* Held over from 2009 Series. ** Several possible brewery collaborations are in the works. More details will follow when we have them.
Please note - these are dates we expect to begin shipping these beers to our wholesalers. The time it takes for them to reach store shelves varies considerably from market to market and is largely out of our control.
Over the years, hundreds of people have sent us photos of their beloved pooches - old, brown or neither. If you'd like to see your dog featured, please send us a photo and a brief story.
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“Smuttynose has a well-earned reputation as one of America’s best all around breweries.”
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Why's there sediment in my IPA? We occasionally get inquiries about the “lees” (sediment) that sometimes appears in our IPA bottles. “What is it and why is it there?” people want to know. It is a combination of malt proteins, hop tannins & yeast, which occur naturally in a dry-hopped, unfiltered beer such as Smuttynose IPA.
Because most mass-produced beers are subjected to intense filtration - mostly for aesthetic reasons - many people have grown accustomed to crystal-clear beers. We, too, could make a beer that is pretty and bright by processing it that way, but that would sacrifice flavor, which we are not willing to do. We like the way our IPA tastes, so we've chosen to live with our “ugly” beer, even though this may not please everyone. So here's to lees, a healthy & natural feature of our homely IPA! Cheers!
POETRY CORNER
We're not sure why, but our beers have inspired some to wax poetic. How about you. Perhaps after reading this you might be moved to submit a bit of your own Old Brown Doggerel?
Beer After Year
From the end of the bar, I heard somebody say,
They've got a new beer and they call it Big A.
Hey, Bartender, do you have any here?
I drink it myself, it's a hell of a beer.
I fisted that bottle and took a big slug
Then looked at the boxer - what a big lug!
Two more hits and I finished that round.
I grabbed me a six-pack and headed downtown.
It's been the same for me most every day:
What are ya drinking? It's called Big A.
Big Al C.
Some Free Verse:
i cracked open a wheat wine ale while tripping during a government mule
concert in my livingroom, but now it's hendrix and the rainbow that is, is
in my mouth and it's all about the beer which is, simply, a reverse drumbeat upon the tounge - an exhillerating, deep, remembrance of once was an ancient spirit, pregnant in mother earth, a honey sweet beat running through my blood.
Your brew hear - it's the nectar of the gods, and it's all i'll crave for
sustainance from now on - you rock, keep it up, love your dog (the really
old one)
fratt
Old Brown Dog
Old Brown Dog tastes good.
I could drink it forever.
Embrace the taste. Chug!
Allain and Taylor
O Smuttynose IPA! Weary in the head, languid in the knees
