Dogfish Head News & Brews (75-min, Positive Contact)
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Lots of great news coming out of Dogfish Head…these items from their newsletter & their recent appearance in BeverageIndustry.com:
An actual wedding took place during the weekend of Compelling Ales and Whatnot 2012 (see video below).
Occasional releases coming soon:
Occasional releases on deck
Aprihop: Hops spring eternal! It’s March, and that means our spring seasonal Aprihop is on taps and shelves ’til summer. This fruit beer for hopheads has a velvety apricot undertone and a bitterness tempered by just the right amount of malt sweetness. 7% ABV
75 Minute IPA: It’s time to share this perennial brewpub favorite with the rest of our fans. 75 Minute IPA is an animated blend of 60 and 90 Minute dry-hopped with whole-leaf Cascades and bottle-conditioned with maple syrup. 7.5% ABV
Sah’tea: Based on a 9th-century Finnish beer, this Ancient Ale is boiled with white-hot river rocks and flavored with juniper, rye and black chai tea. 9% ABV
From Beverageindustry.com:
2012 barrel production is expected to reach 170,000 bbl and 200,000bbl in 2013
Average beer is 9% and uses 6-ingredients
DFH Made the choice to limit growth to 20% in 2011 to not stress resources
DFH has 220,000 Likes on Facebook and 78,000 Followers on Twitter
Tweasonale & Noble Rot are Likely to become part of regular rotation
DFH will release 9000 cases of Positive Contact
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