Dogfish Head Chateau Jiahu

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Traditional Ale
Milton, Delaware USA

(25.6oz bottle): Pours a golden light yellow coudy color, some smallish white head. Small bubbles. Light floral, malty aroma., grapes, alcohol. Nice floral taste, sweet grape, malts. Interesing flavor.

Poured from a 750 ml bottle dated 8/29/06 into a pint glass. Poured hazy, with significant sediment, golden in color. Minimal head created very thin lacing. The aroma had a floral hint with the addition of honey and fruit. I was a bit surprised with the flavor. I did not think I would enjoy a 9000 yr old recipe. This would not be a regular member of my rotation but I commend Dogfish Head on their willingness to try almost anything.

From a capped 750 ml. bottle with a bottled on date on the shoulder of bottle, 08.29.06, blurb along right side of label, sampled a cellar temperature in a pint glass. Poured a hazy, with sediment, golden hued orange with a small foamy, bubbly topped white head that settled into a thin lacing, minimal amount of sticking. Aromas of honey, grapes and tropical fruits, herbal, a sweet floral and light whiffs of spicy alcohol. Moderate carbonation and a crisp, dryish, smooth medium bodied mouthfeel. Pleasant taste, lightly tart, peach and grapes, a tart tropical fruitiness, herbs, a pinch of white sugar, an underlining sweet malts, spicy, pepper alcohol that softly burns on the tongue, and a dry, sour fruity, malty finish. Another nice unique beer from Dogfish Head, a velvety drinkability, well worth a try.

Bottle. Nose-white grape, fresh cut flowers, sweetness, and spiky honey. Body-hazy with a thick ring of bubbles. Taste-strawberry, light medicinal flavor, cardboard, floral, sweet, sticky, white grape juice, very fruity and stale, honey, canned corn water, plum. There is an overall staleness/dustiness that isn’t nice.

WTF is Hawthorn Fruit anyway???? Cloudy gold w/ no head. Smells like apple juice. This flavor combo doesn’t work for me at all, same as Midas Touch didn’t, so it must be the grape thing. Can’t believe I wasted $13 on this brew that’s headed for the drain. Sort of harsh on the tongue too.

750ML bottle 8/28/06. Pours a hazy, luminous tan with a medium white head with good retention. The aroma is not exciting. Much alcohol and little other character besides a vinegary fruit note can be detected. Flavor is a pleseant surprise. There is a honey sweetness followed by a complex fruit blast consisting of notes of grapes, apples, strawberries, and peaches. All of this is complemented by a dryness that balances the sweetness like a very good champange. The mouthfeel is potentially the best part. Feels like heavy cream with a slight, yet perfect amount of carbonation. Overall a very interesting beer. Fun to look at what beer was like 9,000 years ago.

Well, this one is unique to say the least. Pours a cloudy golden orange color with a fast head. Strangely fruity aroma that revealed melon (cantaloupe, watermelon), kiwi and green apple. Flavor was rather sweet, with a spicy middle and the sweets return at the finish. A fruity quality remains throughout. A touch of honey surfaces if you analyze the aftertaste. Vinous like a sweet white wine, but perhaps more drinkable than Midas Touch. Pretty full palate.

750 ml bottle poured a cloudy honey color with a lasting off white head. Aromas of honey, fruitiness and spice. Palate was light to medium bodied. Flavors of bread, apples, hints of honey and grapes and spice with a lingering bittersweet finish. Smells much better than it tastes!