What are other brewers adding to make their beer delicious!

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Shipyard Brewing from Portland, Maine, sailed in with Sea Dog Wild Blueberry (made with real blueberries) and Pumpkinhead (brewed with nutmeg, allspice and pumpkin pie spice). Both beers’ unique flavors jump right out at you and leave no doubt as to what ingredients you’re tasting.

Delaware’s Dogfish Head’s Founder Sam Calagione was serving his 90-minute IPA, made with a dry hop machine that hops continually throughout the boil resulting in a beer that’s full of hop flavor without being overly bitter. His new hopping machine is called Sofa King Hoppy, a massive air cannon that fires hops into the kettle while allowing the lid to remain closed. Some unique historical reproductions are the Midas Touch Golden Elixir-a cross between a beer, wine and mead, showcasing ingredients that were in the 2,700-year-old drinking vessels found in King Midas’s tomb, made with muscat grapes, saffron and honey; and Chateau Jiahu-inspired by preserved pottery from Northern China dating back to 7,000 BC using rice flakes, barley malt, honey, Muscat grapes, Chrysanthemum flowers and Hawthorne fruit. Dogfish Head recently expanded its brewhouse to a 100 barrel system, bringing its new capacity to 220,000 barrels (41,000 were produced in 2006).

Leave it to Stone Brewing Company to push the limit on how many IBU’s one’s taste buds can handle. The 7.7% abv Ruination IPA weighs in with over 100 IBU’s, and is aptly named, since the human palette can’t actually taste more than 100. The Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale is yet another out of the ordinary brew, aged with toasted American oak chips.
Some IPA’s worth mentioning that I was fortunate enough to sample are: Saranac Imperial IPA-from its big beer series; Deschuttes Inversion IPA-a true IPA at 7% abv and 85 IBU’s; Victory Hop Devil Ale-made with American whole flower hops; and Rogue I2PA-an Imperial IPA packaged in a black silk-screened ceramic 750 ml bottle.

The craft beer industry continues to be the fastest growing segment in the entire U.S. beverage alcohol industry.

Sam Adams introduced its 8.8% abv Imperial Pilsner, made with Hallertau and Mittelfrueh hops to the tune of 12 pounds per barrel. Compare that to the one pound that’s in a barrel of its Sam Adams Lager. Definitely a showcase for hops, it’s without a doubt the hoppiest brew I’ve ever encountered from Sam Adams. Any hophead worth his buds will want to check it out.

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