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My newly-minted son-in-law gave me an unexpected gift at the rehearsal dinner on Saturday. A very nice Dogfish Head glass (I'm not sure if it's a Pilsner glass or a tulip glass, or a hybrid of the two, but it's very nice). And two bombers of Dogfish Head's artisan beers.

One is the Etrusca, and the other is hard to read, but I think it says Kvasir. The backstory on it is that she was some kind of Scandinavian warrior/brewer, or something. Both of these beers were researched with great care to make them as historically accurate as possible.

They're also both really high ABV; one is at least 8%, and the other is 10%. So I won't be downing them in a session any time soon; I'll save them for a special occasion, and when I can savor them.

The great thing about this gift, besides proving that my son-in-law is a keeper, is that they're beers I might be curious about, but wouldn't want to spend the money on. Now I can try them without any expense.

But has anyone tried these? And if so, what did you think?

Can't help you on the beers, sorry.

But does the glass look like this? If so, it's an IPA glass.

No, I have a couple of those already, and they're great for IPAs! I believe someone described it as an "olfactory cannon," and that's a good way of putting it!

This glass has a stem and is fluted similar to a pilsner, but something about it just makes me think it's not a pilsner glass. I'll try to find a photo of it online.

It's the Namaste Wheat Glass.
http://www.dogfish.com/store/glassware/ ... -glass.htm

Voila. Problem solved.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/64/87844/

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/64/102896/

I keep forgetting about that site, Rick. Thanks for the links. Time for some research.

Interesting glass. Since my wife will occasionally drink a hef or wit I bought her one of these from Bell's:


In any case, I gave up on Beer Advocate a long time ago. All the reviews started sounding the same to me. But, these beers are unique so it does give an idea of what to expect, I suppose.

Plus, this thread isn't about me so I'll shaddup now!

Do post a review when you get around to trying them. They sound like they will be very interesting to hear about.

As is the case with many DogFish brews, the ingredients might be historically accurate, but the high ABV is likely not.