Liquor De M'Alströms
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

- From:
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- Delaware, United States
- Style:
- Malt Liquor
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 77
- Avg:
- 3.14 | pDev: 18.79%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 03, 2019
- Added:
- Dec 20, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
An American Malt Liquor brewed with hominy, huitlacoche (corn smut), dried Peruvian corn nuts, poblano chiles and green chiles.
For each of the last eight years, Dogfish Head and BeerAdvocate have teamed up to brew an extreme collaboration beer to be poured at Extreme Beer Fest. This year's beer, an American Malt Liquor, began to take shape over a lunch in Denver during the most recent Great American Beer Festival. Flash forward to early December, and Sam, Jason, Todd and brewmaster Tim reunited at Dogfish Head's Rehoboth, Del., brewhouse to turn a recipe into reality. Since Malt Liquors generally include one or more adjuncts—especially corn—this beer starts with a simple foundation of pale base malts and incorporates hominy (which is typically used to make grits), huitlacoche (corn smut), dried and roasted Peruvian corn nuts, poblano chiles and green chiles. Fittingly, hop additions were kept to a minimum.
http://www.dogfish.com/community/blogfish/members/janellemiley/annual-extreme-beer-fest-brew-day-with-the-alstrom-brothers.htm
For each of the last eight years, Dogfish Head and BeerAdvocate have teamed up to brew an extreme collaboration beer to be poured at Extreme Beer Fest. This year's beer, an American Malt Liquor, began to take shape over a lunch in Denver during the most recent Great American Beer Festival. Flash forward to early December, and Sam, Jason, Todd and brewmaster Tim reunited at Dogfish Head's Rehoboth, Del., brewhouse to turn a recipe into reality. Since Malt Liquors generally include one or more adjuncts—especially corn—this beer starts with a simple foundation of pale base malts and incorporates hominy (which is typically used to make grits), huitlacoche (corn smut), dried and roasted Peruvian corn nuts, poblano chiles and green chiles. Fittingly, hop additions were kept to a minimum.
http://www.dogfish.com/community/blogfish/members/janellemiley/annual-extreme-beer-fest-brew-day-with-the-alstrom-brothers.htm
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Rated by GRG1313 from California
4/5 rDev +27.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +27.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
BA Exreme Beer Festival 2016 - I just found my notes!
Nov 03, 2019Reviewed by JohnGalt1 from Idaho
3.19/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.19/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Another min-growler from awesome trader slvrmon82... Shared with the tasting group over the weekend... Thanks Matt! Pours clear golden with a flimsy white head... Chili flavor and aroma is more than present, but the heat only really gets big later on in the glass... Pretty sweet, but not cloying. Definitely not my cup of beer, but I'm sure they achieved what they were shooting for. Body is slippery... Curious if this would be any better on draft.
3.5/3.25/3.25/3/3
Feb 16, 20163.5/3.25/3.25/3/3
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.34/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.34/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Growler from Toby. Peppers first element noticed in aroma, slick, slippery body, malts, minor pepper heat at the finish. Peppers mask the heat from the ABV.
Feb 14, 2016Reviewed by VelvetExtract from Massachusetts
2.8/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.8/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
EBF sample. This one was gross. Smells very sweet and very much malt liquor. The pepper use was questionable at best. It doesn't smell or taste super hot but it is a terrible marriage of flavors. Just a confusing medley of tastes. One sip and it was promptly thrown away to end my EBF. Great festival put on by these guys, bad last beer to try by these guys.
Feb 09, 2016
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