Welcome to another in our Women and Beer videos series.  Meet Mariah Calagione, wife of Sam Calagione, from Dogfish Head Brewery.    Filming took place at the Sierra Grille in Northampton, MA at their Night Before the Night Before Christmas – Dogfish Head Vintage Beer Dinner.  Mariah talks to us about her role with Dogfish Head Brewery.

Men tend to dominate the beer world.  Through this series of videos we hope to show the world that although women are not always on the front lines, they are an integral part of the craft beer industry.  Certainly more integral than bouncing around in bikinis on beer commercials.

The craft beer industry with its many flavorful offerings, has made beer more appealing to a female audience.  Through this series we hope to dispel the myths and perhaps help some of the guys out their understand the female palette so they can share their love of beer with their wife or girlfriend.  If you missed it check out our interview with the Beer Babe, a fellow advocate for women and craft beer. Stay tuned for more videos in this series, until then cheers from here for the beer.

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VIDEO – On the night before the night before Christmas in 2009, we attended a beer dinner at the Sierra Grill in Northampton Massachusetts. The dinner was hosted by Sam Calagione, the founder and president of Dogfish Head Brewery in Rehoboth Delaware. Throughout the night, Sam shared some great stories about himself and the brewery. This is the first is a series of episodes sharing those anecdotes with you.

In this video Sam talks about how Dogfish Head got its name, how the brewery was started and a bit about the recent world of Dogfish Head. Be sure to check out the other segments from this event right here, on here for the beer!

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VIDEO – Well, we thought we were done for the year, but ended up scoring a last minute seat at what turned out to be one of the best beer dinners we attended this year. The dinner was aptly called the night before the night before Christmas and was held at the Sierra Grill in Northampton Massachusetts. The theme was a vintage Christmas, and so some creative spins on a traditional Christmas dinner were paired with vintage Dogfish Head beers and creative “Christmaswear”. Dogfish Head founder and president, Sam Calagione was at the dinner, along with his family and friends from the area (as Sam is from the western Massachusetts region).

If you haven’t been to a beer dinner at the Sierra Grill, put it on your to do list in 2010. They put together some of the best pairings we have ever tried. The owner of the Sierra Grill, O’Brian Tomlin, is a true craft beer evangelist. The tap list on any given day is top notch. Their chef Ralph Webb is extremely creative and loves to prepare food with beer. The combination makes for a killer beer dinner and this one was no exception. Courses included a goose stew with duck sausage, paired with Dogfish Head 2007 Immort Ale and Lobster Eggroll with Dogfish Head 2008 Pangaea. There were two entrees presented, a Bison Prime Rib and a Roasted Smoked Pheasant, both served with Dogfish 2007 Burton Baton. Finally the dinner wrapped up with a Christmas cake (you need to watch the video to hear the chef describe what went into this!) paired with a 2008 Dogfish World Wide Stout.

We also had the opportunity to get some great interviews with Sam, his father and his wife. So we have split the videos up into a series that we will be posting throughout the week. Consider it our “After Christmas special”. We hope you all had a great Christmas and wish you a happy new year! Cheers from here for the beer!

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Alright, as you know I am usually a session beer guy.   That’s why my ratings favor good session brews. But I never turn down a beer suggestion from a professional, and so when the barkeep sent me a Dogfish Head World Wide Stout, I happily obliged.

Far from a session beer, this beer is the extreme opposite of poundable.  But in such a delicious way.  Dark, black, vanilla, burbon, a little bit of chocolate and sweetness – I can just imagine sitting outside by the campfire fire on a cool summer night sipping on this.  Probably would pare well with this jerks bacon smores…

Of course if the high alcohol level doesn’t make you sip it slowly, the price will.  At $9 a bottle (at the store, it was $12 at the pub) this beer is probably reserved for the elitists out there.  Luckily I’m one of them.   More for me.

Sexy as hell and yet another fun beer from the people at Dogfish.  This is the perfect “I’m only having one tonight” beer.  Make it count. Make it a World Wide Stout.

