So I guess it's time to kick this thing off up right, but first a little disclaimer I forgot to include in my last entry:

If you are offended by vulgar language, sexual or suggestive language, depictions of copious drinking, poor spelling and punctuation and all around poor life choices please don't read my blog. Also please don't tell my mom about it either.



Anyway to kick this thing off right we have a couple of links:

http://beernews.org/2009/08/dogfish-head-and-sierra-nevada-brewing-form-epic-collaboration-for-life-limb/

http://www.thebeerinme.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?5646.0


I didn't really have anything smarmy to say to put in place of those links so they just get a straight up nude posting here.


I for one am incredibly excited for November to roll around. Both of these breweries are some of the best in their league, for entirely different reasons of course. Sierra Nevada produces straight up class beer, that is to say its beer isn't anything crazy it's just damn good. It's one of the few good beers I can get in Grinnell that I still buy at home. The folks over at Sierra Nevada have been bolstering and encouraging the craft and micro brew industry for almost 30 years now and this collaboration is sure to open a new chapter in what is already a venerable brewstory (get it history + brewing? eh eh well fuck you it's a good joke).

As for Dogfish so much has already been said about how they're completely revolutionizing the industry, or trying to. While most of what has been written is true I can't say they're making much of an impact, which is something that New Yorker article I read last year also said. That aside I haven't had as much Dogfish as Sierra Nevada. I had the 90 minute IPA (that's 90 minutes of continual hopping, yeah it is way more than usual) once and it knocked me off my feet both in terms of taste and abv (9.0%). It is definitely not a beer for the casual beer drinker, but for the truly adventurous among us it is certainly a treat. Dogfish is doing all sorts of crazy stuff that has nothing to do with IPAs and for many years has been working on becoming more than just a novelty in the beer community.

I for one am excited about this collaboration, like most other people. You don't really see a lot of collaborative brews. If you can get your hands on it, Life&Limb (the 10% beer) comes out in November and Limb&Life (5%) comes out in October.

Here's a brief description of the 90 minute IPA: