Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Vibrant P'Ocean

Vibrant P'Ocean

 

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: Brouwerij Rodenbach
  Sour / Wild Beer Rotating
Score
6.66
ABV: 4.7% IBU: 12 Ticks: 58
It was at an annual meeting of the world’s leading brewers (the Craft Brewers Conference in 2018) that our relationship with Rodenbach began, blossoming over a few good sour beers.

Inspired by the ocean that connects us, Vibrant P’Ocean is a complex, ruby-colored ale with tart, dry flavors of jammy berries and floral lemon. To create this trans-oceanic potion, we carefully combined two unique base beers – one developed by Rodenbach and the other by our brewers here in Milton.

Rodenbach’s portion – a two-year, foeder-aged sour from its legendary, standing oak casks – was brewed in Belgium before making its 3,400-mile (or 1,000-nautical league) voyage to Delaware.

From there, it was blended with our portion – a kettle sour brewed with pilsner malt, malted wheat, elderberry, elderflower, sliced lemons and Belgian fleur-de-sel.

“We are absolutely honored to be the first to collaborate and create a beer in partnership with Rodenbach, the world’s most well-respected maker of sour beers,” says Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione. “I’m proud to say that our teams contributed equally on every creative facet of this beer – from the brainstorm to the brew to calibrating the vibrant, red hue of the beer though specific grain and fruit blends. We really took our time and focused on creating a mouth-puckeringly magical drinking experience.”
 

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6

Canned. Didn't see the pour. Sour tartness with some berries. Ok inspectaxular.

Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 02:05


5.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Can. Purple in color with a few bubbles. Aroma is berries with light funk. Taste is fruity, berries with light funk.

Tried from Can on 10 Mar 2025 at 05:01


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Herbal and fruity aroma with jammy red berries, elderflower, soft wheaty pale malt. Flavour is mild tart with some sweetness. Body is medium. Pleasant, bit modest overall, expected more.

Tried from Can on 03 Feb 2025 at 14:27


8

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:53


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(Can) Clear reddish amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity nose with notes of dark berries, raspberries, elderflower, oak wood and a touch of vinegar. Fruity, tart taste with dark berries, elderberries, raspberry balsamic vinegar, almonds, elderflower and bay leaf. No bitterness. Light body, dry. Doesn't really reach the height and complexity I was hoping for, but it's tasty and refreshing. Quite nice.

Tried from Can on 26 Jun 2024 at 19:24



6
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Süß-säuerlicher Beginn mit wässrigem Hintergrund. Dunkles Holz, leicht erhöhte Karbonisierung, Limette, etwas Holunderblüte. Süffig, geringe Bitterkeit, zum Ende salzig. Spannend. 8/10/9/9/7/9

Tried from Can on 19 Jan 2022 at 20:37



6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

12oz can. Deep ruby copper in color, lovely. Its sweet and sour 😋 has the distinct rodenbach sour. Sweet and tart with light lemon on the finish.The berry portion reminds me of super diluted cherry cough drops.Its refreshing but a bit thin. It makes me want a rodenbach grand cru...drool...

Tried from Can on 22 Jun 2021 at 02:19


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pink red with a large foamy head. Tart, astringent, a bit medicinal, vague berry. Long finish. Medium body.

Tried on 24 May 2021 at 22:33