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We hope folks enjoyed tonight's episode of 'Brewmasters.' Theres no use crying over spilt 120 Minute IPA. The last production batch had to be dumped because it wasnt up to our high standards so we knew it wouldnt be up to the standards of many hardcore beer lovers.

So, the good news is that the tests we have been running to dial in the 120 Minute IPA recipe are showing great progress! A couple weeks ago we sat down over three different vintages of 120 to gauge the way the beer is aging.

Shooting stuff in Tucson today with Mike Rowe over a wonderful pint of Sierra Nevada Kellerweiss.

I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer. I met Mario Batali at 7am for a most enjoyable breakfast of sausages and ale. He prepared four different kinds of sausages and different homemade condiments to top them with.

I had a great time at the Dogfish beer dinner at Caf Gelato in Newark Sunday night. Ryan and everyone there pulled out all the stops... and 210 people joined Nick Vitalo and I for the dinner. We got to

Our local Egyptologist friend Rami, Dr Pat (that's Dr. Pat McGovern), and Iare in Egypt choosing the most delish spices and dried fruits for an ancient Egyptian ale. We'll bring home the right goodies

Yesterday was an amazing day, Our brewmaster Floris and I were outside of Frankfurt, Germany inspecting the 4 new 600-bbls tanks we are having built by the Ziemann Group.

We ended the summer with a bang here in coastal Delaware! The hurricane amounted to pretty much nothing, then we had three days of the most beautiful beach weather. On Friday at our pub in Rehoboth Bryan

With regards to the most recent batch of 120 Minute IPA, I am sorry to say that dozens of passionate people at Dogfish got out voted by millions of yeast cells and this batch will not be released. This

The good folks in Michigan just rejected our label submission for Bitches Brew. That's the beer we are doing with Sony to celebrate the 40th anniversary if the eponymous Miles Davis album (it'll be out towards the end of August).