Delaware Beer - The Beer Thrillers https://thebeerthrillers.com Central PA beer enthusiasts and beer bloggers. Homebrewers, brewery workers, and all around beer lovers. Fri, 10 May 2024 02:11:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/thebeerthrillers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-The-Beer-Thrillers-December-2022-Logo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Delaware Beer - The Beer Thrillers https://thebeerthrillers.com 32 32 187558884 Beer Review: 60 Minute IPA (Dogfish Head Craft Brewery) https://thebeerthrillers.com/2024/01/03/beer-review-60-minute-ipa-dogfish-head-craft-brewery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beer-review-60-minute-ipa-dogfish-head-craft-brewery Thu, 04 Jan 2024 02:41:53 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=15002

A pint of Dogfish Head’s 60 Minute IPA

Beer Review: 60 Minute IPA (Dogfish Head Craft Brewery)

Dogfish Head’s 60 Minute IPA has long been a herald of the American craft beer movement, standing out as a consistent and refined example of an India Pale Ale. Here’s a detailed review of this iconic brew:

Appearance:

The 60 Minute IPA pours a clear, golden amber color with a frothy white head that dissipates gradually, leaving a nice lace on the glass. The beer’s clarity and color are inviting, promising a classic IPA experience.

Aroma:

This brew greets the nose with a bouquet of floral and citrus hops. There are notes of grapefruit, orange peel, and pine, underscored by a subtle malt sweetness. The aroma is balanced; it’s hop-forward without being overpowering, setting the stage for what follows in the taste.

Taste:

On the palate, Dogfish Head’s 60 Minute IPA delivers a beautiful harmony of hop bitterness and malty backbone. The hop profile is complex, featuring flavors of citrus, particularly grapefruit and lemon zest, followed by pine and a bit of herbal quality. The malt presents itself with hints of caramel and biscuit, providing a solid foundation that complements the bitterness rather than clashing with it. The transition from the initial hoppy bite to the underlying sweetness is smooth and well-executed.

Mouthfeel:

Medium-bodied with moderate carbonation, the 60 Minute IPA has a crisp and somewhat resinous mouthfeel that makes for a refreshing drink. It’s neither too heavy nor too light, striking a nice balance that makes it quite sessionable for an IPA.

Finish:

The finish is moderately dry with a lingering hop bitterness that invites another sip without becoming too intense. It’s clean and does not leave an overly resinous aftertaste, which can be common in more aggressively hopped IPAs.

Overall Impression:

Dogfish Head’s 60 Minute IPA is an exemplary craft beer that balances accessibility with complexity. It’s crafted to appeal to both newcomers to the IPA style and seasoned hop aficionados. Its method of continuous hopping over 60 minutes during the boil provides a unique depth and variety to its hop character, which is showcased beautifully throughout the drinking experience.

Food Pairing Suggestions:

This IPA pairs wonderfully with spicy foods, grilled meats, and sharp cheeses. The hop bitterness cuts through the richness of fatty foods and complements spicy dishes beautifully.

Conclusion:

The 60 Minute IPA remains a staple in Dogfish Head’s lineup for good reasons. It is approachable yet sophisticated, making it a go-to IPA for many beer lovers. Whether you’re a craft beer enthusiast or a casual drinker looking to explore the style, the 60 Minute IPA is a compelling choice that won’t disappoint.

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World Beer Cup 2023 Winners – Delaware https://thebeerthrillers.com/2023/05/10/world-beer-cup-2023-winners-delaware/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-beer-cup-2023-winners-delaware Thu, 11 May 2023 03:29:00 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=11347 World Beer Cup 2023

As the Craft Brewers Conference comes to an end, its time to announce the winners of the World Beer Cup 2023. This article is a list of the Delaware breweries who won.

The Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) app had a very nice easily navigable list (just a straight linear list). Their PDF from the Brewers Association is a little bit more disjointed and a bit harder to read. But here is a listing of the breweries from Delaware that won.

Delaware Brewery Winners

The following table and list is all of the breweries from Delaware, what beer, and what medal they won.

Brewery: City: Beer: Style / Category: Medal:
Big Drop Brewing Co Wilmington Galactic Extra Dark Non – Alcohol Beer Bronze
Autumn Arch Beer Project Newark What You Know American – Style Black Ale or American – Style Stout Silver

Quick list:

  • Big Drop Brewing Co. – Galactic Extra Dark – Bronze
  • Autumn Arch Beer Project – What You Know – Silver

World Beer Cup Competition Statistics

The Brewer’s Association

(The following comes directly from the Brewer’s Association World Cup of Beer 2023 Statistics Page.)

