Monday, May 30, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Dogfish Head Hellhound On My Ale
Hellhound poured a semi-cloudy, orange amber color with a thumb width, off white head. The nose is huge, with plenty of malts and hops clashing enough where it is tough to pull out specific aromas. The body has a thick malt base, with rye like qualities, and a sharp hop bite on the edges. The finish is a bit boozy, and has a bone-dry bitter finish. The glass was coated with hanging lace.
Overall, a well brewed, above average beer that hop heads will enjoy. Plenty of flavor here, maybe to complex for it's own good. Dogfish beers are incredibly refined and this has a little edge to it which is either a good or bad thing depending on the drinker.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Flying Dog to Host "American Craft Beer Revolution"
FREDERICK, Md., May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Flying Dog Brewery will host "The American Craft Beer Revolution," a panel discussion and press conference, Friday, June 3 at the National Press Club. The event will provide a platform for leaders of the industry to offer their experience, insight, and outlook while they are in Washington, D.C. for the Brewers Association's SAVOR: An American Craft Beer and Food Experience.
Participating panelists and their respective breweries will be providing complimentary beer for attendees to enjoy during the event, starting at 3 p.m. in the Holeman Lounge.
The Brewers Association will begin with a presentation on the craft beer industry followed by a moderated panel discussion between:
- Jim Caruso, Flying Dog Brewery, CEO
- Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Founder & President
- Ken Grossman, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Founder
- Rick Kempen, Bier & Co. (Amsterdam), Export Manager
- Tomme Arthur, COO, The Lost Abbey/Port Brewing Company
After the panel discussion, a social reception and meet and greet will run until 5 p.m.
Due to the panelist participants and the public demand for their excellent American Craft Beer, space for this event will be extremely limited. Arriving early is recommended to ensure entry.
ABOUT FLYING DOG BREWERY
"Good Beer, No Sh*t." Located in Frederick, MD, Flying Dog is Maryland's largest brewery. Their award-winning beers are distributed in 45 states and 20 countries. Recent accolades include Doggie Style Classic Pale Ale ranked as the #1 American Pale Ale in the U.S. by The New York Times. For more information, please visit http://www.flyingdogales.com/.
ABOUT THE BREWERS ASSOCIATION
The not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers, their craft beers and the community of brewing enthusiasts. The Brewers Association (BA) represents more than 70 percent of the brewing industry, and its members make more than 99 percent of the beer brewed in the U.S. For more information, please visit http://www.craftbeer.com/.
Participating panelists and their respective breweries will be providing complimentary beer for attendees to enjoy during the event, starting at 3 p.m. in the Holeman Lounge.
The Brewers Association will begin with a presentation on the craft beer industry followed by a moderated panel discussion between:
- Jim Caruso, Flying Dog Brewery, CEO
- Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Founder & President
- Ken Grossman, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Founder
- Rick Kempen, Bier & Co. (Amsterdam), Export Manager
- Tomme Arthur, COO, The Lost Abbey/Port Brewing Company
After the panel discussion, a social reception and meet and greet will run until 5 p.m.
Due to the panelist participants and the public demand for their excellent American Craft Beer, space for this event will be extremely limited. Arriving early is recommended to ensure entry.
ABOUT FLYING DOG BREWERY
"Good Beer, No Sh*t." Located in Frederick, MD, Flying Dog is Maryland's largest brewery. Their award-winning beers are distributed in 45 states and 20 countries. Recent accolades include Doggie Style Classic Pale Ale ranked as the #1 American Pale Ale in the U.S. by The New York Times. For more information, please visit http://www.flyingdogales.com/.
