Dogfish Head Positive Contact:
Greetings friends, strangers, and curiosity seekers and  as you can probably tell, today’s beer deals with the brewery that has won my heart: Dogfish Head.  Ah Dogfish, I could write limericks about you and your beers (probably both clean and dirty) and one of these day’s I’ll try your soap, but till then, I treasure your hat and wear it everywhere and really enjoy your beers too.  So today we deal with a beer that is part of their Music Series of beers (among others, Pearl Jam’s Faithful Ale is also apart of this series): Positive Contact.  The beer is named after a “key” song from the first album of Deltron 3030; the beer is a collaboration with Dogfish and Dan the Automator of Deltron 3030 and this beer is really one that will push anyone’s beer boundaries.  The brew is a combo of a Belgium ale, Fuji cider, farro (a type of wheat), a touch of cayenne and fresh cilantro and the kitchen sink.  The beer pours a nice hazy golden color with an aggressive white head that takes over almost immediately and takes FOREVER to dissipate to a manageable amount and a nice subtle nose of most blonde Belgium beers thought the notes of the apples are there.  The beer/cider’s taste is initially a nice mellow Belgium blonde, with a good balance of malts and hops while the mid-tongue does have a good apple flavor with a bit of wheat beer mixed in.  The back end has a touch of heat thanks to the cayenne and the aftertaste is a clean mellow ale flavor that is very inoffensive.  While most would shy away from this based on the cider blend, don’t fret, it’s not sweet or even that noticeable.  Really this is a different beer but it has enough familiar notes to keep it grounded for most novice drinkers but still complex enough to be appreciated by the pros.  Like a broken record, this is a great beer from Dogfish Head and in anticipation of my next run on their beers (soon, I promise), this reminds me that even in their most experimental stages, they still are the best thing out there.