Beer number two in our brown ale series is Indian Brown Ale.
News
Well there is big news in the beer world this week. InBev, the worlds second largest brewer, made a bid of $65 a share for a total of $46.3 billion dollars to buy Anheuser Busch. This is a deal that we have talked about before on YNB, but up until last week, it was all speculation. If the deal would go through, it would be the 3rd biggest purchase of an American corporation by a foreign corporation. Initial reports suggest that either this may be blocked by politicians, InBev may have to raise their offer to $70 a share, or AB may try to buy another corporation to make itself less appealing to InBev. We will keep you up to date when things happen.
Indian Brown Ale
- Opening in 1995, Dogfish Head, whith a slogan is Off Centered Beer for Off Centered People, has been a rockstar in the brewing world since.
- Owner Sam Caligone is also involved in a hip hop group called The Pain Relievaz.
- Dogfish head is available in most states, however some in the Middle of the country may be tough to find. For most of our listeners though I think that you should be able to get a hold of these products.
- This weeks product, the Indian Brown Ale, weighs in at a heavy 7.20% ABV, which is a little bit heavier than most Brown ales, but that isn’t too shocking coming from Dogfish Head.
- The beer pours a dark reddish brown, with a decent size head that has ok head retintion.
- The aroma on this one is a sweet one, think of things like caramel. It almost smells a little too malty and sweet for a brown ale, but just appreciate that for what it is.
- The taste is almost like that of a porter or a stout, almost kind of chocolately. There is also some sharp hoppyness to this beer.
- This is a great beer for spicey foods and BBQ alike. For the spicey foods, it can almost wipe away the spiceness, and with BBQ it melds very nicely with the other flavors.
Next Week
Alright, next week we are going to move just a little bit up up the coast and head to Brooklyn and look at, Brooklyn Brown Ale.
Your Next Beer 
The Terrapin Beer Company of Athens, GA brews a very similar beer called “India Style Brown Ale” that has the same sort of hoppiness that you taste in the DFH version. Sweetwater Brewery of Atlanta also brews a stout called “Happy Ending” which displays a hoppiness that I personally haven’t tasted in other stouts. Unfortunately, both of these Georgia craft breweries are only available in the South.
DFH has definitely become my favorite brewery. While I love many of their brews (60, 90, Indian), I really admire their willingness to go out on the limb even when I don’t love the results (Peach). I recently had dinner at their Alehouse in Falls Church, VA and had a blast.
Russ
Unfortunately is right. I traded for a bottle of Terrapin Wake ‘n Bake Stout, the beer was fine, but the bottle is the reason you buy that beer.
Terrapin’s Rye though is amazing. I’m a fan of Ryes and I get them whenever I can. I was in Atlanta visiting a friend and got some of their Rye at a sports bar. I’ve been missing it ever since.
If you like Terrapin Rye, you would love Terrapin Rye Squared!!! The double the ingredients and take the ABV up to our 8.5%. Obviously, you can’t drink more than one but it makes for a nice nightcap.