ABOUT THE BREWERS ASSOCIATION
The not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers, their craft beers and the community of brewing enthusiasts. The Brewers Association (BA) represents more than 70 percent of the brewing industry, and its members make more than 99 percent of the beer brewed in the U.S. For more information, please visit http://www.craftbeer.com/.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Portsmouth Brewery to Celebrate 20th Anniversary
New Hampshire’s Original Brewpub celebrates 20th Anniversary with a Sampler of Special Events
(For Immediate Release- May 23,2011)
Portsmouth, NH -- In 1991, a young, but experienced brother and sister duo, Peter and Janet Egelston, opened New Hampshire’s first brewpub at 56 Market Street in Portsmouth. It was their second venture, having cut their teeth five years prior when they opened the Northampton Brewery in Massachusetts. Since opening, The Portsmouth Brewery has grown from being the quirky new kid on the block to being hailed by the Boston Globe as “a linchpin in the revitalized core of downtown Portsmouth.” “The Brewery,” as much a nickname as an indicator of its stature amongst Seacoast residents, is celebrating its 20th Anniversary with three special events starting on June 1.
The brewery’s anniversary date, Wednesday June 1, will serve as both the kick-off for the busy summer season as well as a birthday party. New beer glasses will line the back bar, staff will don new work shirts, and a selection of 20th Anniversary t-shirts, glassware and other apparel will be available in the retail store. Another commemoration of this milestone will be a special 20th Anniversary Beer, brewed with 20 malts, by 20 brewers making 20 hop additions and starting at 20˚ Plato will also be tapped. The beer is a hoppy version of an “old ale,” a traditional British-style strong ale noted for pronounced caramel and roasted malt flavors. Video footage from the brew will be trickling out online at Portsmouth Brewery TV over the next week. There will be a candle-blowing ceremony and pub-wide beer and cake toast at 5:30pm. We hope you’ll help us pack the place for this special moment.
The next two days will see business as usual but with a few extra decorations appearing around the pub. But on Saturday June 4, regular service will end early (last seating-5:30, last call-6:30 and closing-7) so that staff can transform the Portsmouth Brewery into downtown's rarest music venue, a nod the pub’s early days when live music was regularly booked.
Seacoast MC's BCap and Face of Fate will be throwing down their hypest set in the Seacoast yet! Backed by DJ Ryan Obermiller, their always improvised hip-hop a la of freestyle and soul, allows the trio, affectionately known as TheDodgerz or ThePressMCs, to ebb and flow seamlessly with their audiences. These MCs have collaborated and shared stages with such artists as Nas, The Roots, Myka9, Boyz II Men, Slick Rick and more. Ryan Obermiller is a staple in the electronic music scene both as a DJ and show promoter, bringing top rated international DJs to Portsmouth for nearly a decade now.
This is a 21+ show and ID must be shown at the door. Admission is FREE and WXGR will be broadcasting the entire show live. Doors open at 9pm while the show starts around 10. We strongly encourage you to bring cash for the bar for ease of service; all that dancing is bound to make you thirsty!
The final event of the schedule cranks down the intensity for a lazy Sunday, June 5. Portsmouth Brewery will open its doors for an indoor, city center cook-out. The wild energy from the night before and in its place will be long tables for community style seating. The patio will be filled with grills and all the fixins you’d expect to find at a typical New England cook-out.
If live music isn’t your cup of tea, then Sunday will certainly be your day to celebrate.
The kitchen staff will emerge from their subterranean lair to man the grills while live acoustic music fills the air and puts you into backyard relaxation mode. It’s a perfect setting to make some new friends while enjoying pints of our anniversary beer alongside your grilled treats. Please bring the whole family!
Doors will open at 10:30am and a $10 entrance fee at the door will give you tickets redeemable for a plate of food and a pint of beer. Additional beer and food tickets are available for $5 each. The menu will be reminiscent of a cook-out and this is yet another event at which cash in encouraged. The LaPanza Lounge will be open for extra seating as well.
We can’t thank the entire community of Portsmouth enough for their support over the last two decades. We hope you’ll join us for these special events and that’ll you’ll want to come celebrate with us. Event update will be posted on our Facebook page, which is also a great place to go if you’ve got questions and don’t want to use 1990’s technology, like a telephone.
