We love to play in the outdoors. The brewery put every deer's favorite spring snack into a beer, and it's awesome. The pale ales that regularly made their way from the breweries of England to the docks of India were lightly hopped. I don’t have a problem with the low alcohol content, it’s just that I couldn’t really taste anything good or bad. Otherwise, fishing and SUP’ing. While they toiled long hours in the factory, the overlords granted them “session” breaks, which they took at the local pubs. Sometimes “light” beers get a bad rap. Dogfish Head crafted Sea Quench Ale Session Sour with 4.9-percent alcohol and infused it with black lime, sour lime juice and sea salt. No. Check. Want to give Slightly Mighty a try, but also Dogfish Head’s very enjoyable Belgian Witbier, Session Sour, and Super Gose? The monk fruit's natural sweetness evens out the overly bitter and tangy hop flavors, meaning you can drink more and gain less weight. And yet Dogfish Head went there with Slightly Mighty Low-cal IPA, a 4-percent alcohol IPA. The origins are somewhat debated although there is speculation that session beer was the preferred brew of the British munitions workers during WWI. Because I didn’t want to be swayed or biased by marketing, I didn’t research any of the beer online prior to tasting it. Score: 82 with 255 ratings and reviews. Dogfish Head cheats a bit in keeping the calories and carbs low by sweetening Slightly Mighty with monk fruit extract—a zero-calorie, zero-carb sugar substitute. They weren’t kidding when they added “sour” to the end of the name. Subscribe to our Newsletter for new blog posts, reviews & news. Fast-forward to the modern-day craft beer craze. Lime was all I could taste and the taste lingered on and on and on and on. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the beer-swizzling British troops were hot and thirsty in India’s tropical climate. Granted, with only 30 IBUs, the true hop-heads might defer to Dogfish Head’s renown 60- or 90-minute IPAs, and good for them. Dogfish Head certainly wins creativity points for adding toasted quinoa. They seem to be watered down and missing the extra calories that provide full-bodied flavor. If you drink Slightly Mighty while your ski buddies pound the heavier hoppy ales, you’ll likely wallop your full IPA-drinkin’ friends in any physical activity, off-season or not. It tasted like a shot glass full of lime juice. Hiking and canoeing. It’s not unusual to have your glass garnished with a slice of orange. Dogfish Head Beer Review (and their Outdoor Activity Pairings) by Marie Malinowski October 13, 2019. More Beer for Skiers: 10 Barrel Brewing's Swill. Today, craft beer and the outdoors go hand in hand. Enjoys skiing fast & craft beer. Wheat beer (Witbier if you’re a bier snob) is descended from medieval beers flavored and preserved with spices like coriander and orange peel instead of hops. Forget East Coast and West Coast IPAs. Digital Content Editor for SKI Magazine. We seek adventure, travel and new experiences. We are passionate about the environment. Crack open a Can-O-Bliss to turn that frown upside down. However, not long after drinking it, a canker sore erupted inside my mouth thanks to the kiwi juice (I have a food sensitivity to kiwi). Beer type: Lo-Cal Session IPAColor: Hazy GoldFlavor Profile: Tropical notes of pineapple, coconut, mango and citrus; natural sweetness from monk ruit extractABV: 4%Calories: 95; Carbs: 3.6gPairs well with: Summertime calorie countsAvailability: Seasonal. Brewed with aromatic hop varietals, the Slightly Mighty could go toe-to-toe with many other session IPAs on the market in terms of flavor quality, but with only 95 calories and a 4% ABV, you can enjoy this brew relatively guilt-free without sacrificing the beloved flavor zing of hops. She is inspired by all things outdoors and has searched (unsuccessfully) for life’s answers in the fjords of Greenland, Roatan’s coral reefs, Moab’s singletrack, the Swiss alps and while wandering aimlessly through Amsterdam with only a messenger bag, twenty Euros, and a dog-eared copy of In a Sunburned Country. Or so the legend goes. We are cyclists, hikers, backpackers, trail runners, skiers, kayakers, gear reviewers. Its trademark flavor is high on the sour and salt and low on the hop bitterness. Last update: 11-25-2020. Chemical tests of ancient pottery jars uncovered in what is today Iran reveal that beer was produced as far back as about 7,000 years ago! Gose beer is a warm fermented beer hailing from 13th century Goslar, Germany. Marie is a Minneapolis-based mountain biker, bike commuter, sea kayaker, backpacker, trail runner and world traveler. And when we do, we need Grit and Gear. All Right Reserved. Toasted quinoa. @2019 - GritandgearOnline. But prior to canker sore, a variety of flavors waged warfare on my taste buds. Frustrated about the lack of skiing this time of year? IPA, or India Pale Ale, is probably the most popular and known craft beer. If you’ve been around craft beer for any given time, you’ve likely heard of “session beer”. No, it’s not “local” IPA or "lower California" IPA, it’s just low calorie and delicious. Yes, you read that correctly. Or they are made with filler instead of proper beer ingredients that just don't add up to a properly crafted, full flavor—and full calorie—pint from a nearby brewery. It's time to get high in the Steep Coast with this bold double IPA. Hops and limes just don’t go together, let alone black lime. A beer that first defies, then meets, expectations. Super Eight Super Gose, the Dogfish Head version, is a 5.3 percent-alcohol berry-flavored salad bar of a brew containing nine ingredients: prickly pear, mango, boysenberry, blackberry, raspberry, elderberry, kiwi juices, red Hawaiian sea salt and toasted. It’s a clever bit of branding as a fruit adjunct makes perfect sense in beer for flavor when in fact this one is added strictly for increasing perceived sweetness. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Slightly Mighty is an American IPA that’s brewed by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, and for the purposes of this craft beer review, the ale was served in an IPA glass from a 12 oz. The Colorado brewery’s lo-cal hazy IPA is a delicious beer that doesn’t pack on the pounds. Packaging art for the Slightly Mighty by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Dogfish Head hopes to change that with their new Slightly Mighty “Lo-Cal” Session IPA. Sanitas Brewing’s new hoppy ale is the perfect combination of bitter hops and sweet peach flavors. Seek out their Off-Centered Activity Box, which features three of each style—12 beers total—in a water-resistant cardboard container that holds ice like a champ. Knowing they had to return to work, the munitions builders opted for the lower-alcohol beer so they could consume in mass quantities without getting wasted. The tropical notes from the hops are accented by monk fruit extract, a zero-calorie addition that allows the brewery to use less calorie-dense malt. Would you buy a black lime in the grocery store? Dogfish Head hopes to change that with their new Slightly Mighty “Lo-Cal” Session IPA. Any activity with easy access to a drug store or urgent care for kiwi-related food allergies. The easy fix was to add more hops to the pale ales to lighten it even more, thereby decreasing thirst and increasing moral of the troops. And on. The overall effect was more like a watered-down Sierra Nevada than a craft IPA.