Dogfish Head may be a large brewer, but it still loves tinkering with the edges of craft beer.
The Milton brewery got its geek on and claims it came up with hoppiest beer ever documented through scientific analysis.
Hoo Lawd comes from the sensation you get after you take your first sip, a Dogfish release stated.
“It’s abnormally intense enough that it immediately leads to the abnormal spelling of words.” Dogfish founder and president Sam Calagione says, “as in, Hoo Lawd I can’t seem to stop myself from taking another sip even though this is DEFCON-five-hoppy!”
Brewed with an experimental hop referred to as “Alpha Beast” along with Simcoe, Warrior and Amarillo hops in CO2 extract, Hoo Lawd takes dark IPA into an intergalactic black hole of hoppiness, the release states.
Calagione and Brewmaster Tim Hawn worked with Yakima Chief Hopunion to procure all of the hop varieties and formats for this beer.
While other hoppy beers have claimed to achieve higher ratings, Hoo Lawd has received scientific confirmation and documentation from two independent labs that this is, in fact, the hoppiest commercial beer ever brewed, Dogfish claims.
The beer became available on tap at Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats in downtown Rehoboth Beach, DE on December 2
The beer will also be available at Extreme Beer Fest, held in Boston this spring of which Dogfish Head has been the title sponsor for many years.
“We hope a bunch of fearless hop-loving brothers and sisters will join us December 2 to give it a try or check it out at EBF” Calagione says. “Hoo Lawd isn’t for everyone, but we’ve had a lot of fun and learned a lot about pushing the outer limits of hop dosing volumes and techniques with this experimental brew.”