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The Portsmouth Brewery, New Hampshire's original brewpub, has been serving great food and award-winning, handcrafted beers in a friendly, lively atmosphere since 1991.
For more information, please contact
JT Thompson, Minister of Propaganda, Portsmouth Brewery
jt@smuttynose.com
603-436-4026 x 26
(For Immediate Release- May 23,2011)
Portsmouth, NH -- In 1991, a young, but experienced brother and sister duo, Peter and Janet Egelston, opened New Hampshire’s first brewpub at 56 Market Street in Portsmouth. It was their second venture, having cut their teeth five years prior when they opened the Northampton Brewery in Massachusetts. Since opening, The Portsmouth Brewery has grown from being the quirky new kid on the block to being hailed by the Boston Globe as “a linchpin in the revitalized core of downtown Portsmouth.” “The Brewery,” as much a nickname as an indicator of its stature amongst Seacoast residents, is celebrating its 20th Anniversary with three special events starting on June 1.
The brewery’s anniversary date, Wednesday June 1, will serve as both the kick-off for the busy summer season as well as a birthday party. New beer glasses will line the back bar, staff will don new work shirts, and a selection of 20th Anniversary t-shirts, glassware and other apparel will be available in the retail store. Another commemoration of this milestone will be a special 20th Anniversary Beer, brewed with 20 malts, by 20 brewers making 20 hop additions and starting at 20˚ Plato will also be tapped. The beer is a hoppy version of an “old ale,” a traditional British-style strong ale noted for pronounced caramel and roasted malt flavors. Video footage from the brew will be trickling out online at Portsmouth Brewery TV over the next week. There will be a candle-blowing ceremony and pub-wide beer and cake toast at 5:30pm. We hope you’ll help us pack the place for this special moment.
The next two days will see business as usual but with a few extra decorations appearing around the pub. But on Saturday June 4, regular service will end early (last seating-5:30, last call-6:30 and closing-7) so that staff can transform the Portsmouth Brewery into downtown's rarest music venue, a nod the pub’s early days when live music was regularly booked.
Seacoast MC's BCap and Face of Fate will be throwing down their hypest set in the Seacoast yet! Backed by DJ Ryan Obermiller, their always improvised hip-hop a la of freestyle and soul, allows the trio, affectionately known as TheDodgerz or ThePressMCs, to ebb and flow seamlessly with their audiences. These MCs have collaborated and shared stages with such artists as Nas, The Roots, Myka9, Boyz II Men, Slick Rick and more. Ryan Obermiller is a staple in the electronic music scene both as a DJ and show promoter, bringing top rated international DJs to Portsmouth for nearly a decade now.
This is a 21+ show and ID must be shown at the door. Admission is FREE and WXGR will be broadcasting the entire show live. Doors open at 9pm while the show starts around 10. We strongly encourage you to bring cash for the bar for ease of service; all that dancing is bound to make you thirsty!
The final event of the schedule cranks down the intensity for a lazy Sunday, June 5. Portsmouth Brewery will open its doors for an indoor, city center cook-out. The wild energy from the night before and in its place will be long tables for community style seating. The patio will be filled with grills and all the fixins you’d expect to find at a typical New England cook-out.
If live music isn’t your cup of tea, then Sunday will certainly be your day to celebrate.
The kitchen staff will emerge from their subterranean lair to man the grills while live acoustic music fills the air and puts you into backyard relaxation mode. It’s a perfect setting to make some new friends while enjoying pints of our anniversary beer alongside your grilled treats. Please bring the whole family!
Doors will open at 10:30am and a $10 entrance fee at the door will give you tickets redeemable for a plate of food and a pint of beer. Additional beer and food tickets are available for $5 each. The menu will be reminiscent of a cook-out and this is yet another event at which cash in encouraged. The LaPanza Lounge will be open for extra seating as well.
