Beertography of the Week Winner 8/1

We have a winner! Congrats to Chetan Desai for his win in last week's poll. Chet's photo of Dogfish Head Festina Peche took the cake with over 60 votes.

You can check out Chet's other photography on his Flickr.

Beertography of the Day - July 26th

Dogfish Head Festina Peche by Chetan Desai. You can check out Chet's other photography on his Flickr.

Don't forget, I'll be posting 1 photo submission per day then at the end of the week we'll have a poll to determine everyone's favorite and that photo will be crowned Beertography of the Week.

Don't forget to email your beertography to beertography@gmail.com or you can just tag your tweet with #beertography and/or mention me @beertography.

Beer Haul #20302923423

I went to Liquor Outlet Wine Cellars in Boonton, NJ again and picked up a wide range of stuff for a BBQ. Let's see what we've got here.

The Bruery Saison Rue - Saison/Farmhouse Ale 8.5%

Wow. The Bruery is a relatively new brewery from Placentia, CA and so far, every single thing I've had of there's has been phenomenal. I'll have a Bruery-specific blog post coming soon.

Southern Tier Mokah - Imperial Stout 11%

I recently attended a Southern Tier event at The Habitat in Brooklyn and had the chance to meet and talk to a rep for the brewery. I was surprised to learn that their brews actually aren't distributed very far. I guess it's the type of thing where you take for granted great beer when it's readily available everywhere around you. If anyone reading this blog is outside their distribution and wants to set up a trade, let me know. As for the beer itself, it was very good but not quite as good as the amazing Choklat.

Cantillon Kriek 100% Lambic - Lambic/Fruit 5%

One of my favorite things about this beer is letting BMC (BudMillerCoors) drinkers take a sip and enjoying their reaction. 9 out of 10 reactions are near shock followed by disgust. Fun stuff. I was definitely one of those people not all that long ago. The thought of a sour beer just sounded awful to me. But I've come around and it's now one of my favorite styles. The Cantillon Kriek is strong on the cherries however, unlike The Bruery Sasion Rue.

Dogfish Head Immort Ale - American Strong Ale 11%

Hey, look! I'm covering Dogfish Head again! American Strong Ales are new to me, but I've grown to really enjoy them. This one is brewed with peat-smoked barley, organic juniper berries, vanilla & maple syrup and then aged on oak and fermented with a blend of English & Belgian yeasts. I really love the vanilla-on-oak flavors. My biggest complaint is that this seems to be one of the hardest DFH to find in NYC.

Dogfish Head Festina Peche - Berliner Weissbier 4.5%

I had posted previously about how I had hated this beer the first time I tried it. But man, have I pulled a complete 180 on this. I'm obsessed. I've bought a ton of bottles of this in the last two months. It's so good and interesting. Completely unlike the rest of the DFH beers. The only thing I don't quite understand is why BeerAdvocate lists it as a Berliner Weissbier. Can anyone enlighten me on that?

Allagash White - Witbier 5.2%

An excellent example of a Witbier. Next time you have the choice, pick this up over a Hoegaarden. Hoegaarden is owned by AB-InBev and wouldn't you rather support local Maine craft beer?

Founder's Cerise - Fruit/Vegetable Beer 6.5%

Whoa, this one's not for everyone. Definitely interesting. Sour cherries meets apple juice. I actually expected this to be more similar to Festina Peche for some reason, but I got more of vegetable notes out of it. Worth trying.

Dogfish Head Festina Peche

Summer is coming! Haven't you heard? And what better compliment to warm weather than summer beers! Great brews such as the Brooklyn Weisse have started hitting shelves, and it's time to imbibe. One more off-centered summer beer is that of Dogfish Head Festina Peche
When I first tried this beer waaay back in 2007, I thought it was awful, terribly carbonated, sour and soda-like. I would have given it an F. And I loved Dogfish even then. But after two years of further beerducation, I've learned that it's actually the style, Berliner Weissebier, and a pretty darn good representation of it.

Here's a video of owner/brewmaster of Dogfish, Sam Calagione explaining Festina Peche (which I actually thought was pronounced "Paysh" until you hear how Sam pronounces it in the video).



Enjoy and have a great weekend!