Dogfish Head & YumYums

FWIW, I'm not saying that they're not good ingredients. I'm just saying that they're, very probably, not going to show up from a sensory standpoint with everything else going on in the beer.

 

Maybe some color, texture and earthiness, at best. Subtle is not what this brewery does, but I'm always a fan for likely pure nostalgic reasons. I'm prejudiced.

 

I'm very biased since I think red wine imperial stouts are one of the best things in beer, especially when the wine is prominent. I loved Siracusa Nera. If you're a fan of Bruery Wineification, Boulevard Cabernet Cask, Red Wine Mexican Cake, or anything like those, I highly recommend you seek it out. Obviously it's not going to top those really high-end versions of the substyle, but it's really great. For the price and format, I was very happy with it.

 

Scratch Brewing has done some amazing savory vegetable beers. Dead Leaves and Carrots was stunning, Beet Gose was fantastic, and Tomato Saison was a winner as well. Of course that brewery in general is one of the best going right now if you ask me. I bring it up because I am in agreement with you that these ingredients really aren't as off the wall as some commenters here think.

That said, the name of Scratch's game is "subtlety," and DFH is the opposite, generally speaking (though Siracusa Nera was really nicely balanced).

 

Big Flaming Lips fan here, so I'll definitely be ISO. Sounds pretty tasty too.

 

They should have made “She Don’t Use Jelly Ale” brewed with toast and vaseline.

 

I'm in. 12oz is easy to pull the trigger. I like DFH and try as many as I can. Have not had anything new since the wool rich IPA and SeaqunchALE (great beer) but will look for this one. Moving away from the large format will help as well

Enjoy

 

If this beer was brewed by a different brewery without a history of making strange beers people would not be reacting so negatively and it would be viewed as being more innovative.

For example, comment about Scratch and subtlety above. It'd be cool if Scratch were making it. Also, I think a lot of DFH are subtle. What I mean by this is that they use a lot of unique ingredients that meld with the beer rather than standing out as being a "bomb" of the particular ingredient.

 

Man people these days dump on a beer before it's even been released. Taste the thing first
I agree Dogfish has had some hiccups recently, but Seaquench wasn't a bad sour maybe this will build off the commercial success of that beer and make a cool, fruity sour. Sounds like a good spring option to me