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We attended the Dogfish Head 75 Minute Simul-Cask aka Johnny Cask at The Sierra Grille in Northampton, MA.  At precisely 7:50pm the beer began pouring.  The 75 Minute IPA is a mixture of the ever so popular Dogfish Head 60 and 90 Minute IPAs with a special whole leaf cascade dry-hopping session.  After hopping, the beer was transferred into firkin’s where fresh yeast and Maple Syrup were added.  What a fun event this turned out to be.  We love the creative ways that Sam and the Dogfish Head team bring beer lovers together.

We were invited to this event by the owner of The Sierra Grille, O’Brian Tomalin.  Though we went for the beer, we left with a great first impression of The Sierra Grille.  The food was excellent, served in a tapas style.  The menu offered a wide variety of reasonably priced small plate options ,  including $3 desserts.  Don’t worry if you have a big appetite the menu also offers about 8 full entrees.  The beer selection was top notch including, among others, HE’BREW Jewbalation Twelve and Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA.

We would like to thank The Sierra Grille for hosting this event and look forward to stopping in again.  We would also like to say hello to all of the awesome beer lovers who attended, we enjoyed meeting you all.  If we do not see you at The Sierra Grille, we will see you next time on Here for the Beer!

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Tim and I will be attending the Dogfish Head 75 Minute IPA Simul-Cask at the Sierra Grill in Northampton, MA, this Thursday, March 26th.

This means our regular Thursday post will be postponed until Friday evening. We welcome you to join us at the Sierra Grill or just join the fun in your area.  Here is the press release and full list of locations directly from Dogfish Head website:

Johnny Cask has entered the building!  We’ve retrofitted a 15 barrel tank to perfectly produce a very special cask conditioned ale (so, we have a little time to play around during winters at the Delaware coast).  This beer, known as Dogfish Head 75 Minute IPA is a blend of 60 and 90 Minute IPAs with a special whole leaf cascade dry-hopping session. Post-hopping the beer gest transferred into firkins and dosed with fresh yeast and maple syrup from the ole family homestead (actually the first batch will be re-fermented with maple syrup from the farm up the road from ours since ours won’t be ready until late March.  We plan to ramp up our maple house activities to get a lot more syrup for Immort Ale, 75 Minute and future beers in the coming months and years).

The debut of these 75 Minute IPA casks will take place during a live ‘Simul-cask’ event in NYC, Philly, Boston, and our home base in Rehoboth Beach, DE on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 7:50pm (EST).

After the initial launch our 75 Minute casks will be available at select accounts in Philly, NYC, Boston (“first we take Manhattan, etc”, L. Cohen) and, of course, our original brewpub in Rehoboth Beach, DE. The next year we may roll them out into additional markets.

Here is the Simul-cask Skinny:

What: Dogfish Head 75 Minute IPA Simul-cask
Where: Select accounts NYC, Philly & Boston, plus our own brewpub in Rehoboth Beach, DE
When 7:50pm (EST), Thursday 3/26/09
Why: Because it sounds like a great idea!
Plus: The first 75 customers at each Simul-cask event get a free curved pint glass (where legal and while supplies last)!

Locations for the Dogfish Head 75 Minute IPA Simul-cask:

Home Base
Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats (Lead Brewer Bryan Selders will be on the scene)
320 Rehoboth Ave
Rehoboth Beach DE 19971

Philly
Standard Tap
901 N. 2nd Street (2nd & Poplar),
Philadelphia, PA 19123

Monk’s Belgian Cafe (our Philly chica Wendy will be here)
264 S. 16th Street (16th & Spruce)
Philadelphia PA 19102

Memphis Taproom
2331 E. Cumberland Street
Philadelphia, PA 19125

Devil’s Den
1148 S. 11th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

Grey Lodge Pub
6235 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19135

Boston
Deep Ellum
477 Cambridge St
Allston, MA

British Beer Company
6 Middle St.
Plymouth, MA

Sierra Grill
41 Strong
Northampton, MA

The Ale House
37 Friend St.
Amesbury, MA

The Dive Bar
34 Green St

Worcester, MA

Red Bones
55 Chester St.
Somerville, MA 02144

NYC
Barcade (Dogfish’s Sam Calagione will be in the house!)
388 Union Avenue Brooklyn
NY 11211

Blind Tiger
281 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10014

East Village Tavern
158 Avenue C
New York, NY 10009

Lazy Boy Saloon
154 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601

Downtown Bar & Grill
160 Courts Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

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