Dogfish Wins Silver and Bronze at World Beer Cup
Type: Trophy List
Start Date: 4/14/2006
Location: Seattle, WA
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery wins two medals in international beer competition
Seattle, WA " 4/14/06 -Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (Milton, DE) recently claimed silver and bronze medals in the Brewers Association (BA) World Beer Cup® 2006, a global beer competition that evaluates beers from around the world and recognizes the most outstanding beers being produced in the world today.
Gold, silver and bronze medals in the competition's 85 beer-style categories were awarded April 14, 2006 during the World Beer Cup Gala Awards Ceremony and Dinner at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, Wash., U.S.A.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery was awarded a silver medal in the Specialty Honey Lager or Ale category for it's Midas Touch Golden Elixir. The beer recipe is based on residue found in King Midas' tomb. The Dogfish recreation of the recipe showcases the known ingredients of barley, white Muscat grapes, honey & saffron found in the tomb's drinking vessels Somehwere between a beer, wine and mead, the Midas Touch is a smooth, dry ale that pleases the Chardonnay or India Pale Ale drinker alike.
Dogfish Head also won a bronze medal in the Belgian-style Sour Ale category for its Festina Lente, a neo-lambic ale that goes through both a yeast and bacteria fermentation and is then aged on oak chips and 400 pounds of Delaware peaches. Festina Lente is very tart and complex. It is bottle-conditioned in champagne bottles.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is a 50-bbl. microbrewery located in Milton, Delaware that specializes in off-centered ales. Dogfish Head also has a brewpub/distillery in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and Dogfish Head Alehouse in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
"Dogfish Head is proud to be included in this amazing line-up of winners from around the world," says Dogfish Head Craft Brewery President and founder Sam Calagione, "I think it's fitting that a couple of our most off-centered beers, Festina Lente and Midas Touch brought home medals as they represent the diversity of adventurous beers that our brewery has to offer."
World Beer Cup 2006 winners were selected by an international panel of 109 beer judges from an impressive field of 2,221 entries received from 540 breweries in 56 countries. More than 3,800 breweries in 100 countries were invited to compete.
The 109 judges were from 18 countries: (3) Australia, (1) Austria, (8) Belgium, (3) Canada, (1) Cayman island, (1) Czech Republic, (3) Denmark, (1) Finland, (12) Germany, (1) Italy, (4) Japan, (3) Netherlands, (2) New Zealand, (1) Romania, (1) Singapore, (2) Sweden, (8) UK, (55) USA.
Visit World Beer Cup website for World Beer Cup 2006 information.
Festina Lente
A neo-lambic ale that goes through both a yeast and bacteria fermentation and is then aged on oak chips and 400 pounds of Delaware peaches. This beer is very tart and complex. It is bottle-conditio
Midas Touch Golden Elixir
This recipe is the actual oldest-known fermented beverage in the world! Our recipe showcases the known ingredients of barley, white Muscat grapes, honey & saffron found in the drinking vessels