GIVE ME YOUR BEER SUGGESTIONS!!

[Dr. J]

My favorite is East End Brewery's Big Hop IPA. Buy a growler; hopefully one day they will bottle it and sell it by the case.

[Troy Loney]

Southern Tier Hop Sun is amazing. I don't remember it being this good last year, so I think it must just be a better batch this season

[JS©]

friend of mine picked up a bottle from Sharp Edge over memorial day weekend. Wow. It's not something I'd buy, especially with that price tag, but it was worth trying. At 27%, it's definitely a sipper. The 2-3 oz sample lasted me about a half-hour. Flavor was very heavy in vanilla and caramel, but seemed like it had the characteristics of a cognac instead of a beer.

[JS©]

does anybody know if the Dogfish 120 is back in circulation?

[stopper40]

does anybody know if the Dogfish 120 is back in circulation?

I think it's due out in August. They way I understand it they had a batch brewing and it got screwed up somehow so they had to start from scratch

[tjand72]

I don't usually like heavy beers, but I had Unibroue La Terrible last night. It wasn't very bitter, and it actually had a bit of a wine taste to it. I might drink it again.

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[shafnutz05]

Going off of the Unibroue theme,

[JS©]

does anybody know if the Dogfish 120 is back in circulation?

I think it's due out in August. They way I understand it they had a batch brewing and it got screwed up somehow so they had to start from scratch

I remember reading something like that and that the screwup with the yeast actually carried over through multiple batches

[JS©]

Going off of the Unibroue theme,

That's one of my favorites.

[Dr. J]

Southern Tier Hop Sun is amazing. I don't remember it being this good last year, so I think it must just be a better batch this season

Try Southern Tier's 2X IPA if you havent yet. Good stuff.

[Troy Loney]

Southern Tier Hop Sun is amazing. I don't remember it being this good last year, so I think it must just be a better batch this season

Try Southern Tier's 2X IPA if you havent yet. Good stuff.

You probably missed it, but Church Brew Works had a seasonal IPA that was phenomenal this year. I want to say it was called imperial ipa.

[Kraftster]

I want CBW Pumpkin Stout right now. Sooo good.

[JS©]

does anybody know if the Dogfish 120 is back in circulation?

I think it's due out in August. They way I understand it they had a batch brewing and it got screwed up somehow so they had to start from scratch

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So - we did it!

bottles

This morning we started up the bottling line for the first batch of 120 Minute IPA in 20 months.

As many of you saw on 'Brewmasters' last year, we determined that our last batch of 120 Minute didn't meet our Quality specs and we dumped the beer. It was a hard beer to lose - both because of the enormous cost of the ingredients in that one and the fact that it is an Occasional Release for us and lots of you were anticipating it.

So we took our time tweaking the recipe, lots of time. We brewed multiple test batches at our R&D brewery inside our Rehoboth Beach brewpub. We put at least two of those batches on tap. We took a lot more time than many of you wanted us to take. We've answered thousands of emails, Facebook posts and Tweets about the 120 Minute IPA over the last year and half. Months ago, we stopped guessing when we'd re-release the beer and just started replying with 'we don't know, but we're working hard on it.'

We have been working hard on it. Pretty much every team in the brewery is excited to have the beer coming off the line today. There was a collective sigh of relief and a lot of excitement as Chad handed off the first bottle to come though the line. Thanks to all my co-workers at Dogfish Head who played their part in this re-release - you all rock!

Instead of the three 400bl releases for 120 Minute we'd planned for in 2011, we opted to work on smaller volume batches. Today, the first 100bbl batch made it to the bottling line. Sorry for not keeping you more in the loop, but we didn't want to jinx things (that said, there are more than a few of us who are convinced that every truck delivering this batch to our wholesale partners will disappear into thin air before making it to the warehouses safely - our fingers are crossed).

first bottle

So, here is the plan for this first batch.

Our motto is 'share and share alike' on this one. Like I said, it is a single small batch (but we're hoping to keep em coming). We are divvying this batch up amongst our wholesalers who are legally permitted to sell it. There are still plenty of markets where 120 Minute IPA is not legal or approved for sale.

These are the states that WILL be getting limited 120 Minute IPA:

Delaware

Massachusetts

Maine

Connecticut

New York

Washington (state)

Oregon

Arizona

Nevada

Florida

New Jersey

Virginia

Maryland

Kentucky

Michigan

Illinois

Pennsylvania

and

Washington DC

We did keep some cases for sale from our Brewery and Brewpub. Our 120 Minute IPA bottles will go on sale on Friday, June 24 2011. Due to the limited availability and our 'share and share alike' view on this beer - we are limiting sales to one 4-pack per person. We will sell them for $30 per 4-pack. We will have them as long as they last.

In terms of distribution, we do not know which retailers will get these cases. We have no control over how our wholesalers share their allotments or how retailers price this beer. We hope they are fair and we hope that there isn't crazy price gouging. We do assume that as the beer heads to retail, it will begin appearing in our Fish Finder (this database is fed from information provided by our wholesalers). We will begin shipping the 120 Minute IPA to our wholesalers in the coming days, but some markets may not have an order shipping for a few weeks. This means it will begin appearing on retail shelves sometime in the next few days to the next few weeks.

Thanks so much for your patience. Hope you enjoy the beer. We hope to have even more on the way soon.

Cheers.

[count2infinity]

sweet. i've never had 120. i really want to try it though. 60 is good, 90 is awesome, 120 must be amazing.

[Dostoevsky]

Going off of the Unibroue theme,

La Fin du Monde and Maudite are my top two beers right now. Third goes to Dogfish Head 90 Minute. I just can't stop drinking Unibroue right now.

[Troy Loney]

Unibroue Ephemere is an ideal summer beer.

[MWB]

Heading to Maryland for a week. Anyone know of good local brews in Chesapeake bay area?

[Rylan]

Why is Dogfish Head 120 not legal in some places?

[JS©]

Why is Dogfish Head 120 not legal in some places?

alcohol content. I think the 120 is sitting around 18-20%

[Rylan]

Why is Dogfish Head 120 not legal in some places?

alcohol content. I think the 120 is sitting around 18-20%

That's what I figured. Thanks.

[slappybrown]

High alcohol beers are revolting.

[shafnutz05]

High alcohol beers are revolting.

What do you mean by "high alcohol"? I think the 18-20% beers are gross, but Unibroue is around 9% and is delicious.

[slappybrown]

High alcohol beers are revolting.

What do you mean by "high alcohol"? I think the 18-20% beers are gross, but Unibroue is around 9% and is delicious.

Yea 9% is fine, I recently tried something that was in the mid-teens (I cant remember what it was) but it tasted like ass. I am talking about what are essentially novelty high ABV beers.

[shafnutz05]

Yeah, I don't like anything that is above the low-teens.

Edit: Exactly, they are novelties and nothing more.

[Rylan]

Yeah, I don't like anything that is above the low-teens.

Edit: Exactly, they are novelties and nothing more.

lolol is that your choice in girls too?