Black and Blue & Red and White – The Dog(fish Head) Days of Summer

Love the dogfishhead brews.

The Dogs of Beer

I’m doing these beers together because – well, their labels suggest I should.  And that’s by design.  The label for Black and Blue was done by David Larned, a Pennsylvania painter who studied for a time in Florance, Italy before finishing at the University of Pennsylvania.  His wife, Sarah painted the label for Red and White.  But that’s just about all these two beers have in common, as they’re both nods to totally separate styles.  Let’s Taste.

THEM:  Black and Blue ($13.99/750mL bottle)is Belgian-style golden ale from a malt recipe stand point and then it’s fermented with real puree of black raspberries and blueberries.  The beer shares the same yeast strain with Red and White, and Pangaea (which sadly I wasn’t able to get my hands on for this months round of reviews).  Sam states that the benefit of using real fruit instead of artificial flavors is that the…

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