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ty the reader s digest of beer styles this one was different i checked the label a few times as if to expecting it to reveal itself to be something more than a pedestrian lager but it was more though firmly a lager it was a a classic example of what true craft brewing is irrespective of style anchor has always held a very special place in my craft beer heart anchor steam was the beer that started me on the path to becoming a craft beer geek in the first place anchor liberty ale is another favorite a solid go to pale that s versatile never gets old and never disappoints perhaps the cleanest driest finish of any beer i ve ever had it even brings out the best in a sun ray or two on a cold east coast winter day suddenly i was reminded of the deposition i attended up in manhattan the week before eight hours of testimony on asset backed securities and swap terminations is enough to drive the purest mormon to drink fortunately i m not mormon and never have been despite my bob dylan esque temporary departure from the balls of my people matzo that is and i m far from pure though generally pretty good so i m on my way back to penn station when i just happen upon rattle n hum in midtown i ll review the bar another time but suffice it to say it has a very philadelphia craft beer bar scene vibe that s a good thing i figured i could squeeze a pint of craft beer research in before i had to hit the train so i grabbed a stool few things surprise me in a craft beer bar but i was taken aback at the tap list scrawled on the chalk board 40 sierra nevada brews these were not your uncle s sierra nevada pales though it was on the lines everything from torpedo to one off barrel aged stouts familiar to anything but most of your uncles only know sn pale especially the ones who confuse volume with insightful comment but the cool one has had most if not all of the brews on the tap takeover list that day by that standard i guess i m kind of cool because the only one i hadn t had was the barrel aged maple stout with coffee until there was one in front of me on the bar as watched the soprano s neighborhoods of north jersey fade in the distance during the train ride home i couldn t help but think of how underrappreciated anchor and sierra nevada seem to be these days don t get me wrong i love plenty of cutting edge aggressive craft brews ballast point s indra kunindra and new belgium s lips of faith coconut curry hefeweizen being prime examples but with dogfish head brew dogs surly and so many others vying for shelf space and attention the stable longboard surfers the ones who first taught us that you could ride waves in the first place are often left too far out of mind there s something to be said for stability authenticity and tradition kind of like a ride in the center front seat of your uncle s 78 caddy then i arrived home and after a quick dinner and check of the kid s homework i went to the chilled craft beer research locker and gazed upon a shelf full of sierra nevada celebration ales coincidence nope happy hoppy holidays share this share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in bars beer craft beer tagged anchor brewing bars beer brewers cadillac california craft beer halloween manhattan nyc philadelphia sierra nevada thanksgiving tradition uncles 13 comments october 16 2013 by the alemonger the darkest side of craft beer geekdom i really like the many faces of my craft beer dark side ok there are a few of them maybe not enough to keep sybil occupied during a cross continental flight but there are more than i d initially recognized in the 20 or so seconds it took me to formulate the basis for this rant earlier today for the purposes of this post i m going to ignore most of the obvious ones but i ll list them here just for good measure let me know which ones i forgot enough excess calories to make sanz a belt slacks seem downright appealing if not absolutely necessary a financial drain that makes the congressional debt ceiling debates hit a bit too close for comfort even when wearing the limited edition sunday brunch buffet sanz a belts having to fib when answering that invasive question on patient forms regarding your weekly intake of alcoholic beverages and grumbling under your breath about the need for a sub section for beverages consumed for research purposes because you know those would be exempt having to come up with creative ways to convince your significant other that a visit to that bottle shop or craft beer bar in hanalei is a natural part of any romantic hawaiian getaway who needs another rainbow or spectacular sunset anyway hint there are no plausible ways to explain a craft beer detour out there so once you try and fail be prepared to shell out 400 for a sunset catamaran cruise or dolphin encounter just for suggesting it so you might as well grab a maui big swell ipa for your troubles and you thought westy xii was an expensive brew the whole instagram thing yes i know that isn t a sentence and it didn t make any sense just like taking pictures of beer doesn t make any sense last time i checked ansel adams and richard avedon didn t prowl the aisles of bevmo for their subjects but that hasn t stopped me from making a complete ass out of myself by setting up and taking interesting pictures of beer knowing full well the mocking expressions my wife and children are giving me from the family room meanwhile i wear my beertography competition award shirt proudly like i said dark side homebrewing need i say more probably but i won t well not now anyway so those are just some of the dark sides that i m choosing to ignore here see i bet you didn t even notice them and have no idea what i m talking about the one i m wrestling with now has elements of most of the above but is far more sinister not quite olestra side effect anal leakage sinister but pervasive nonetheless and goes something like this its time for lunch but thanks to bullet point number 1 up there i m on the zero calorie lunch plan so i decide to drive 8 9 minutes to one of my favorite bottle shops liquor stores only intending to check out and maybe pick up a bottle of bourbon or american whiskey no intention of buying any craft beer and i even toyed with the concept of not even walking near the craft beer aisles as it is there s still most of a mixed case of great brews from state line liquors in elkton md awaiting study next to the tasting room fridge so i really don t need anything else not yet your run of the mill granola brew then it happened from about 20 feet away i cast a decidedly unengaged glance towards the end cap where they usually display new and interesting bombers completely safe after all i was also at a pretty extreme angle so it wasn t as though i could get a good view of anything as that end cap faded from sight then through some evil and mystical means far beyond my understanding i found myself standing right in front of those bombers while holding one in my hand the words god dammit formed reflexively under my breath and right then and then this post was born sorry about that i had picked up dogfish head s american beauty the latest edition of their music series ales i ve had all of the previous installments and aside from bitches brew their ode to miles davis none were remarkable what annoyed