All in Beer
As you know, I landed an interview with the top dog of Dogfish Head brewery. I'm an avid Dogfish Head fan so I'm beyond stoked. During my research on Sam Calagione, I came across the 2009 documentary called "Beer Wars."
It's a great piece that talks about the big conglomerates of beer, like Bud, who are making every effort to crush the momentum craft brewers like Dogfish, have made over the past few years.
Shipyard is one of the staples in my beer fridge. For me, it's about the brand's consistency year after year, especially with their summer brew. I've yet to try any of their specialty beers (big bottles), until yesterday, when I popped open a Shipyard XXXX IPA (Pugsley’s Signature Series).
I drank it fro a snifter glass (Dogfish Head in fact) and thoroughly enjoyed it.
The brew is an American Double / Imerpial IPA that has a hazy, amber look to it. The head was modest but disappeared fairly quickly. On first wiff, my nose was filled with floral scents, followed by hops, malt and the slight hint of booze.
It's no secret that I'm a beer lover. In fact, I'm probably more like a beer snob. I don't drink the commercial domestic stuff. My beer fridge is packed with random goodness, mostly from microbreweries.
My fascination with microbrews has turned into an obsession. And, at the top of that obsession list is Dogfish Head.
For those of you still sucking back Buds, Dogfish Head is located in Rehoboth Beach, DE and its motto is "Off-centered ales for off-centered people."
The brews aren't for lighthearted beer drinkers. They are packed with flavor, hops and overall beer goodness (not to mention fairly a high APV.)
I've tried just about every single Dogfish flavor available in the Greater Boston market. I'm so obsessed that I have a couple of Dogfish glasses and some DF gear on the way (office stuff and some other things).
So today, when I got the confirmation that I am going to interview Sam Calagione, the founder of Dogfish Head beer, I felt like a kid on Christmas morning.
Did I mention that I love beer? Sam Adams is top notch and it's nice to see a local craft brewer take off to be this multi-million dollar enterprise yet still be rooted in what made the company successfull -- making good beer.
Jim Koch probably has the besst job in America. Brewing and tasting beer is a job that I could handle no problem. You can see from the video people that the guy is just as giddy now about his product as I'm sure he was when he realized that it actually tasted good back in 1985.
It's not breakfast, but I'm drinking a Founder's Breakfast StoutConsidering that I find a lot of insipiration from my fellow social media geeks, I thought I'd honor Belching Monkey (@scheindermike) with a review of beers that I drink -- mostly those odd ball types of beers that most consumers will walk by as they head to pick up a 30-rack of Bud.
This time around, I'm reviewing Founder's Breakfast Stout.