Dogfish Head Crimson Cru

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🍻Happy New Year!   Dogfish sets the bar high with this "cross-Atlantic" collaboration with one of the premier Belgian breweries.  Rodenbach's Grand Cru is one of the finest Flemish style red ales money can buy with their family brewing dating back to 1821.   This fusion takes the Flemish base and then Dogfish Head's brew team waves its culinary magic wand infusing sumac, sweet orange peel, and dry-hopping with Hallertau Blanc hops.  This brings out the malty delightfulness of cherries, and citrus but keeps its dark copper color.  The bottle design is part of the Dogfish Head Off-Centered Art Series from Max Mahn, with a blend of forest green and crimson signaling the signature motif from each brewery.  This seasonal limited release continues Dogfish Head's devotion to high quality culinary style ingredients with the use of sumac, oranges, and the wooden foeder-aging technique where the beer ferments in Oak barrels (perfected by Rodenbach in the 19th Century).  Dogfish Head's Sam Calagione and Rodenbach's Rudi Ghequire last worked together on the 2019 release Vibrant P'Ocean.

Enjoy all year, but this one is best suited for the winter weather as an end of the year seasonal where quantities will go sparse before spring ends like a Belgian lamb...🍺

9.5 out of 10 Foeders

ABV 7.1%. (Grand Cru stand alone is normally 6.0%)

Learn more about Dogfish Head & Rodenbach below

https://www.dogfish.com/brewery/beer/crimson-cru

https://be.rodenbach.be/be/en/bieren/rodenbach-Grand-Cru.html?uri=/content/rodenbach/be/en/bieren/rodenbach-Grand-Cru.html

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https://www.dogfish.com/brewery/fishfinder

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