  1. 14th competition (skipped 2020; annualized starting 2022)  
  2. Entries: 10,213 
  3. Breweries: 2,376 
  4. International breweries: 22.9% (546 international) 
  5. Countries: 51  
  6. First-time brewery entries: 522 
  7. Judges: 272 
  8. International judges: 105 
  9. Judge countries: 26  
  10. First-time judges: 44 
  11. Judging sessions and days: 9 days, 18 sessions  
  12. Beer Style Categories: 103 
  13. Beer Styles: 176 (includes all subcategories)  
  14. Avg. number of beers in each category: 99  

WORLD BEER CUP COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS 

Most entered style categories:  

  1. Category 102, American-Style India Pale Ale: 412 entries 
  2. Category 103, Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale: 374 entries 
  3. Category 40, German-Style Pilsener: 233 entries 
  4. Category 35, International Light Lager: 220 entries 
  5. Category 30, Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout: 202 entries 

Countries with the most entries: 

  1. United States: 8,135  
  2. Canada: 444  
  3. Japan: 223  
  4. Germany: 189  
  5. Australia: 152  

*Out of a total possible 309 awards in 103 beer style categories, 307 were awarded. Gold awards were not given in Category 20, Experimental India Pale Ale, or in Category 77, English Ale. 

Additional Brewer’s Association Information

Photos for media use are available on the WBC websiteOpens in new window. A recording of the awards ceremony can be viewed here. Previous years’ winners can be found here.Opens in new window 

The 2023 World Beer Cup competition was made possible in part by the generous support of its sponsors: ABS Commercial, John I. Haas, Fermentis, First Key, Rahr Malting, Sahm, and Siemens. Brewer’s Association World Cup of Beer 2023 Statistics Page

World Beer Cup

Established in 1996, the World Beer Cup celebrates the art and science of brewing globally and creates greater consumer awareness about different beer styles and flavor profiles. Previously a biennial event, the competition was annualized last year, making 2023 the first back-to-back competition.

The best beers in 103 beer categories covering 176 different beer styles (including all subcategories) received gold, silver, and bronze awards, setting new standards for craft beer globally. Judging for the World Beer Cup took place over 18 sessions and 9 days. A panel of 272 judges from 26 countries evaluated 10,213 entries from 2,376 breweries representing 51 countries.Brewer’s Association World Cup of Beer 2023 Statistics Page

Chris Williams, World Beer Cup Director:

“The World Beer Cup brings together the finest brewers and beers from around the globe and celebrates creativity, craftsmanship, and passion for great beer. Receiving a World Beer Cup award is a testament to quality and innovation, and we commend this year’s winners for setting the bar higher than ever.”Chris Williams, World Beer Cup Director

The awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America® at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn.  The ceremony capped off the final night of the 2023 Craft Brewer’s Conference, hosted in Nashville, Tennessee. Next year’s Craft Brewers Conference will be in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Additional Resources

For More of our Award Articles

Looking for more articles about breweries and brewers winning awards? Check these out:

Thank You For Reading

The Craft Brewers Conference just wrapped up, which means the Craft Beer Marketing Awards (CBMAs) and the World Beer Cup 2023 winners were just announced. Be sure to stay tuned here at The Beer Thrillers for all the updates from the Craft Brewers Conference, and the award ceremonies.

Also, we just started our Discord server. Be sure to find that here: Discord Server here: The Beer Thrillers (Discord Server), come in and hang out with us.

Like I always say at the end of these articles — thanks for reading. We appreciate all the views and visitors! Let us know what you think of the site and the blog, and how we could improve it!

Cheers All!

-B. Kline

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Macklin Brewing Company In Development https://thebeerthrillers.com/2022/06/25/macklin-brewing-company-in-development/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=macklin-brewing-company-in-development Sat, 25 Jun 2022 14:28:07 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=9414
Macklin Brewing Company’s current cover photo on Facebook

Macklin Brewing Company

There’s a new brewery in development and its coming to Seaford Delaware, and if you couldn’t guess by the title of this article…. its Macklin Brewing Company. Spearheaded by Michael Salter, former co – owner and brewer from The Isle of Que Brewing in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. (You might remember them as our first winner back in 2021 of our annual ‘The Battle of the Breweries’.)

You can find some articles we’ve included about The Isle of Que Brewing here:

Michael Salter recently reached out to me to let me know that he is in the process of starting their new brewery up and looking to get some followship on the social medias. He’s been a great guy and a terrific follower of the blog so I jumped to help him out. Funnily enough also, he recently came into the casino and I ended up dealing to him while running relief for blackjack. (I unfortunately beat the poor man up on the game while dealing. But hey, at least he did look good sporting his Pineknotter Brewery cap.)

Selinsgrove to Seaford

Selinsgrove PA to Seaford DE

Interested in the travel from Selinsgrove (Pennsylvania) to Seaford (Delaware) and wondering how long it would take? Well, right at this moment, Google Maps says it would take just about four hours. So it would be a little hike, but luckily there is also a lot of great breweries in Delaware, so going to Delaware will be well worth your trip. Plus there is a great tax break when shopping there, and oh yea, there’s these things called beaches in Delaware, so thats not bad either.

From the Harrisburg / Hummelstown / Hershey area (where we here at The Beer Thrillers) are located – it would be around a 3 hour and 5 minute drive. So Mr. Salter will certainly get a visit from us in the future when they open up.

Follow Macklin Brewing Company

So please be sure to follow Macklin Brewing Company on the social media platforms available. You can find them on Facebook, here: Macklin Brewing Company (Official Facebook page). They currently do not have an Instagram, Twitter, or Untappd page, but will in the near future I’m sure. Same with official website yet, thats also in the works. You can contact them through e – mail here: macklinbrewing@gmail.com

For more information, their Facebook page lists this as their description:

The Macklin Brewing Company is a brewery in development. Soon to be located in Seaford, Delaware. A place for great hand crafted beer, food, live music and a place for the community to get together with friends and to welcome visitors to this great city.

So Be Sure To Give Them a Like and a Follow

Be sure to give them a like and follow on Facebook. They deserve it, and it’ll keep you updated and in the know for when they get more going. They are currently at 744 followers. Lets see if they can crack 800 by the end of June and 1000 by the end of July. One more time, their Facebook page is: Macklin Brewing Company (Official Facebook page). So go on, click the link, go over there, click follow, and then come back here and check out the blog. They’ll appreciate it and so will we! Win win!

Thanks For Reading

Thank you for reading everyone. June is wrapping up and we’ll soon be in July. We are looking to be doing a new ‘battle’ in July. Similar to our Battle of the Breweries we do in March (and spills over into April), we will be doing a “Battle of the Beers”, where its breweries specific flagship beers, and it’ll be a tournament similar to the March Madness style one we already do (The Battle of the Breweries). More information on this will be coming to the blog and our social medias shortly.

We are also working on a lot of stuff behind the scenes here. Hopefully a new page layout soon, as well as full in – depth Author pages for each of our writers and with bios and stuff and more. We also have a long list of articles in draft stage that will be posting shortly. So there is always plenty to be see and read here on The Beer Thrillers!

And on that note, my friends Ming and Don are just about here, and we’re going to be heading out to Jim Thorpe where I’m sure we’ll be hitting a few breweries (I can always con and guilt them into a few). I’ll be sure to report back on them! Last night Amy and I were at Three Beards Brewing / Spyglass Ridge Winery for the George Thorogood and Destroyers (and Foghat) concert. So we are always on the move here, so be sure to check in with us and stay up to date on our social medias!

Cheers all!

-B. Kline

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Hops (Macklin Brewing Company)

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Beer Review: Vader (Mispillion River Brewing Company) https://thebeerthrillers.com/2022/05/27/beer-review-vader-mispillion-river-brewing-company/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beer-review-vader-mispillion-river-brewing-company Fri, 27 May 2022 17:53:54 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=9322
Vader by Mispillion River Brewing Company

Dun Dun Di Dun… Dun Di Dun….

Thats my attempt at writing out the Imperial Theme anyway. (The above should work, its my first attempt at adding music to the blog, so hopefully I did it all right.) (After testing it – it looks to be good to go from my home.)

I figured this would be an appropriate first beer to review for our new Star Wars Fridays series. Previously we did Star Wars Wednesdays to coincide with The Book of Boba Fett episodes being released. Well this time, with the Obi-Wan Kenobi show being on Fridays, we switched it up to be Star Wars Fridays. Enjoy!

During The Book of Boba Fett season – seven episodes – we covered seven Star Wars beers. They were:

We also covered another beer review hidden in my analysis of The Book of Boba Fett show after it finished, wrapped up here:

  • The Book of Boba Fett (Analysis)

As for this beer, you can find me drinking it in the YouTube video me and my buddies made over on the Knights of Nostalgia page. Fair warning – there is a lot of swearing, dirty talking, drunken shenanigans, and flat out tomfoolery involved. You can find the video here: “The Book of Boba Fett – Discussion Piece.” You can find the YouTube channel here: Knights of Nostalgia (YouTube).

Obi-Wan Kenobi

So first, before jumping into the beer review, lets discuss why we’re here. And thats because its “Star Wars Fridays” here on The Beer Thrillers, and thats due to the new Obi-Wan Kenobi show.

As part of Star Wars Celebration, they announced they would be dropping the first two episodes at midnight (eastern time) rather than the usual 3AM. (Announced as being released at 9PM PT; which is where Star Wars Celebration was being held.) So that was a bonus fun treat, getting to watch Episode 1 and Episode 2 at midnight. (Ended up staying up til 3AM hyped from the show.)

This beer review is to coincide with the first episode. I will be posting later today, the second beer review to go along with the second episode. (I know, quite a few blog post drops in the past few days, between the various news related posts, and these beer reviews.)

That way I can keep each beer review / blog post detailing each episode and discuss that particular episode at the end of the the review. (The spoilers section.)

Ok, now that we’ve watched the trailer, and gotten adequately hyped on Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Star Wars, lets get on to the beer review.

Beer Review: Vader

Vader by Mispillion River Brewing Company

First, let’s take a look at Mispillion River Brewing Company on Untappd.

Mispillion River Brewing Company is listed as a micro brewery from Milford, Delaware. It has 507 unique beers and as total number of 128,908 ratings, with a global average of 3.68 (as of 5.27.22). Their Untappd bio reads: “Mispillion River Brewing was born from the love of craft brewing, art in its purest form! We at Mispillion River Brewing desire to continue this art form by brewing the finest craft beer. In 2011, Co-Founder, Eric Williams, told his wife and Co-Founder, “Megan, I am going to open a craft brewery in Milford!” After 2 years of planning, brewing (and tasting!!), traveling the country, and assembling a team of partners, we are set to open in the late Fall of 2013. We not only want to open a craft brewery but desire to open the best craft brewery. We will do this by combining the highest quality ingredients of barley, hops, water and yeast. We are targeting the entry level craft drinker, beer connoisseur, craft beer drinker, and the craft brewery enthusiast-that is our focus. Our mission statement sums it all up: Mispillion River Brewing aims to be recognized by its customers and the brewing industry for producing the highest quality craft beer. We honor craft brewing by using the highest quality ingredients, and strive for the best customer service in the industry. Craft brewing is a passion and exemplifies the love of life possessed by the MRB crew and the great community it serves.”

Beer: Vader
Brewery: Mispillion River Brewing Company
Style: IPA – Imperial / Double Black
ABV: 8.2%
IBU: 55
Untappd Description: From the darkness comes a beer that only the force will rival. This double black IPA is rich with hops and balanced with the dark side. If you are tempted by one, you will surely succumb to two!

As we normally do here on The Beer Thrillers, we start with appearance, then aroma, and then taste. And looking at this beer after its been poured, its downright dark and black. Black like Darth Vader’s suit itself (had to switch it up from my former used line of – black like Razor Ramone’s hair – RIP). It has a beautiful foamy head, and it looks downright delicious. Nice varied bubbles, good black hue for a black IPA, and a nice pour. Carbonation was on point.

Aroma has that nice dark IPA aroma to it; the malty notes come out first and foremost. You get some chocolate, earthy, bready malty notes, which then dives into the hops themselves – mainly from the mosaic you get a dankness and then citrus, almost even a sweet citrus hop note. There is a lot going on with the aroma to this in kind of a complex manner that leaves the nose hopeful for the beer itself.

This tastes like a very finely put together black IPA. One of my favorite ‘underrated’ styles. I don’t think Black IPAs get the press they deserve, let alone even actually receive, and I feel like the press they do get tends to be negative. Obviously their not the “in” beer style, like Hazy / Juicy New England IPAs are, and so right off the bat their not going to get the attention that those beers get. But having said my piece, I’m now going to focus on the beer at hand. Out of the gate, sipping this, you get notes of the roast malted, some chocolate overtones in the maltyness, and bready and earthy notes from a combination of the malts and hops I believe. This kind of segues itself into the middle of the beer which gets into the bitter, more roasted, almost porter like tastes, but never completely leans on that as its not a porter but an IPA. Which is where it finishes up at – all IPA baby. I would certainly say this is above average for most beers, and above average for its style. Its a nice surprise coming from Mispillion River Brewing Company, a brewery thats been on my list to hit next time we get into Delaware. I’ve mostly only gotten to sample from them at different brewfests and such and not had a whole lot of their stuff on tap or from the can, so this was a nice change of pace with them. And they certainly wow’ed me with it too. Its a good beer and a good piece of work from them, and the namesake for the beer works with its style and appearance perfectly.

