From Dogfish Head:
MILTON, DE (June 16, 2016) — With a long history of innovation in
the world of fruit IPAs, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is unveiling Flesh
& Blood, an honest to goodness IPA brewed with a bounty of real citrus.
Hitting shelves nationwide starting July 4th weekend, Flesh & Blood
packs a hoppy and citrusy one-two punch.
Clocking in at 7.5% ABV and 45 IBUs, Flesh & Blood is brewed with real
lemon flesh and blood orange juice, balancing the resinous
characteristics of a hoppy American IPA with the explosive zesty
fruitiness and subtle dry tartness of citrus. The result? A highly
quaffable ale that’s incredibly unique, flavorful and easy to drink all
summer long. “Because we derive flavors and aromas from actual fruits
you would recognize at your local farmers market and not jugs or
buckets of flavoring created in a laboratory, you will not see statements
like ‘brewed with natural flavors’ or ‘natural flavors added’ on our
labels,” says Dogfish Head founder and president Sam Calagione.
While the growth of India Pale Ales has been widely documented, the sub-style of fruit-infused IPAs has been growing like gangbusters – over 800% last year compared to
2014. The fruit IPA segment is expected to have its highest volume year ever in 2016
and continue to grow for years to come. Dogfish Head’s Flesh & Blood, based on twenty
years of in-house fruit IPA R&D, is well positioned to lead that charge. “We’ve been
experimenting with fruit and citrus IPAs since 1996 when we released Aprihop, an IPA
brewed with apricots,” Calagione says. “We kept on tinkering to release Hellhound On My
Ale in 2011 and Sixty-One in 2012. Flesh & Blood represents two decades of tweaking
and perfecting this style.”
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