This is the first of three Dogfish Head beer reviews that make up their 2023/24 Winter Warmer releases (there’s a fourth beer in this series, but we didn’t get to review it. Yet!). Crimson Cru is its name and it’s a collaboration of sorts with Belgium’s great Rodenbach brewery.

Here’s what Dogfish Head had to say about this beer on their website:

With more than 225 years of collective brewing experience, we’ve connected with our friends at Rodenbach yet again. A beer 2,800 nautical miles in the making, Crimson Cru is a liquid love letter we floated across the Atlantic Ocean … and back.

Deep copper in color, Crimson Cru begins with Rodenbach’s world-renowned Grand Cru, a Flemish red-brown ale aged in oak casks, that made the overseas trek from Belgium to Delaware via tanker ship. After its cross-Atlantic journey, Rodenbach’s Grand Cru was artfully blended with an off-centered red ale we infused with sumac and sweet orange peel that was then dry-hopped with Hallertau Blanc hops.

As part of our 2023 Off-Centered Art Series, Crimson Cru boasts a bold packaging design by Natalya Balnova.

There’s always a good story behind a Dogfish Head brew. And there’s usually a tasty brew to go with that story! To find out if this beer is as good as its backstory, click play on the following video:

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Many thanks to Dogfish Head Brewery for sending us these very generous samples!