Positive Contact
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸
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A positive combination of Fuji cider, slow-roasted farro, a bit of cayenne and fresh cilantro.
This beer part of our Music Series of beers... this one is an amalgamation of hip-hop, beer, cider and a DIY culinary experience! Sam and Dan the Automator of Deltron 3030 teamed up to create Positive Contact, based on Dan's favorite ingredients and Dogfish Head's innovative brewing practices.
Named after a key track on the first album, Positive Contact is a 9% ABV hybrid of beer and cider brewed with Fuji apples, roasted farro, a handful of cayenne peppers and a late dose of fresh cilantro. This sweet-and-sour Belgian-ish brew is a light straw color with fruity, cider-like notes. The cayenne and alcohol give it a warming finish.
For the inaugural release (2012), the beer was packaged in a dynamic box set of six 750-ml champagne bottles, with a 10-inch vinyl EP of four new Deltron 3030 remixes created exclusively for this project, and a list of Deltron 3030-inspired recipes from a small group of renowned chefs. Subsequent releases did not include the vinyl or recipes.
This beer part of our Music Series of beers... this one is an amalgamation of hip-hop, beer, cider and a DIY culinary experience! Sam and Dan the Automator of Deltron 3030 teamed up to create Positive Contact, based on Dan's favorite ingredients and Dogfish Head's innovative brewing practices.
Named after a key track on the first album, Positive Contact is a 9% ABV hybrid of beer and cider brewed with Fuji apples, roasted farro, a handful of cayenne peppers and a late dose of fresh cilantro. This sweet-and-sour Belgian-ish brew is a light straw color with fruity, cider-like notes. The cayenne and alcohol give it a warming finish.
For the inaugural release (2012), the beer was packaged in a dynamic box set of six 750-ml champagne bottles, with a 10-inch vinyl EP of four new Deltron 3030 remixes created exclusively for this project, and a list of Deltron 3030-inspired recipes from a small group of renowned chefs. Subsequent releases did not include the vinyl or recipes.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Aroma of hard apple cider Appearance golden and clear with a slight white head Taste bitter flavor of sour apple it has a Long palate of a flavor of hard cider with a kick
Tried
on 29 Apr 2013
at 17:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From a 75 cl bottle shared at home. Pours a hazy gold with a white head. Aroma of orange and cardamon. Flavors of soft citrus and mild apple. Smooth with low carbonation. Short, crisp finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2013
at 17:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours clear yellow with a fleeting white head. The aroma is fresh apples with a peppery tingle. The flavor is apple on the front and then it changes to ????? Not my thing.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2013
at 15:25
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Flying Saucer Beerfeast. Pours a cloudy orange with no head. The aroma is a fruity malt and clove. Medium mouthfeel with sweet malt and light spice in the finish. Easy to drink a good fruit beer from Dogfish Head.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2013
at 15:04
6/10
From last night. Intersting spices w/cilantro
Tried
on 01 Jan 2013
at 16:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at OB Noodlehouse (a long time ago). Pours with a lightly hazed golden hued body. Mostly clear, but still a bit of haze. Small yet retentive white head. Aromas are spicy, golden raisins, rosewater, coriander, plums, pluots, apple juice, gay). Boozy, lively bubbles, grainy, wheat. Flavors are grainy, apple, spicy clove and coriander, very cidery (but not in an off-way), boozy, lively bubbles, rich phenol, dry and warming.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Dec 2012
at 12:45
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Almost clear golden liquid with medium egg shell white head. Massive amount of huge yeast chunks. Aroma of clove, wheat, some sweet fruit, bubblegum, grain and spices. Some tangerine as well. Taste is dry and light bitter with notes of cloves, spices, banana, apples and sweet fruit. Light to medium bodied with medium carbonation. A bit ciderish. Refreshing and drinkable. Very weissen/witbier like but with a cidery touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2012
at 13:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Location: 750 ml Bottle shared from jcos, 11//15/12
Aroma: The nose is Belgian yeast, spice/coriander/clove, a little banana/fruit, apple, and wheat
Appearance: Pours a clear orange color with a lasting foam of white head that leaves fairly heavy lace
Flavor: The taste is much like the nose, fairly sweet, with a nice spice component, and minimal bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, has a creamy feel, fairly clean too, with a soft carbonation, and a spicy finish
Overall Impression: I have to say, if the description didn't say this was a cider-hybrid I never would have guessed it. It tastes (doesn't look, but tastes) a lot like a nice Belgian Wit to me. I actually thought it turned out really well, a top quality example of the style I only thought it was...
Aroma: The nose is Belgian yeast, spice/coriander/clove, a little banana/fruit, apple, and wheat
Appearance: Pours a clear orange color with a lasting foam of white head that leaves fairly heavy lace
Flavor: The taste is much like the nose, fairly sweet, with a nice spice component, and minimal bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, has a creamy feel, fairly clean too, with a soft carbonation, and a spicy finish
Overall Impression: I have to say, if the description didn't say this was a cider-hybrid I never would have guessed it. It tastes (doesn't look, but tastes) a lot like a nice Belgian Wit to me. I actually thought it turned out really well, a top quality example of the style I only thought it was...
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2012
at 14:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Craft Beer Co Tasting, thanks to Mike. It pours clear light yellow, with a thin white head. The nose is icing sugar, sweet apple, pear drops, straw and some smoke. The taste is sweet malt, sugar, light chilli/cayenne pepper, dough, straw, over-ripe apple and hay, with a sweet finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Too sweet. Rather odd….
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2012
at 07:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at the Craft Beer Co. - Clerkenwell, London, many thanks to Mike! Pours clear, yellow-gold with a good and sturdy white foam head. Lots going on in the nose, herbs and spices, coriander, doughy wheat, yeast. Medium to big sweet flavor with heavy wheat and yeast, faint lemon, white sugar. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Sweet finish, lightly warming, with lots of sugary dough, yeast, white bread. It’s tasty stuff, if a bit sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2012
at 04:35