(MILTON, DE) – With greater than 225 years of collective brewing expertise, Delaware’s Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and Belgium’s Brouwerji Rodenbach be part of forces to launch Crimson Cru, a 7.1% ABV blended pink ale. Deep copper in coloration, Crimson Cru begins with Rodenbach’s world-renowned Grand Cru, a Flemish red-brown ale aged in oak casks, that made the abroad trek from Belgium to Delaware through tanker ship. After its cross-Atlantic journey, Rodenbach’s Grand Cru is artfully blended with a pink ale from Dogfish Head that’s infused with sumac and candy orange peel and dry-hopped with Hallertau Blanc hops. The ensuing beer is full-bodied and barely warming with aromas of candied citrus, cherry, caramel and toffee, complemented by malty flavors of stewed fruits, plum, cherry, dried citrus and toffee. Crimson Cru hits cabinets nationwide in mid-October, for a restricted time, in 6pk/12oz bottles.
“It was superior to – as soon as once more – work with the oldsters at Rodenbach to create a deliciously complicated, multi-continental brew. Simply as with our first three way partnership, Vibrant P’Ocean, a blended bitter ale Dogfish Head launched with Rodenbach again in 2020, each aspect of Crimson Cru was actually a collaborative effort,” mentioned Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head Founder & Brewer. “We labored side-by-side with Rodenbach Brewmaster, Rudi Ghequire, on each part of this collaboration; from ingredient sourcing to mixing, and even composing the beer’s suave packaging. I’m actually pleased with the top end result and really feel that Crimson Cru is a liquid love letter we collectively floated throughout the Atlantic Ocean and again.”
As a part of Dogfish Head’s Off-Centered Artwork Sequence, an annual assortment of 4 beers highlighting paintings by a featured artist, Crimson Cru boasts a daring packaging design by Max Mahn. The paintings facilities upon each breweries’ logos, pulling in colours iconic to every model – forest inexperienced for Dogfish Head and crimson for Rodenbach. The label highlights a wood foeder as a nod to Rodenbach’s well-known foeder-aging methods and sumac leaves to not solely showcase an ingredient inside the beer, however subtly reference Dogfish Head’s deal with brewing with actual, high-quality culinary components.
“After greater than 33 years of brewing bitter beer at Rodenbach, it was a particular pleasure to work with Sam and his workforce at Dogfish Head,” mentioned Rudi. “Our brewery is a couple of years older and throughout the Atlantic, however we bonded instantly on account of a shared ardour for brewing bitter beer, studying and pairing with meals. I’m pleased with the collaboration we created collectively and imagine it’s a particular beer many will take pleasure in. Thanks to Sam and his workforce.”
In honor of the launch of Crimson Cru, Dogfish Head and Rodenbach will proceed their collaborative efforts with a sequence of celebratory occasions on Friday, Oct. 14, and Saturday, Oct. 15, at Dogfish Head’s Delaware hospitality properties. On Friday, of us are invited to a Belgian-themed prix fixe dinner at Dogfish Head’s seafood and cocktail spot, Chesapeake & Maine, in Rehoboth. Saturday morning brings a guided beer and cheese pairing expertise aboard the Cape Water Taxi, which departs from Lewes and excursions the waters alongside southern Delaware’s shoreline. Later that night, Dogfish Head’s Rehoboth Brewpub, Brewings & Eats, will host a four-course beer dinner that includes pairings from each Dogfish Head and Rodenbach. Whereas having fun with their thoughtfully crafted menus, friends will hear Sam and Rudi talk about beer and their distinctive partnership. For extra on these occasions, together with particulars about reservations, menus and tickets, go to www.dogfish.com/occasions.
To be taught extra about Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and Brouwerij Rodenbach, try www.dogfish.com and be.rodenbach.be, respectively.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery:
Dogfish Head has proudly centered on brewing beers with culinary components outdoors the Reinheitsgebot for the reason that day it opened as one of many smallest American craft breweries greater than 27 years in the past. Dogfish Head has grown right into a top-20 craft brewery and gained quite a few awards all through the years, together with Wine Fanatic’s 2015 Brewery of the Yr and the James Beard Basis Award for 2017 Excellent Wine, Spirits, or Beer Skilled. A Delaware-based model with Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats®, an off- centered brewpub and distillery, Chesapeake & Maine®, Dogfish Head’s seafood and cocktail spot, Dogfish Inn®, a beer-themed inn on the harbor, and Dogfish Head Craft Brewery®, a manufacturing brewery and distillery that includes the Tasting Room & Kitchen and Dogfish Head Distilling Co.®, Dogfish Head is a supporter of the Unbiased Craft Brewing Seal, the definitive icon for American craft breweries to establish themselves to be independently-owned and carry the torch of transparency, brewing innovation and the liberty of selection initially solid by brewing group pioneers. Dogfish Head at the moment sells beer in all 50 states and Washington D.C. For extra, go to www.dogfish.com, Fb: @dogfishheadbeer, Twitter: @dogfishbeer, and Instagram: @dogfishhead.
Royal Swinkels Household Brewers:
Royal Swinkels Household Brewers Holding N.V. is the holding firm of the Swinkels Household Brewers group, a 100% unbiased household enterprise. For seven generations, the Swinkels household has been managing a bunch of corporations that now has a number of brewery places: the Bavaria brewery in Lieshout (Netherlands), the De Molen brewery in Bodegraven (Netherlands), the Palm and De Hoorn brewery in Steenhuffel (Belgium), the Rodenbach brewery in Roeselare (Belgium) and the Habesha brewery in Debre Birhan (Ethiopia). As well as, the household works intently with brewery De Koningshoeven in Berkel-Enschot (the Netherlands). Collectively, these breweries accounted for the manufacturing of seven.2 million hectolitres of beer and 0.6 million hectolitres of soppy drinks in 2021. With Holland Malt, the group has two malthouses in Lieshout and Eemshaven (the Netherlands), which collectively produced 400,000 tonnes of malt in 2021. As well as, CereX produces about 3,000 tonnes of malt extracts and compounds yearly. Bier&cO, a distributor of specialty beers, provides a big portfolio of historically brewed specialty beers to its vary. Inside Royal Swinkels Household Brewers, roughly 1,800 staff worldwide are working in the direction of the aim of repeatedly doing enterprise in a wiser and extra sustainable approach. In doing so, the household enterprise provides lasting worth for customers, staff, enterprise companions, shareholders and the world round it. In 2021, the corporate added the Uiltje Brewing Firm, positioned in Haarlem, the Netherlands, to its household of breweries. In 2019, Swinkels Household Brewers acquired the designation Royal. Since then, the corporate proudly calls itself Royal Swinkels Household Brewers. For extra data: www.swinkelsfamilybrewers.com
