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| It started as Delaware’s first brewpub and then became the smallest commercial brewery in America. Their very first batch was brewed on a system which essentially was three little kegs with propane burners underneath. The system so small they had to brew three times a day, five days a week. They quickly got bored brewing the same things over and over – that’s when they began using all sorts of weird ingredients and earning a reputation for making unconventional beers. Take a guess... no, we're not talking about Anheuser-Busch or even the average craft brewery. We're talking about a company that produces 20 styles of beer that are sold in more than 25 states. The bard of beer, Michael Jackson, called it the most interesting brewery in all the US. It's the amazing Dogfish Head when they make "off-centered stuff for off-centered people" just like us. And so The Tap Room proudly presents four of the finest off-centered brews ever made, together for the first time on tap. It's a blowout of monster brews not for the faint of heart but perfect for the heart of beer lovers. Friday, February 15 at 6 PM Howl With The Dog Night 120 Minute IPA Hellhound On My Ale Bitches Brew ---and aged for nearly 2 years-- Old School Barleywine 2011 ------------ The most elusive 120 Minute IPA is an American Imperial IPA that boasts an incredible 18% ABV and 120 IBUs. How hoppy is it? Well, it was boiled for a full two hours while being continuously hopped with high-alpha American hops, then dry-hopped daily in the fermenter for a month and aged for another month on whole-leaf hops! It's not just a hop bomb, it's more like an Atomic Hop Bomb. It's been rated "world class" and "exceptional". One glass and you'll agree. |
| Hellhound On MY Ale is a Double IPA at 10% alcohol and 100 IBUs. It is dry- hopped with 100% centennial hops at a rate of 100 kilos per 100 bl. brew- length. Expect flavors of floral hops, orange peel, lemon, honey, biscuit, malt, and light pineapple. Some sweet malts help balance things into a sharp, dry finish. Truly excellent - one of my favorites. Dogfish's Bitches Brew is an Imperial Stout at 9% ABV. This is a bold, dark beer that’s a fusion of three threads imperial stout and one thread honey beer with gesho root. This limited edition beer always sells out quickly on those few times I'm able to get . For the past two years I've personally aged our next offering to bring out depths of flavors that at not present in younger versions. From 2011 we will be pouring Dogfish's Old School Barleywine It's a 15% ABV showcase of the brewer's art with bold yet smooth flavors of raisins, caramel, orange peel vanilla, dates and figs. Let's just say that this bone-crushing barleywine is unique and most enjoyable. A four glass beer sampler will be available - February 15, Friday, 6 PM ==Plan Ahead== Friday, March 26 at 6 PM Great Divide Night We will have - on TAP Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Orabelle Belgian Triple 2011 Oak Aged Yeti Details will be in my next Newsletter .Please say hello when you see me at the Tap Room. Also, be sure to check beernexus.com, it's my favorite beer website! I know you join me in my passion for beer, the greatest beverage in the world!! Cheers! Kevin |
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Thanks for reading our newsletter. I hope you enjoy some of the great things we have planned. This is the only place to get the first look at what's happening at The Tap Room! Kevin Torpey |
| The month of May was named for the Greek goddess Maia who was identified with the Roman era goddess of fertility. The weather warms, the flowers bloom, and people celebrate. Celebrate what you ask? Well, in the USA, May is National Barbecue Month, National Bike Month, National Blood Pressure Month , National Hamburger Month, National Photograph Month and, National Salad Month Even more unusual are the days celebrated. May 3 is National Tuba Day, May 4 is National Candied Orange Peel Day, May 8 is National No Socks Day, and May 11 is National Twilight Zone Day. Really. There are quite a few more zany days but there are only three that count for a beer drinker and they're celebrated exclusively here at The Tap Room. Join us for a ==== MAY TRIPLE PLAY!=== May 3, Friday, 6 PM "Black Friday" Four award winning stouts All on tap - together for the first time- Goose Island Big John Terrapin Wake N Bake Lost Abbey Serpent's Stout and Founders Breakfast Stout --------- Then the very next day May 4, Saturday, 6 PM It's the new version of a beer that sold out on it's last visit to The Tap Room and created a buzz around the country. It's the devastatingly fresh double IPA Stone Enjoy By 5/17/13 ------------ and finally on May 17, Friday, 6 PM direct from Chico, CA we offer you Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Belgian Blonde IPA Summerfest Hoptimum and (it's the one you've heard about) OVILA QUAD with PLUMS --------------------- For "Black Friday" on May 3, I've brought together four stouts that are distinctly different to demonstrate the breadth of the style. The Goose Island Big John is an imperial stout with a ABV of 11.5%. |
| It features a massive chocolate flavor and aroma. It's thick and creamy with added notes of oak and molasses. Terrapin Wake N Bake (8.1% ABV) is a coffee - oatmeal Double American Stout. It's actually brewed with roasted coffee making for bold espresso flavors. The Lost Abbey Serpent 's Stout is an 11% ABV gem of a beer. It's more dry than our other stouts with lighter carbonation as found in the Belgian-style category. It features notes of bittersweet baker’s chocolate. The Founders Breakfast Stout is an Imperial Stout (10.5% ABV) and the only one in the group made with bitter and sweetened imported chocolates, Sumatra and Kona coffee It balances a rich maltiness with a strong bitterness. Many beer fans like it better than Founders KBS! . Stone Enjoy By 5/17/13 is a dream come true for hop lovers. It is brewed NOT to last. You’re getting this beer within an extraordinarily short window so it will be perhaps the freshest beer you've ever had! Fresh means flavor and flavor means hops! It's a citrus & pine explosion of flavor -here on May 4 Supply is very limited; it won't last long. Sierra Nevada comes to The Tap Room on May 17 with five amazing brews. Bigfoot, a cult-classic beast of a barleywine (9.6%). It brims with bold flavors of bittersweet malt and whole- cone hops. The Belgian Blonde IPA (7.5%) features lightly sweet tropical fruit flavors with a brisk hop finish. The Summerfest is a refreshing lager (5%) in the Czech tradition. It's clean and crisp with a light grassy bitterness that is balanced nicely by toasted malts. Hoptimum (10.4%) is a knock your socks off,100 IBU, whole-cone hurricane of flavor. It's the hop king of Imperial IPAs! The Ovila Quad with Plums has only been brewed once! Very complex, the beer is a collaboration between Sierra Nevada and the monks of the Abbey of New Clairvaux (CA). It features sugar plums grown at the Abbey and harvested by the monks themselves. All here - on tap - May 17 at 6 PM. .Please say hello when you see me at the Tap Room. Also, be sure to check beernexus.com, it's my favorite beer website! I know you join me in my passion for beer, the greatest beverage in the world!! Cheers! Kevin |