News of Dogfish Head founder and co-author of the book He Said Beer, She Said Wine Sam Calagione and founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Ken Grossman uniting to create a beer has been circulating various internet forums and beer periodicals for long enough, and as the release date for the brew draws nearer, the excitement seems to grow.
Ken Grossman is undeniably a pioneer in the field of Craft Beer, whose brewery began thirty-years ago in 1979 in Chico, California, and whose flagship Sierra Nevada Pale Ale helped to mature the palates of beer drinkers nationwide. His brewery strives to continue to produce with the same level of quality and consistency from batch to batch as they did from their humble beginnings, releasing their default line-up as well as a series of seasonals and specialty brews.
Sam Calagione, whose obsession with beer is more recent than that of his new cohort, began Dogfish Head in 1995. However, his passion for "Off Centered Ales", as his slogan suggests, makes him in his own way a pioneer of the industry as well. They've brewed beers with everything from juniper berries, Chrysanthemums, blueberries, and in general things found in 9,000 year old pots.
So it should come as no surprise to learn that the new ale from the duo, which weighs in at an impressive 10% approximate ABV, possesses a profile which truly fits is out-there moniker. Brewed using pure Massachusetts maple syrup from Calagione's family, and with malted barley from Grossman's neck-of-the-woods in California, the coup de grace in this already arboreal beer is that it is naturally carbonated with birch syrup from Alaska - a fact which no other known breweries may boast.
In this video, an exuberant Sam Calagione discusses the union, as well as other craft-brewing-related topics, at the Blind Tiger in New York:
There will be a release party on November 15th in New York City, the only time that Calagione & Grossman will be speaking together on the East Coast, however it has already sold all 70 tickets.
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