We can’t thank the entire community of Portsmouth enough for their support over the last two decades. We hope you’ll join us for these special events and that’ll you’ll want to come celebrate with us. Event update will be posted on our Facebook page, which is also a great place to go if you’ve got questions and don’t want to use 1990’s technology, like a telephone.
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The Portsmouth Brewery, New Hampshire's original brewpub, has been serving great food and award-winning, handcrafted beers in a friendly, lively atmosphere since 1991.
For more information, please contact
JT Thompson, Minister of Propaganda, Portsmouth Brewery
jt@smuttynose.com
603-436-4026 x 26
Monday, May 9, 2011
Narragansett to Debut Summer Ale
NARRAGANSETT BEER DEBUTS BRAND’S FIRST-EVER SUMMER ALE
Award-Winning Brewer Rounds Out Calendar of Seasonal Offerings with Premiere Craft Release
May 9, 2011; Providence, RI – The Famous Narragansett Beer introduces, for the first time in its 120-year history, the seasonal release of a summer craft brew, Narragansett Summer Ale. Distributed throughout New England, Southern New York, and Philadelphia at leading package stores, bars and restaurants, Summer Ale will be available on draught and in ‘Gansett’s signature 16oz. Tallboy cans.
Narragansett Summer Ale is brewed under the supervision of award-winning Brewmaster Sean Larkin at Trinity Brew House in Providence, RI, Cottrell Brewery in Pawcatuck, CT, and High Falls Brewery in Rochester, NY. This easy-drinking light session ale features two row pale malt and citra hops, a very popular, newer variety of hops with very evident aromas of citrus and passion fruit that complement the pale malt perfectly. Golden blonde in color, its pour produces a generous white head and balanced carbonation. A supremely drinkable summer craft brew, the malt flavor is smooth and subtle, balanced out by a crisp hop bitterness, perfect for the beach, boat or ballgame. Summer Ale is 4.2% Alcohol by Volume and 24 IBUs.
“‘Gansett Summer” is the first Ale to be produced by Narragansett Beer since the 1970s. Known best for its signature Lager, a wide variety of Ales were once available, beginning in the late 1800s. The original brewery devoted an entire four-story building to the “Ale Department,” and staples like the Pale Ale, Select Stock Ale, and Banquet Ale outsold Lager until the 1940s when American tastes changed as a result of thousands of GI’s returning home from Lager-drinking European countries during World War 1 & II, and a wave of Lager-drinking immigrants.
The Summer Ale Tallboy can features iconic imagery of the famous Narragansett Towers. Once part of the Narragansett Pier Casino, the Towers remain a historic landmark, having endured two great fires in 1900 and 1965 and three tremendous hurricanes. The surfer catching waves in the foreground symbolizes Narragansett Bay’s reputation as one of the region’s top summer surfing destinations.
For further information on Narragansett Summer Ale or to find a retailer near you, visit: http://www.narragansettbeer.com/products/summer-ale.
ABOUT NARRAGANSETT BEER:
Narragansett Beer….. Brewed since 1890, ‘Gansett is a straight-forward, quality beer that has been a New England tradition for generations, producing a classic family of award-winning American lagers & ales. Today ‘Gansett is produced at top-rated breweries in Rochester, NY and Latrobe, PA, with their craft-brews being produced in Providence, RI and Pawcatuck, CT. Narragansett Lager is available for purchase in local restaurants, bars and liquor stores throughout New England, Florida, Southern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, and Western North Carolina.
Thirsty for more? Visit: http://www.narragansettbeer.com/
Dogfish Head Namaste
Overall, a great seasonal beer that will be fantastic in the summer and above average during the colder months. The entire beer is a little light, even for a Belgian wit, but the flavor profile is complex and offers enough to satisfy. A decent beer from Dogfish that will be plenty enjoyable during the warmer months.
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