We wanted to start something new with this feature; we’re picking a more expensive beer and letting you know what we really think about it. Spending $15+ on a beer can be tough, so we’re spending our hard earned cash and letting you know if it’s worth yours. We’ll tell you who will probably like this beer, instead of giving it a number, and will go much more in-depth than we normally do. With that out of the way, on to the beer! Flying Dog Barrel Aged Gonzo Imperial Porter
Price: $16.99 Volume: 750ml ABV: 9.5% (for anyone trying to do that math the alcohol to volume comes out to the equivalent of about 5 regular beers)
Well, have we got news for you!!! Matthew Steinberg, the storied brewer for Offshore Ale Company, and the creator of such beers as Hop Goddess, Rye Hop, Inkwell Double Stout, Fogcutter Breakfast Porter, Laughing Laird Scotch Ale, Stonewall Double IPA and more is leaving Offshore for Mayflower! As their head brewer! They will take delivery of their 20bbl brew system at the beginning of September 2007, and we should start seeing batches soon after that.
Can you wait? Because we sure can't!!!
This means two things:
1. Get out to offshore before the end of the summer just to say hi to Matt and have some of his last Offshore brews.
2. Get ready for a whole lot of great new stuff from Mayflower brewing!
Rob Leonard started making beer in his kitchen. 1992 saw him land a home brewers dream job at New Haven Brewing… cleaning kegs and packing cases. But his obvious passion for the brewing craft led him to the title assistant brewer and eventually head brewer in a short three years. Fast forward a few years: Rob has become the brewmaster and operations manager for New England Brewing. In 2001, when the owners wanted to get out of the brewery business, Rob immediately took the opportunity to acquire the name of the company and re-locate the whole business to Selden Street in Woodbridge, CT… just down the street from the kitchen where he first started making beer. It’s this location where he makes his assortment of canned beers, including Atlantic Amber, Sea Hag IPA, and Elm City Lager as well as his limited bottled offerings such as Imperial Stout Trooper. And now he talks to DrinkCraftBeer.com…
Some exciting news from the DCB team. We now offer a selection of shirts! To check out our new offerings simply click the "DCB Store" tab on the top menu. Please let us know if you'd like to see other products as well and we'll do our best to accommodate.
As some of you may know, we embarked on a journey down the east coast visiting as many breweries as we could in 10 days. It started out as a list of 10, but quickly became bigger. Many hours and many miles (3000) later we made it home, safe, sound and very tired! But, we had the time of our lives, met some great people, drank some delicious beer and learned a ton! Plus we saw a lot of the east coast, found out about local beer scenes all over and saw how beer truly does bring people together. We started out with 10 breweries on our itinerary. Everywhere we went, though, people would recommend more places and offer to put in phone calls or help us in whatever way we needed. While we couldn’t go everywhere (time just didn’t allow it), we went everywhere we could. We hit 16 breweries and 4 great restaurants/bars for a total of 20 destinations. We could have done this for a month and still had more places to go based solely on recommendations. Huge thanks to everyone who helped us out on this trip, family and friends, new and old!
We've chronicled our trip for you to experience now. We hope you enjoy reading about our adventure and viewing the pictures we got. We've took some of the first pictures out there of DFH's new 100 barrel brew house!
