bitter-sweetened coffee, heavy maltiness, and then a slight coffee sourness, and finally a mild aromatic coffee finish. Also some notes of prune in there. Medium complexity, Med-high depth, long finish, full-bodied. I enjoyed it while I had it, but you get the flavour profile after having drunk a 1/3 of the bottle.

Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew - Dogfish Head, 9% ABV - 1 pint 9.4 fl. oz., (Milton, Delaware)

On the front side label:

“Miles Davis’ seminal Bitches Brew album was a game changer - a bold fusion of rock, funk, and jazz. To honor the 40th anniversary release, Dogfish Head has created a bold, dark beer that’s a fusion of three threads imperial stout and one thread honey beer with gesho root. Like the album, this beer will age with the best of ‘em.”

  • brewed with honey and gesho
  • gesho = shiny-leaf buckthorn = African shrub, used in the same way hops are used. Gesho is used in the brewing of Tella, a traditional Ethiopian Beer; It is also used in the making of Tej, an Ethiopian type of mead. 

My Notes:

  • My Rating: B+
  • Why I like it: full bodied coffee and rounded honey sweetness
  • Where I got it: W.16th
  • How much: $33, Feb 2011
  • Do I love this enough to drink it again: No
  • Would I recommend this to beer afficianados: Yes

Tasting Notes: pours inkjet black, big head, great mix of large and micro CO2, very sticky lacing. Loads and loads of roasted coffee on the nose. Going down, it has a medium-oily mouthfeel, medium-heavy thick viscosity, and silky CO2 with a tingly finish. Initially tastes of honey 6/10 bitter-sweetened coffee, heavy maltiness, and then a slight coffee sourness, and finally a mild aromatic coffee finish. Also some notes of prune in there. Medium complexity, Med-high depth, long finish, full-bodied. I enjoyed it while I had it, but you get the flavour profile after having drunk a 1/3 of the bottle.

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