DFH Ale

[Hokie_Brewer]

So I was at the local Dogfish Head Alehouse in Fairfax, VA. They had this beer listed on the chalkboard just called "DFH Ale", but nothing said about it in the drink menu. I asked the server and he said that the "word on the street" was that it was the 120 min IPA that they showed being dumped out on Brewmasters mixed with one of their other ales. It wasn't too bad, definitely not as good as the 90 min that I also had that night, but it was still tasty.

Anyone hear anything else about DFH Ale?

 

[Hokie_Brewer]

 

[PirateBrewer]

I've heard of it but only because I live in the area with the Alehouses, as well. I haven't had it but as per the DFH website:

"This Double IPA is rich honey amber in color with aggressive hopping balancing a robust flavor profile packing 9.5% alcohol by volume. Citrus, apricot and piney aromas lead in to a malty well hopped body and the beer finishes with a dry bitter end. The body of 60 Minute IPA, the alcohol of 90 Minute IPA, and the hops of 120 Minute IPA.

Not for the faint of heart."

I have heard that it was 120 minute blended with 90 minute somewhere...just can't remember where

 

[Special Hops]

I always wondered about that dumped batch. Sure it doesn't meet the quality of their 120 minute to be able to sell it as such. But it's probably still a good beer. No reason they could just call it something else and sell it in their own pubs and recoup a good bit of their money they would other wise just throw down the drain.

 

[juslod]

I live within several miles of the brewery so many bars I have been to are suggesting this "DFH Ale" as well, but I haven't heard much more about what it is or where it came from... I'm taking a visit sometime next week so maybe that is a good question to ask!

 

[stageseven]

I posted this in the super long Brew Masters thread a while ago when the episode on the 120 minute batch first aired. As an update to the text below, I've now heard that this is the only brewpub exclusive that they're allowing you to take home growlers of, so they really must have a ton of it.

I'm pretty sure this is what they did with at least some of it. When I went to the brewpub maybe 4 months ago the waiter was talking about the failed batch of 120. He wasn't clear on whether the DFH Ale was a blend of the 120 and the "starter" they made to get it going, but from the description of it and knowing that the two were connected, I can't imagine they would have use "the hop rates of 120 minute" to make a bunch of brewpub exclusive stuff after losing that much on dumped 120. That, and the fact that they've had it on tap for over 4 months makes me think they have a ton of it.

By the way, the DFH Ale was REALLY good... Like I thought it was better than 90 or 120 minute. If that's the result of a failed batch, I say fail more please.

 

[dpittard]

All they really showed during the "dump" looked like nothing but a yeast cake. Gotta love TV.

 

[Hokie_Brewer]

Yeah, I was shocked that they would dump all that beer when they continually said on the show that it was very "drinkable" but it wasn't up to the 120 min standard. And dpittard, I agree, it just looked like the yeast that they showed being dumped.

 

[BrookdaleBrew]

I don't blame them for trying to make something of it rather than dumping it, I just hate that it was portrayed on TV as some noble sacrifice for the sake of quality standards. I guess that makes much better television than them deciding to blend it into a pub only draft release though.

 

[Special Hops]

I don't blame them for trying to make something of it rather than dumping it, I just hate that it was portrayed on TV as some noble sacrifice for the sake of quality standards. I guess that makes much better television than them deciding to blend it into a pub only draft release though.

That's why it's "reality" TV. lol