and confounded me most about holding the american beauty was the fact that i had little interest in its concept when i read about it several months ago and had no intentions of buying it period i never liked the greatful dead or their 7 or 4 fingered lead guru and for the record i don t like their 90 s remake phish either not sure which is more frightening a gaggle of pale stick thin cannibus mind addled 3 00 a m taco bell craving dead heads or a street full of even paler thriller wannabe undead zombies shuffling towards an all they can eat surgical waste buffet never mind not knowing what s worse i m not so sure there s much of a difference take all the rotting kidneys you want but eat all you take the bottom line is that i had no intentions of buying any beer period let alone a beer that i had no interest in ever buying yet there i was seemingly compelled by unseen forces contemplating the purchase of american beauty the darkest side of craft beer geekdom was perched on my right shoulder demanding that i buy a beer i didn t want and didn t need that sounds better than admitting that i suffer some form of occbad obsessive compulsive craft beer acquisition disorder somehow i mustered the strength a k a common sense to face down that demon and put down the greatful brew after i saw the stone suede collaboration all bets were off at that point the battle was lost fortunately i m a gracious loser and i had a few new craft beers in the cart that i didn t need with which to toast the victor my dark side cheers share this share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in beer craft beer tagged ansel adams beer brewers craft beer dogfish head greatful dead instagram obsession rants richard avedon stone sybil zombies 15 comments july 16 2013 by the alemonger beer review dogfish head 61 pushes boundaries by bridging them we re all busy i get it twitter push notifications and news scrolls have reprogrammed the way we go about getting information soon enough books may go the way of 8 track tapes or laser discs of the director s cut of young einstein with that in mind and for those of you whose attention span becomes challenged over 144 characters let alone 144 complete words i ll toss out a bold prediction right off the bat bold prediction for the twitter character limit attention span people sam calgione will open a winery before the end of 2015 you could stop reading here and continue surfing for deals on plush giant microbes the ebola virus was a big hit with our kids or soup tureens etched with despicable me minions by the expert artisans at the franklin mint but you d miss what could be an interesting review of dogfish head 61 remember how empty and out of touch you felt the day after sharknado when you were the only one left out of the loop because you missed it don t let that happen again your dunkin donuts gift card is almost tapped out anyway and you don t need the large mocha coolatta you ll inevitably drown your sorrows in when you realize that you ve been left out again because the rest of the world is all abuzz about this post by the way it ll only take 2 minutes to read i timed it well not yet because i don t know what i m actually going to write but i will promise i kept my promise it might take 3 this just in the editorial board reviewed the final draft and decided to move the review up in order to catch some readers who might already be suffering google twitter withdrawal dts a picture says a thousand words but so does a number 60 75 90 120 61 one of those numbers is not like the others ok maybe two are but one is more not like the others kind of like hemmingway s six toed cats knowing that dogfish s stock in trade is pushing boundaries and crafting unusual ales i figured i was in for something modestly challenging and potentially horrific a k a their ill fated au courant i m happy to report that my fears were the only things ill fated 61 is a really nice complex yet accessible craft beer right off the bat you ve got a crystal clear effervescent ruby pour with small quickly dissipating white head that throws off a bouquet of intrigue and inviting aromas yahtzee dominated by sour cherry grape mild citrus and earthy yeast notes you know those beers that practically make you want to drop everything except the glass and belt out the portuguese version of strawberry letter 23 well this is one of those it s also perfect for those times when you have visions of christiane amanpour battling treat williams in the yahtzee thunder dome while she lip synchs pee wee hermann s version of surfin bird i know what you re thinking not another one of those beers i began to think that way too as the syrah must in this brew worked its magic alongside modestly sweet summer cherries and tart nectarine no real malt backbone or serious hoppy punch instead the flavors are strands suspended between delicate yet sturdy spiral rails of malt and hops a veritable dna double helix of craft beer the texture is both silky and light with lots of prickly carbonation that harkens back to that yahtzee death match but this time the thunder dome is ringed by a second level where attila the hun impersonators i assume they re merely impersonators sit behind vintage manual crank deli meat slicers slowly carving boar s head honey smoked turkey like a precision drill team yes yes plenty of those beers too i know believe me this really is a very different brew despite the common images it evokes for instance its bi polar finish is a thing of brewing artistry crisp abrasive and dry but with thin ribbons of velvety sweetness enticing another sip you suddenly find yourself departing the party in a conga line lead by willem defoe while singing the chorus of nights on broadway and juice newton s queen of hearts at the same time yep it s that beer hybrid anythings are always sketchy look at killer bees for a spectacularly funny write up of the trouble with hybrids take a look at this great post by beerbeque one of the funniest things i ve read all year dogfish head 61 is a brazen and unabashed beer wine hybrid that pulls it off seamlessly yet begs the question is sam trying to tell us something is he going to start making wine or will he be content to play yenta between the wine and craft beer families so let s see if i have this straight 1 sam calgione founds dogfish head brewing in 1995 to brew interesting bold beers unlike the bland industrial pale lagers that dominated still do but to a lesser extent american brewing off centered ales for off centered people was and remains their motto 2 over time dogfish head turns out an impressive growing and unconventional lineup of brews including their ancient ales and music themed series 3 more and more of their beers are sold in large format corked wine style bottles a hybrid of a different kind 4 professor calgione launches a well publicized and successful beer vs wine food pairing campaign featuring tasting dinners pairing various beer and wine styles with each course to highlight the versatility of craft beer during those dinners sam champions craft beer while his guest nemesis for the evening takes up the cause for wine a veritable matalin versus carville battle royale 5 in spite of the widening adoption of canning within the craft beer industry sam calgione 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