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When writer Burkhard Bilger profiled Dogfish Head for the New Yorker last year, they were in the throes of experimentation with Sah'tea, a riff on the Finnish beer style sahti, which is flavored with juniper berries and boiled by heating rocks in an open fire and dropping them into the wort. Dogfish's blog has two videos of the original experiment here.
Dogfish being Dogfish, of course, they had to take this thing to the next level, and so added a black chai admixture to the end of the boil. As of May 5, the Dogfish brewery in Milton, DE was firing up the kettle for the first full production of Sah'tea. Which means a limited amount of this guaranteed-weird beer in 750 ml. bottles should hit Philadelphia bars and bottle shops this month.
Here's what Dogfish's Web site says on Sah'tea:
A modern update on a 9th century Finnish proto-beer. Brewed with rye, we caramelize the wort with white hot river rocks, then ferment it with a German Weizen yeast. In addition to juniper berries foraged directly from the Finnish country-side we added a sort of tea made with corriander, caramamom, lemon grass, Indian Black Tea, and ramps leaves. The spicing is subtle and balanced and Sahtea is a highly-quaffable, truly-unique brew with a full-mouth feel.
While you wait for the latest, stop by Monk's Caf� today at noon, when we tap a hush-hush firkin of Dogfish Head 75-Minute IPA, a blend of 60 and 90 Minute IPAs all dry-hopped and dosed with maple syrup and fresh yeast before being casked. This strange brew will be accompanied by a healthy variety of hard-to-find Dogfish bottles, including Theobroma, Black & Blue, Red & White and World Wide Stout. Your friendly Meal Ticket blogger will be holding it down at the front bar, so stop by and get drunk on lunch, why don'tcha.
Dogfish Head 75-Minute IPA firkin tapping, Tues., May 12, Noon; Monk's Caf�, 16th & Spruce St., 215-545-7005, monkscafe.com
Some basic information of Finnish sahti: http://sahti.vuodatus.net/blog/category/MAKING+SAHTI
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