Dogfish Head - Rare Brews?

[Airborneguy]

I fail to see how DFH is more overrated than Stone, or more gimmicky then Brewdog. (OH SNAP FLAMEBAIT)

Brewdog is worse, I stand corrected.

 

[MacGruber]

Don't get me wrong. I like almost ALL DFH brews. In fact, I like everything but their Berliner-Weiss. My brother in law thinks, as many do, that the 60 minute is the epitome of IPA. I tend to like the maltier Hop Devil myself.

 

[ptakers]

I live in VA and can get DogFish readily, but they don't sell Lost Abbey brews out here.

Sounds like a great opportunity for a beer swap!

 

[Heckle]

I know they make, or made, a blood orange hefeweizen I wanted to try.

I made a clone of this using a recipe from these forums and it came out terrific!

 

[MacGruber]

I haven't been able to get to DFH and I keep hearing about the blood orange hefeweizen. I saw it on their website a few years ago and have been intrigued ever since. A lot of people here are brewing it and say it's amazing. It's in my queue of beers to brew.

 

[kcpaige89]

Don't get me wrong. I like almost ALL DFH brews. In fact, I like everything but their Berliner-Weiss. My brother in law thinks, as many do, that the 60 minute is the epitome of IPA. I tend to like the maltier Hop Devil myself.

I too like most DFH brews, with a single notable exception: the "raison d'être" brew. I bought a 4 pack or a six pack, and tried twice to drink it. I made it to the bottom of the bottle each time, but vowed to never drink it again. It tasted way to strong of grapes and rasins, way too sweet, and had that bubblegum taste. The strong alcohol also contributed a solvent type flavor to it, which was hard to get around. As it warmed up, it got even worse. I just can't stand it. SWMBO tried it (she prefers wine so I thought she would like the wine-y taste to it) and she couldn't finish the bottle. We poured the rest of it out. But, thats what you get when you try different things, sometimes you get a terrible brew, but at least I tried it. I've been wanting to try some of their more gimmicky ancient brews, just to try them.