My Untappd Rating: ****
Global Average Untappd rating: 3.84 (as of 5.27.22)

The Obi-Wan Kenobi Show

Ok, here’s where the spoilers are going to come in everyone. So if you don’t want to be spoiled, you can stop reading here, or you can zoom down to the bottom of the post where I wrap things up. Your choice on that. If you’ve seen Episode 1 (or Part I) of Obi-Wan Kenobi, then you may gladly stick around for the next few paragraphs of discussion.

Firstly, just to give some space for the spoilers, I’ll offer a few links for further discussion, if you find you want to read more about people’s thoughts on the show, you can check these out:

And here’s a fun little video to watch:

This was from last night at the Star Wars Celebration, involving Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen. Speaking of Celebration, they announced a new show called “Skeleton Crew” which will start Jude Law, and they gave a definitive date to the Andor show and showed a trailer for that as well. (I’ll probably cover that more in the next beer review, because otherwise that’ll just be too much here.) They also announced some more Star Wars books and showed some covers for existing already announced titles.

So anyway, onto my thoughts about the Obi-Wan Kenobi show – Part I.

Firstly – I absolutely loved it. This show is everything that The Book of Boba Fett wasn’t (but was supposed to be). A well thought out, a well paced, and a well written show. Ewan McGregor is such a phenomenal actor and you can tell he absolutely loves the character of Obi-Wan, that he downright feels him to the bone. The story of Part I makes good sense and I have no complaints about how they went about writing things. The opening of the Jedi Temple being attacked was strong and poignant (especially given recent USA events) but there’s no point really discussing it as its not much similarity and its still needed and necessary for the overall plot of the show (and Star Wars in general).

I enjoyed the idea of Leia being captured and that being the thrust to get Obi-Wan off planet. It makes sense that that would be the only thing that could get him to leave Luke and go off of Tatooine. Nothing outright contradicts anything previously established in the (new) canon, so far so good on that. It does border some things though that gets into a bit of a murkier territory. (Like how Anakin and Dooku dueled about 30 times in between Episode II and Episode III on The Clone Wars.) But nothing that blatant (yet).

The actress for Leia nails it and gives you that spunky attitude you expect out of Leia, and seems like a young Carrie Fisher. (Her running is weird though, but what kid doesn’t run weird.) They should have just had her immediately captured instead of having the weird awkward “kid eludes adults” while running bit. But hey, at least we got Flea in Star Wars now!

Its a much more grittier, somber, and darker story. Which is kind of what The Book of Boba Fett should have been. Tatooine is also shot better in this show, versus that of Fett too, which is a bit weird. Book of Boba Fett has kind of a glossier look to it, where as here, Tatooine is clearly grittier, dirtier, more real and lived in.

Costumes and set pieces and stuff look very impressive. Though there’s not too many “Star Wars” aliens. The aliens they do show look Star Warsy enough, but their not particular / specific aliens that we know and love from past movies and shows. (Think Twi’leks, Trandoshans, Wookies, Abyssins, Ithorians, Ishi Tibs, Chadra-Fans, Grans, Dugs, Gungans, Klatoonians, etc, etc, etc.)

But all in all, I loved it, and it left me wanting more. So I can’t wait. Later today I will be posting another beer review (Green Milk) and doing Part II discussion. Also tonight, I will be on the Knights of Nostalgia Twitch page. You can find us here: Knights of Nostalgia (Twitch).

Pop and Nerd Culture Articles

As always, here’s the segment where I showcase and list off all the nerdy articles we’ve covered here on The Beer Thrillers. Pick and choose through and find your favorites and let us know what pop culture and nerdy shows, movies, or books you like. I’d love to find more nerd beers to review, or books, etc.

Star Wars:

Lord of the Rings:

Rick and Morty:

Space Balls:

Game of Thrones:

The Simpsons:

Back to the Future:

Scrooged:

Groundhog Day:

A Christmas Story:

Pro Wrestling:

Phillies:

Matrix:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:

Seinfeld:

Other:

Thanks For Reading

Once again, I’d like to say thank you to all my readers. As I said above, tonight I’ll be posting the beer review for Green Milk by RAR Brewing, which will coincide with Episode 2 of Obi-Wan Kenobi show. Also, I will be on Twitch with Drew Scott and Josh Hoover playing PSO (Phantasy Star Online) and drinking beer. So check us out on that. And then tomorrow, me and Miss Amy will be traveling to RAR for the Star Wars drop. Check that out as well if you can.

Cheers!

-B. Kline

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