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Samuel Adams Imperial White |
 Samuel Adams® Imperial White is a new perspective on the classic witbier style. Witbiers are normally light and refreshing with a fruity finish and we wanted to see how these characteristics would stand up when we amped up the recipe. We were totally blown away by the flavors that were created by this beer.
This is not just a more intense version of our spring seasonal Samuel Adams® White Ale. Imperial White is a new recipe that stands on it own merits. In fact, it is more of a wine substitute than just another refreshing witbier. This is a beer that should be sipped and savored and you’ll be amazed at the flavors you’ll discover as the beer warms and opens up.
Due to legal restrictions, the Samuel Adams Imperial Series beers are not offered in the states of Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina and West Virginia.
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Three Cheers For Mayflower Day |
www.FreeBeerBuddy.com Toasts the Pilgrims Who Ventured to the New World, and the Reason They Did So - Beer!
Mayflower Day had a big impact on making beer America's favorite beverage of moderation.
 Sept. 16, marks the anniversary of the day the Mayflower departed from England in search of the New World. For more than two months, the passengers and crew weathered storms, sickness and starvation without taking to land - until they ran out of beer. Beer was their primary beverage because, at that time, water could have been dangerous.
Beer's journey from a beverage of sustenance in colonial times to America's alcohol beverage of choice is an integral part of our history. Americans share the same appreciation for beer whether an early settler or a modern adult, . While today's adults can enjoy complex varieties, styles and flavors, beer's refreshment and drink ability remains tried and true.
In early times, beer was made out of whatever ingredients adults could find, like pumpkins and molasses. Thirteen years before the pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, a group of settlers established a colony in Jamestown, Virginia. In 1609, the governor wrote a note back to England saying he needed two brewers to come over and establish a brewery in Jamestown. Beer was just that important.
Beer continues to reign supreme today. The latest Gallup Poll shows that of the 64 percent of Americans who consume alcohol, beer continues to be their beverage of choice, with 40 percent choosing it over wine and hard liquor.
So raise a cold glass of beer on Sept 16th and celebrate our rich beer history.
Cheers
Henry
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 When one sees a beer with a darker complexion these days, more often than not it’s a Porter or Stout. However looks can be deceiving. There exists a style older than both and generally less well known; the Schwarzbier, which literally translated is “Black Beer.” Unlike its dark cousins which both hail from Britain and are highly hopped ales, Schwarzbier comes from Germany, is lightly hopped and is fermented using a bottom fermenting lager yeast. Samuel Adams® Black Lager is brewed in the tradition of the latter. A medium bodied beer brewed using several different roasts of malt to give the end product a smooth body and a depth of malt character that has to be tasted to be believed.
Carafa® is a registered trademark of Weyermann Malt, Bamburg, Germany
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 This is a brew for adventurous beer drinkers. It is brewed with four malts: two row pale Harrington, Munich malt, chocolate malt, and a rare peat smoked malt commonly used by distillers of Scotch malt whiskey. This unique malt gives Samuel Adams® Scotch Ale its distinct, subtle smoky character and deep amber hue. Samuel Adams® Scotch Ale is brewed using traditional English hops, Goldings and Fuggles. This is a big brew dominated by malt flavors and aromas, rich and full bodied, slightly sweet. Its layered malt complexity lingers to a smooth and silky finish.
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Ancient Ale Featured on NPR |
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Chateau Jiahu, one of Dogfish Head breweries Ancient Ales, was featured on National Public Radio's 'All Things Considered' recently.![]() 
Let's travel back in time again (Midas Touch was our first foray and Theobroma our most recent), this time 9000 years! Preserved pottery jars found in the Neolithic villiage of Jiahu, in Henan province,Northern China, has revealed that a mixed fermented beverage of rice, honey and fruit was being produced that long ago - right around the same time that barley beer and grape wine were beinginning tobe made in the Middle East!
Fast forward to 2005.... Molecular Archeologist Dr. Patrick McGovern of
the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
calls on Dogfish Head to re-create their second ancient beverage and
Chateau Jiahu is born.
In keeping with historic evidence, Dogfish brewers used pre-gelatinized
rice flakes, Wildflower honey, Muscat grapes, barley malt, hawthorn
fruit, and Chrysanthemum flowers. The rice and barley malt were added
together to make the mash for starch conversion and degredation. The
resulting sweet wort was then run into the kettle. The honey, grapes,
Hawthorn fruit, andChrysanthemum flowers were then added. The entire
mixture was boiled for 45 minutes, then cooled. The resulting sweet
liquid was pitched with a fresh culture of Sake yeast and allowed to
ferment a month before the transfer into a chilled secondary tank.
Original Release Date: 07/2006
Glassware Recommendation:
Snifter
ABV 8.0
IBU 10
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