Dogfish Head 75 Minute Cask IPA:
Greetings all, and I apologize for the absence but we all must take a break every once and a while to refresh our minds, bodies, and spirit; that being said, I’m back and ready to bring my loyal readers some cool stuff (trust me, I didn’t stop drinking during my time off).  Now let’s start off with a Dogfish Head brewpub(s) exclusive: 75 minute cask IPA (aka Johnny Cask).  Now I have reviewed the 75 minute IPA earlier this summer and while it was delicious and lived up to the Dogfish name in IPAs, it left me longing to try the real deal.  The short story on the 75 minute cask is this:  the gang at the ’fish decided to retrofit a small, 15-barrell tank into a cask to make a special blend of 60 and 90 minute IPAs, throw-in some homemade maple syrup and let the magic happen.  What you get is an IPA not much different from the bottled 75 minute IPA but you do get an IPA with a nice hoppy nose that gives hints of maple with a thin head that leaves some nice lacing on the glass.  The beer tastes more like a balance of the aforementioned IPAs it is blend with than the bottled (which I thought leaned more towards the 90 minute) and there is a nice blend of sweetness throughout the beer thanks to our maple friends.  Part of their “music series” this is the only one that is still in production though the rumor is that Bitches Brew will become a seasonal release this fall, so we will see.  Another great beer and it’s actually available in select pubs in NYC, Boston, Phily and, of course, the brewpub in Rehoboth.  If you ever have a chance to visit one of these great American cities, do a bit of looking and find a bar carrying this brew, you won’t be disappointed.