beernesday

just in time for my san francisco trip 21st amendment releases hop crisis imperial ipa aged in oak barrels! gonna find me some and bring it home to canadia, yes i am! please, please, please have some on draft in a drinking establishment i frequent and please, please, please let me find some at the store! 21st amendment ... DBI Beverage 2225 Jerrold Ave. San Francisco CA 94124 (415) 643-9900 i hope i can find this place... gah - its in south san francisco dagnabbit, that doesn't work bah - and california isn't getting any dogfish head 120 minute ipa either this is not going as well as i had hoped... hopefully my hop in dark has made it to canadia and i will be tasting that delicious nectar friday evening...

sad, sad news from dogfish head: With regards to the most recent batch of 120 Minute IPA, I am sorry to say that dozens of passionate people at Dogfish got out voted by millions of yeast cells and this batch will not be released. This batch came in a bit under attenuated and got dinged on our sensory panel for dislocated flavors. Each and every batch of beer we brew at Dogfish Head goes through over 40 Quality Control check points and while this batch passed many of these check points we decided with the results of the final sensory panel, days before packaging, that we dont feel this batch of 120 Minute IPA is up to par. We know that 120 Minute sells at a premium price and we know expectations for this beer are, and should be, high. It is brewed with over 30 times the volume of hops and over 7 times the volume of malt per barrel than your average light lager. It is aged for over 5 times as long as the average ale. So this is a really expensive beer to make. And a really expensive b...