Dragons & YumYums
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - Flavoured Summer|
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6.60
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An explosion of fruit in every sip, Dragons & YumYums is an intensely tropical - yet subtlety bitter - pale ale brewed with a combination of dragon fruit, yumberry, passionfruit, pear juice and black carrot juice. Clocking in at 6.5% ABV and 25 IBU, Dragons & YumYums is a first-of-its-kind collaboration with American rock icons, The Flaming Lips.
A sensory enveloping experience at the intersection of creative beer paired with creative music, the energy of this union inspired Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne to use ingredients from the beer - dragon fruit and yumberries - as characters in two original songs, The Story of Yum Yum and Dragon and Pouring Beer in Your Ear … making this the first beer with its own theme song!
With dragon fruit and yumberry as the main elements, Wayne transformed them into storyful lyrics in the song like, “Yum Yum and Dragon went out for a drive, but Yum Yum doesn’t have any eyes….Yum Yum and Dragon, they’re happy they’re friends…”
The psychedelic influence of the label artwork, designed by Michael Hacker as part of Dogfish Head’s Off-Centered Art Series, was influenced by the legacy of the Flaming Lips and the culinary components in Dragons & YumYums shown through radiating lines, movement of fire, dancing lips, rainbows and bold pink colors.
A sensory enveloping experience at the intersection of creative beer paired with creative music, the energy of this union inspired Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne to use ingredients from the beer - dragon fruit and yumberries - as characters in two original songs, The Story of Yum Yum and Dragon and Pouring Beer in Your Ear … making this the first beer with its own theme song!
With dragon fruit and yumberry as the main elements, Wayne transformed them into storyful lyrics in the song like, “Yum Yum and Dragon went out for a drive, but Yum Yum doesn’t have any eyes….Yum Yum and Dragon, they’re happy they’re friends…”
The psychedelic influence of the label artwork, designed by Michael Hacker as part of Dogfish Head’s Off-Centered Art Series, was influenced by the legacy of the Flaming Lips and the culinary components in Dragons & YumYums shown through radiating lines, movement of fire, dancing lips, rainbows and bold pink colors.
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6/10
Clear amb bod sml off wht head. Fruity earthy arma. Earthy floral herbal flav. Med bod mod carb. 6/3/6/3/12 3.0
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2018
at 12:49
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pinkish hues accent the standard amber color of this beer. Aroma isn’t too strong. Taste is complex, pineapple, passion fruit, citrus and herbs are apparent in this beer. Palate is similarly complex, many of the aforementioned tastes are difficult to detect on the back of the tongue. Good beer, definitely notable.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2018
at 22:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from a 6 pack. Poured a slight pinkish color with a small off-white head. Aroma was light berries, touch of sweetness, light passionfruit. Flavor was fruit, berries, not a lot of tartness - would be better if it was a littler more tart, but it's okay. Easy drinking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2018
at 19:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle from Safeway in Reston, VA Aroma: tropical fruit, cereal Appearance: clear orange-pink with a white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, slick feel, average carbonation, long finish, Tasty
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2018
at 00:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Raspberry nose. Clear pinkish orange, thin head. Raspberry and orange. Light body, easy carbonation.
Tried
on 10 Jun 2018
at 22:20
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled on draft this beer poured a pinkish orange color with a large foamy white head that left great lacing. The aroma was faint vague fruits and cracker. The flavor as dryish with cracker and faint vague fruits. Medium length finish. Medium body. Disappointing.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 May 2018
at 15:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
At a tasting, thanks, clear peach red color, smallish bubbly head, aroma of tropical fruits and wood, fruity melange flavor, light sourness. Simple but really nice.
Tried
on 21 May 2018
at 07:13
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 ounce bottle. Bright, clear rose color. Bubbly beige head. Faint fruity malt nose. Lightly tart fruit flavor. Notes of passionfruit and kiwi. Crisp dry finish is mildly bitter. No evidence of black carrot juice at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2018
at 03:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From a 12 oz bottle. Pours a clear copper with an off white head. Aroma of citrus and dank hay. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2018
at 01:44
7/10
This is very good. Fruit punch. Great night last night with Cori.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2018
at 19:31